Some photo to share, fathers of Some

[spirit]

A male krataois, and he released some fries last week.. will snap the picture of frys soon... sorry for the poor picture quality












Below is how i mix the B.Pugnax with B.Macrostoma.. note that the male macrostoma is brooding now..

[Mudskipper]

Wow! I'm in awe. Nice fishes. What size tank are they all in? Thanks.

[spirit]

i use 2.5ft for them for macrostoma and pugnax

and 1ft tank for krataois..

[dwarflala]

congrats on the brooding mac! what's your tank temperature?

[spirit]

thanks... but, i have able to let them brood for more than 10 times, but only able harvest twice, most of the time, the male swallow...

i maintain it around 25-27 celcius..

[Jitticus]

Kratois is the most beautiful pugnax/taeniata complex ever. The blue is close to deep sky blue!!

[spirit]

agreed with Jit... they are very beutiful and easy going fish..

at first, i thought they are classified in pugnax complex... but, i read somewhere online.. they classified together with dimidiata... this is what i m so confuse...

[Mudskipper]

I didn't know we could keep different species together. The few that I have now keep fighting so much, it breaks my heart.

[johannes]

Krataios is under dimidiata complex.

[spirit]

bro johannes, any idea how to differentiate female krataois and dimidiata female

[johannes]

I have only kept Betta dimidiata for a week actually so did not have the time to observe them fully. It seems like Dimis have slimmer bodies, longer unpaired fins and more greyish/brown green in colour. The more distinct difference would be the pointed/spade caudal of the Dimis as compared to krataois.

[spirit]

yup, male is easy to differentiate, but female is not easy.. got extra dimi females?

[johannes]

i've no more Dimidiatas..

[bettafantastic]

Congrats...
He looks great!