My First Experience Keeping Huge But Gentle Mouth Brooder - Betta Pi

[Chanin]

Actually, I'm quite newbie for mouth brooder Bettas.
The first mouth brooder I've kept is Betta prima which seem to be a difficult
if keep them in standing water, but thrived well in running water tank.

My Betta prima

It was month ago, that I came across with the rare, wild caught, peat swamp dweller, Betta pi
that were collected from a peat swamp in southern most part of my country, Thailand.
They were offered at a Betta shop in our fish market called "Chatuchak" or known as "JJ Market" in Bangkok.

I got 5 of them - 2 males, 3 females

I've kept them with 6 Betta prima in 20" tank
with a medium hanging filter with peat media to low the pH to 5.5-6

I was surprised with their habit, quite docile and really peaceful!

A male even eats frozen bloodworm from my fingers!!
Yet they do prefer sinked small pellet food (I feed them with 'Hikari' - blacked pack for Goldfish)

 

[Ludwig Venter]

They look a lot larger than the standard Beta??..... You come up with a lot of surprises Chanin..... You must gradually show us your whole setup.... looks like it could be very interesting.

 

[Chanin]

Hi Ludwig, it's my secret Haa haa !

Actually, it's a kind of very simple set up. I line the tank ground with 1" ticked river sand
without under gravel filter. Use a hanging filter which make a good running water that need no air pump.

I cover the tank with plastic net to protect them from promise suicide - as you know all Betta are great jumper!

I put some aquatic plant- Cryptocoryne sp.
and a kind of floating type plant (don't know its name)
with drift wood and a terra-pot for hidding place. I feed them only one time a day in the morning
with frozen bloodworm and a few pellet food.

 

[Reret]

They are sooooooo cute