My Channoides Pair

[Dominus_XVIII]

I'll be receiving my channoides breeding pair on Monday, will post pics as soon as I get my hands one them. Stay tuned everyone, I'll be updating weekly after I receive them.

 

[Dominus_XVIII]

Getting my channoides today! Stoked, now just gotta wait for word from the Canadian transhipper for when the plane is going to land.

 

[Dominus_XVIII]

My betta shipment has landed in Canada, I'll post pics of my channoides pair later this afternoon.

 

[Dominus_XVIII]

Alright so I just picked up my Snakehead betta pair (B.channoides) and I'm currently dripping them in my 10 gal (which use to my HC planted tank, which I'm re-scaping). These guys are still juvies, just 1", still some growing space.
From above they really do look like baby snake heads lol, but probably more when I can get a few flank and mug shots. The male is obviously the darker one, as with all wild betta species lol.

In a few months I'm going to be getting my hands on a B.unimacullata Sepasu pair and a B.pallifina sp.green pair.

 

[Dominus_XVIII]

Got another pic of my female, she's funny but adorable looking at the same time lol. Her big googly eyes and her frown shaped mouth, made me laugh pretty hard hahaha.

 

[Dominus_XVIII]

Alright, got an update for you guys. Enjoy, looks like I'll have some babies soon. YEEAAAHHHH!

Male, reddening up.

Female chilling in male's territory, under the javamoss tree.

 

[372xp]

Man those are lovely fish. I have never seen them before. Do these guys build bubble nests to breed?

 

[Dominus_XVIII]

Man those are lovely fish. I have never seen them before. Do these guys build bubble nests to breed?

No, their mouth brooding bettas. Once the female and male mate, the female drops her eggs and then picks them up with her mouth. She then passes them over to the male, where he'll hold them in his mouth for 12-15 days, before releasing the free swimming fry.

 

[Elisabeth83]

They are really stunning!!

 

[Dominus_XVIII]

They are really stunning!!

Thanks Elizabeth, they're definitely a pleasure to care after. Hope they'll spawn soon, aswell.
I'll be getting more mouth brooding betta species next month aswell. These Snakehead bettas max out at 2", the ones I'm gunna get next month are fairly larger, about 12cm/4.75".

 

[Wildbetta]

Beautiful pair!!  I keep the other species in the complex B.Albimarginata and they are by far my favorite wild species.  Have you kept/bred Channoides before?  The reason I ask is the brooding time for the male is normally longer than 12-15 days--actually closer to 20 days. Can't wait to see more pics!

 

[Questions?]

looks great

 

[Dominus_XVIII]

Beautiful pair!!  I keep the other species in the complex B.Albimarginata and they are by far my favorite wild species.  Have you kept/bred Channoides before?  The reason I ask is the brooding time for the male is normally longer than 12-15 days--actually closer to 20 days. Can't wait to see more pics!

I yeah, this would be my second time having channoides. I originally had a young pair of macrostoma, before these though. My macs attempted to breed, 3 times but the male was inexperienced and I ended up losing the broods. I eventually sold my pair when I went off to college.

 

[Dominus_XVIII]

Small update, my channoides pair 2nd attempt at courtship. Just snapped a quick pic of them, going to give them their privacy this time. Tried to capture it on video last time, so maybe that's why they didn't breed.

 

[Dominus_XVIII]

Got good news, my channoides pair are breeding right now, yeah! Can't really get it on video, as they're behind a rock. Both are in full dress breeding colours and I can see the female picking up here eggs. They've embraced multiple times, but the female is stil plump. Hope she's not eating her own eggs. I'll let you know if the male is holding later today, or if in fact the female is eating her own eggs.