My wild imbellis betta fry

[DiscusBR]

Hi everyone,

I got a wild imbellis betta pair few months ago for a 48g Southeast Asia community tank. I got rid of all the fish in that tank, with the exception of the imbellis pair, to make it into a QT wild discus tank. I then got a 10g tank for the pair with the hope of getting some breeding action. I am happy to report that I was successful. Here is a video of the 18-day fry eating some baby brine shrimp:



The sad news is that the male jumped from a small opening in the tank's cover and I lost him. Imbellis bettas are known to be jumpers and I regret not even taking a picture of him when he got strong colors during spawning.

Anyway, it feels great to get some spawning going besides my wild discus.

[Allwin]

Setup looks great, betta breeding is fun.

Good luck with your spawn.

[DiscusBR]

Setup looks great, betta breeding is fun.

Good luck with your spawn.

Thank you. I have not to figure out how to separate them when they mature and the males start fighting...

[Allwin]

I separate them into dedicated bottles once the aggression starts or try more plants for hiding spots until certain age.

I have bred tons of bettas in the past and did this way

Thank you. I have not to figure out how to separate them when they mature and the males start fighting...

[DiscusBR]

Thank you. I have not to figure out how to separate them when they mature and the males start fighting...

Since I have an experienced betta breader here, I will take the opportunity to ask more questions The parents spawned in a 72%-28% RO-Tap water mix, which resulted in a ph of 7.4 and a TDS of 91ppm. That is the water the fry is in. My tap water is very alkaline (ph 8.6) and hard. Can I stop using RO and raise the fry in my tap water?

[Allwin]

Honestly, its been a while, and its back in South India.

Direct well/ground water and 99-100% success rate all the time. And no clue about the water chemistry during those days.

I would recommend asking this question to John Nicholson, believe he breed bettas too.

Take a look at this Wild-caught-Bettas-in-my-hometown!!! thread.

Since I have an experienced betta breader here, I will take the opportunity to ask more questions The parents spawned in a 72%-28% RO-Tap water mix, which resulted in a ph of 7.4 and a TDS of 91ppm. That is the water the fry is in. My tap water is very alkaline (ph 8.6) and hard. Can I stop using RO and raise the fry in my tap water?

[DiscusBR]

Honestly, its been a while, and its back in South India.

Direct well/ground water and 99-100% success rate all the time. And no clue about the water chemistry during those days.

I would recommend asking this question to John Nicholson, believe he breed bettas too.

Take a look at this Wild-caught-Bettas-in-my-hometown!!! thread.

Thank you. I will read more about raising bettas and will decide later what to do with water parameters. The fry seem to be doing well. Here is a new video. They are one month old now: