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    Husbandry of Betta channoides

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    hi guys,
    I recently aquired a pair of betta channoides (captive bred, Alan Brown) - after looking through the various posts on here they seem to be quite popular.
    What size tank do you keep yours in? Do you use coconut hides like for apistogramma species, or just wood and plants for cover?
    They seem a very shy species - what do you guys feed yours?
    Also, how much current/flow do you have in your channoides tank,do they have any tankmates/dither fish with them or species only tank?
    Lastly, does anyone have any photos of females with normal colouration, as opposed to in "breeding" colours?
    Any help is welcome.
    Thanks,
    James
    Currently keeping many wild betta species and other anabantoids.

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    I have a wild pair coming in tomorrow and would appreciate information on this as well, especially information about ditherfish. currently my tank (25 cm cube) has 2 zebra otos, 6 boraras and 2 sakura shrimp as tankmates. would like to know if these are suitable and what others would be suitable

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    I have 2 pairs of wild channoides in a 24" x 11" x 10"
    Setup consist of driftwood, java ferns, moss and few floating frogbits...
    Filtration is only by a small sponge filter....
    I usually soak 5 - 7pieces of ketapang leaves in a pail and use the extract for the tank....

    I've also included one coconut husk and a vase-like pot in it for them to do their mating stance and also for the mouth-brooding male to hide in it during brooding period...
    It seems that the pair like to do their spawning in a dark place....

    I feed them with live bbs, flakes and frozen bloodworm....

    I set it up as a species tank so no tankmates inside....




    These are pictures taken few weeks ago, I have removed that "cave" and replaced with a pot....
    I have also rescaped the tank too
    Currently one male has been mouthbrooding for 6 days
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    Haha, waiting for mine too . Will be housing them in 1 ft tank, simple setup with one log of java fern.

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    Good good....looks like we're recruiting more into the wild bettas scene!!

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    i have just found one shop that stocks wild bettas, they had:
    betta channoides - £25 a pair
    betta cf. tangankilan - £8.95 a pair
    betta imbellis - £5.95 a pair
    betta simplex
    betta edithae
    betta rubra - betta rubra was £150 a pair! £150!
    Are the prices comparable to singapore? why rubra are so expensive?
    Anyway, as for the channoides, these have been fed dry foods and i am having problems getting them to eat frozen bloodworm and brine shrimp. i think i will try some live daphnia to see if i can get them going. They spend all their time in a coconut husk hide...i hope they will be more outcoming.
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    In Singapore, can get a pair of Betta rubra from S$268 onwards.

    Read that they're endemic to Northwestern Sumatra and dangerous to go catch them.
    Being easy spawners could be one of the reasons to be expensive.

    Good luck to you.
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    Well, just a quick update, the male now seems to have a mouthfull of eggs...
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    Wow!! congrats Mez....do leave the male alone and avoid feeding for the entire holding period up to 14days...

    The wild bettas are quite expensive over your side, channoides are about S$50 for a wild caught pair B. Rubra's price is sky high too! One of the reasons is due to lack of demand which causes few supplies, thats why so expensive....

    Most of the wild bettas originate from south-east asia, it'll be cheaper to get it straight from the source

    Looking forward to your photos soon!!
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    Please post in appropriate forum for buying or selling of livestocks. Thanks.
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    Got mine just from bro illumnae, the color of the pair seems quite dull. Not sure this is due to shipping stress. Smaller size than what i thought. Will post some pics once they settled down.

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    mine are still stressed too =\ i've seen the male eat and the female has a fat belly so she's eaten too, but they're still both very lethargic and chilling close to the ground. hope they don't belly up on me =(

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    Female died this morning/last night
    Male still fiddling with eggs and looks happy..wonder why the female go belly up
    Hopefully i be able to find another pair soon from the same shop...if not..maybe i buy from thailand and pay shipping.
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    You got a source from Thailand? Please share!!

    Those who have just gotten your new fishes, it would be best to condition them well and healthy by feeding them good food before any spawning activities.....

    Spawning will drain out a lot of energy from the little fishes
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    I dont have a "source" as such, but there are plenty of people who use *a well known fish auction website based in the USA* who are based in thailand and sell to the UK and europe, as well as australia, canada etc. Most of these people seem to be selling Plakats and show bettas, but there are a few that sell wild bettas also.
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    Mine seems to be adapting fine to the tank. pH is around 6.2 using ketapang leave and feeding them with tubifex right now.

    Bro caca,
    Just wondering how you train them to eat flakes or pellets ?

    How to differentiate male or female ?

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    male and female the female is usually dull in colour.4 to 5 thread thread down there is a thread "Betta channoides mating (Picture intensive!)" by genes
    you can see which is male which is female.

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    mine's still hiding alot...hope they turn out fine and aren't sick or anything =( they've been eating frozen bloodworms though. tank's in the bedroom and i don't want tubifex in my room

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    illumnae,
    My remaining male hides all day and night in a coconut husk hide..sometimes he comes out for a wander, but other than that, he sits with his head poking out of the darkness..
    Currently keeping many wild betta species and other anabantoids.

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