Tank setup for Betta falx

[illumnae]

haha nice when flaring yes, but the flaring doesn't happen too often. i'm left with just the alpha male now as the sneaker and zebra oto have passed on. no idea about my plans yet. don't think i'll get this guy a mate. he doesn't deserve one!

i'll either get a pair of channoides/albimarginata like jason recommended or just get a lone apisto male in there

[Cacatuoides]

Go for channoides!!

[wks]

Yixiang, besides the two fish which you mentioned, you should consider these as well:
a) B. coccina
b) B. brownorum
c) B. livida
d) B. rutilans
e) B. persephone
f) B. tussyae
g) B. rubra

[illumnae]

based on what's currently available in the market, i have 2 choices:

1) a pair of B. channoides
2) a group of 5 B. rutilans (they can't be sexed accurately it seems, so getting 5 seems safe for a pair to form hopefully...if not i'll have 5 little guys swimming around since they are really small anyway

i've fished out the aggressive falx and he's sitting in a temp tank now

[leeruisheng]

Also seen recently Betta albimarginata. I'm not sure about B.rutilans. Used to keep a small group of them in a 2ft tank but still appearing with torn finnages. You could try as long as you like.

[illumnae]

i saw albimarginata too earlier this evening together with raja, rutilans and channoides.

picked channoides and rutilans as raja was too big and i didn't like the black spots on the head of the albimarginatas

[leeruisheng]

Ok then good luck with your new fishes.
Btw channoides and albimarginata looks very similiar. Differences that I know off are shape of head and banding on the tail. Take a look at this channoides http://www.rva.jp/labyrinth/betta_channoides.html also do spot black spots on their head.

[Cacatuoides]

where did you spot so many bettas?

[illumnae]

the channoides didn't have black spots, that's why i was tempted by it =)

[wks]

where did you spot so many bettas?

Eman, that must be Yixiang's favourite lfs-polyart and C328.

[illumnae]

this tank now houses a pair of B. albimarginata

i was gonna get channoides, but this particular male albi at c328 was too nice to miss out. it had full orangey-red colouration despite having just arrived and still stressed in the bag

[illumnae]

seems like quite a stable pair...the male's returned to full colouration from 3 minutes after i released him into my tank. both are exploring and not fighting/chasing each other like the falx did

[Cacatuoides]

Congrats on your new acquisition bro!! They are very beautiful even when in relax state....more stunning coloration when breeding time

[illumnae]

provided i don't get a sneaker again...otherwise no breeding

[wks]

If your latest collection has a sneaker, I don't mind taking over.

[esng]

Hows your fish coming along?