From what I read, they look similar. Does that mean we have to buy a few and let them sort it out themselves?
ck
Care to share pointers on how to differentiate the sex of Betta rutilans?
Is it possible to house them together with Sphaerichthys vaillanti?
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God will make a way, where there seems to be no way
From what I read, they look similar. Does that mean we have to buy a few and let them sort it out themselves?
ck
From Labyrinth Fish - The Bubble-Nest-Builders by Horst Linke, this how to differentiate between the sexes for Betta macrostoma. The females are likely to retain their longitudinal stripes, while the male are more vividly coloured without any longitudinal stripes.
My rutilans have already settle down and displaying their reddness from head to tail. I've a couple of them who are as red as the others but with quite prominent longitudinal stripes. Not sure if this is an indication that they are females.
I've bought 9 pieces, so hopefully have higher chances of getting both sexes.
Last edited by leeruisheng; 9th Nov 2007 at 23:39.
God will make a way, where there seems to be no way
The lower piece has a longitudinal stripe. So could be a female.
God will make a way, where there seems to be no way
Hmm... I am not sure if that is some kind of sexual dimorphism. Longitudinal stripes may be a sign of stress. My male B. coccina do show such stripes from time to time. *shrug*
I have read that B. rutilans seem to be intolerant of their own type, rather aggressive too. How are the 9 of them co-existing together?
http://iglnl.netfirms.com/Artikelen/...ns_artikel.htm
http://books.google.com/books?id=Yxy...dDtp_076XXh5Bw
Haven't seen any confrontation yet. But all of them don't seem to swim close to each other. Everytime when one crosses another's path, it will avoid and swim away in other directions.
God will make a way, where there seems to be no way
hey bro i have rutilans myself...
to tell the differences:
male has longer ventral fins and dorsal, anal fins too, in female these fins are considerable shorter...
hope it helps...
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lifeisfullofemptypromisesandbrokendreams
Hypancistrus and Tanganyikan cichlids breeding
I have a pair myself and they are a true pair because of this ...
The female seems to have slightly shorter dorsal fin (one of the easier way in other species as well). At times the body colour is less intense and the belly region is pale (vs uniformly red male).
(the male fish)
Now they are into 4th spawn but unfortunately no fry yet.
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Wow!! That's such a beautiful fish! The photo does give it justice.
Cheers,
I have dwarf cichlids in my tanks! Do you?
Hi Zaz, very professionally taken photo. Thanks to all for the inputs. I also have those bubble foaming but I dont expect much cause they are housed together with a pair of macrostoma.
Last edited by leeruisheng; 26th Nov 2007 at 23:58.
God will make a way, where there seems to be no way
As for other small fishes, they are best kept in species tank preferably in pairs. If you can ID them.
I was looking at these photos
http://www.ibc-smp.org/images/rutilans/rutilans15.jpg
http://www.ibc-smp.org/images/rutilans/rutilans14.jpg
and it suggest to me like the male is mouthbrooding. There were records mentioning that they mouthbrooders.
Wonder if they did evolve from mouthbrooding to becoming a bubble nester.
Last edited by leeruisheng; 11th Feb 2008 at 15:04.
God will make a way, where there seems to be no way
hey ruisheng! care to share a few pics of YOUR setup??
i recently grabbed up the remaining 4 @ c328.. a lady got 2 healthier ones before me! but im confident to bring them back to their prime..
this is my first with bubblenesters.. love their body shape..
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Just sold off my B. rutilans to raise B. rubra fries. Setup nothing interesting. Just some branches and ADA soil. I've not breed them before and my setup may not be ideal.
God will make a way, where there seems to be no way
Finally got fry. this one came from the same female but an older male.
The original photo was extremely dirty do was cleaned up.
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