Husbandry of Betta channoides

[illumnae]

good news for mine is that i found them chilling and not hiding when i got back from work today...hopefully this is the start of them getting used to the tank and they'll venture around alot more. today and tomorrow are starvation days before i start weaning them onto dried food

[Cacatuoides]

Saw that my male has emerged from his hideout and his mouth doesn't seem so bloated....
Can't spot any fries in the tank so I netted him out and stripped him, releasing 6 fries....
After I transferred the fries into a breeder box, I was a little late to realise that the fries were small enough to slip through the slits of the box.....by then, only 2 fries remained and was re-transferred to a jar....

Male is going through recuperation stage to replenish nutritions before releasing back into the tank....

I'm still thinking if I should change it into a bare-bottom tank for easier maintenance, etc

[illumnae]

time to invest in a fine mesh netting breeder box!

[leeruisheng]

Sometimes the male releases in batches, that's why his mouth is not as bloated as before.

[Cacatuoides]

Yea I suspect that he's releasing them in batches but I couldn't spot any fries in the heavily decorated tank thats why I decided to take him out for stripping

[Mez]

Hi guys.
I still cannot see any fry, and the males mouth looks normal, its been around 15 days now or more. Every now and then i see the male "adjusting" his throat, but i see no signs of fry.
Should i offer food?

[Cacatuoides]

When I thought my male has released all the fries, I threw in some frozen BS into the tank...He just swam past it and not paying any attention to it

I thought it was strange not for him to eat so I took him out for stripping and realised that he still has fries in his mouth.....thank god he resist eating the food while having fries in his mouth

I find that having grvael in the tank makes it difficult to spot any fries....