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    Betta rubra

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    Hi

    Does anyone here keep his betta? How aggressive are they?

    This is a picture of my surviving male. He is really aggressive towards the female which was probably stressed to death.



    Would be great if I could find someone has a female to sell to me.

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    Awesome betta you have. Feel sorry for you. I thought I read somewhere that the male will only show aggression towards another male.
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    Quote Originally Posted by leeruisheng View Post
    Awesome betta you have. Feel sorry for you. I thought I read somewhere that the male will only show aggression towards another male.
    Either that, the one got killed was a male too.

    It is actually look quite similar

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    nice... buy one more female from where you got them la...

    foerschi group members are known for their aggresiveness...
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    They happen to have a pair only.

    I had requested them to bring a female in for me. So will have to wait.
    No confirmation of availability.

    Don't mind having more females
    Last edited by Quixotic; 26th Dec 2007 at 13:55. Reason: Remove immediate quote

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    Wow. I've never kept this before, but look at those colours!

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    Nice!!! How big the tank are they house in? Any special requirements needed to keep and breed them?
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    Just got myself a pair. I noticed that the vertical bars will change to red when the male is flaring at the female.
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    did you put them together? I seperate mine for the time being.

    Just got them today?
    Last edited by Quixotic; 26th Dec 2007 at 13:56. Reason: Remove immediate quote

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    Yeah put them together in a 2ft tank. At the moment there's much flaring going on. Though they're aggressive in nature, the rubras left the yamato shrimps alone.
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    do keep a close watch. i lost one female to stress.

    here's another shot of the male.

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    I just found this from the net:
    Lately it has been discovered that Betta rubra and Betta imbellis are the same species, and officially the name should be Betta rubra which is the oldest name. However, since the name has been used for such a long period, according to the "rules" it will keep the same name to prevent confusion.
    Is this true? Here's the source.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nicktc View Post
    do keep a close watch. i lost one female to stress.

    here's another shot of the male.
    Nice colours, bro!!
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    I think my pair is going to spawn.
    Last edited by leeruisheng; 28th Jan 2008 at 17:17.
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    Looks like they are
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    Lee, how's the mating pair? Mouth brooding now?

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    I was about to post. Yeah today is it's first day of mouthbrooding. I think it's quite a challenging species. I meant mouthbrooders at least to me. I had no luck with mac. The male swallowed the eggs on the 3rd day of mouthbrooding. Hoping to have more luck with rubra.
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    Quote Originally Posted by |squee| View Post
    I just found this from the net:

    Is this true? Here's the source.
    One is a mouthbrooder and another is a bubble nester. How to be the same?

    Quote Originally Posted by leeruisheng View Post
    I was about to post. Yeah today is it's first day of mouthbrooding. I think it's quite a challenging species. I meant mouthbrooders at least to me. I had no luck with mac. The male swallowed the eggs on the 3rd day of mouthbrooding. Hoping to have more luck with rubra.
    Quite many people has successfully bred b. rubra. Macs tend to swallow eggs if they are in small tanks or with higher temperature environment unless your male is one of the rare ones that won't swallow eggs so often. Try 150litres or above volume of water with chiller.
    Last edited by Quixotic; 26th Dec 2007 at 13:58. Reason: Merge posts
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    Hi cwtan12,

    Thanks for the advice on mac.
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    Wilson,

    How many days had your rubra been mouth brooding? I had hard time with rubra. The first pair, female got killed by the male. 2nd pair, male died. Plan to pair up the remaining & the female jumped out of tank because the netting wasn't secured. To ease my heart pain, I aquired all the available livida at C328. Currently keeping some tussaye as well. Hope to hear some good news from you.

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