My Newest pet Betta Macrostoma

[Leekelvin]

Just got a Betta Macrostoma would like to share some picture of them.

[spirit]

they are still stress and quite skinny.... this one is captive bred f1 is it? or wildcaught one?

[Leekelvin]

Hi spirit,
ya the fish is still a bit stress, just in a new environment need some time for it to settle down. Is it a f1 i'm not sure got from C328, it should be a full grown fish and measure about 6cm. Thank you.

[leeruisheng]

From C328, then it should be wild from Indonesia. I do have a male from C328 but yours looks nicer than the male i have.

[Leekelvin]

Thank for the information, cause i did not ask the lady boss about it. Yours are also nice too, each have their own beauty.

[spirit]

caught at indonesia? i guess they are captive bred in indonesia..
the localities of macrostoma is brunei and malaysia.. never heard of indonesia..

6cm? it is quite small.. i think a semi-adult fish...
my 7 months juvenile can reach that size already... and 1 year old can reach 7.5cm...

and my wildcaught pair all +-9cm..

[Jitticus]

Potential looking pair there, Kelvin.

Macrostoma do appear in supplier lists from Indonesia and since the boundaries between Kalimantan and Sarawak/Brunei are very close, it does make it possible for Indonesia to have access to wild caught macrostoma.

In fact, even 3 years back WC macrostoma have been readily available from Indonesian supply lists.

[spirit]

Jit, you are right.. they got the supply.. what i want to say is that, the fish locality is not there.. may be i cant put it in the nice words as you did.. haha..

hey bro, need me to help you carry anything back from SG to MY? i am going to SG next week by "public bus". So, if you want to get some "not heavy&not easy to die" things, i can help you to get ya..

[Leekelvin]

Hi Jitticus, hope they will spawn and thanks.

Hi spirit, thank for telling me, i did not know that they will grow so big.
Do they have different type of macrostoma from brunei, malaysia and indonesia? My male seem to have 2 black strip on the body but i see others they don't have, sorry for asking new to B. macrostoma.

[spirit]

i think it is because of stress..

[Jitticus]

Spirit, thanks for the offer, I have nothing now. - sorry if this is out of topic, mods.

Kelvin, the two bars mean that the male is still subdominant compared to the female. It will go away in time, as his "masculinity" increases.

[Leekelvin]

Just an updates after 2 months of keeping them.

[Jitticus]

Are you keeping them in cool temperatures? They look good.

[Mudskipper]

Oh! Ouch! Must resist the poison. Cannot buy anything until after my mom's visit or I will get castrated. But the more I look, the more I drool. *sigh*

[marle]

wow your male looks awesome. heard this species must be kept under lower temperatures else its more prone to diseases and breeding is harder at higher temperatures.

[spirit]

Jit, i have 2 pair brooding now.. one kept indoor and one kept outdoor.. So, i guess temperature is not a main issue.. a proper pair is needed... i have been changing the females for the past few months.. now, settled and brooding....
one brood for 3 weeks d.. one brood for one weeks... the 3 weeks one should be releasing soon...

[Jitticus]

Actually pairing is not as big a problem as temperature in my case. When you say outdoors, what sort of setting are you using, Felix? I wouldn't mind keeping them again if not for the fear of losing them to heat.

[spirit]

tank:2.5ft
plants:java fern and java moss and diftwoods.
soil and cemical: sera peat, thin layer of ADA soil, sera ph down
hiding place: pvc pipe.
water change: 10 percent every 2 weeks..
feeding: tetra bits

i still at kl, and the fish in johor.. so, the regular feeding and water change was done by my younger sister.. she have zero knowledge about fishes.. i will go back hometown twice a months.. everytime, i went back, i will pray for minimal casualty... haha... yup, i have lost a number of fishes...
but, suprisingly, i found my mac are brooding.. which my sister didn't know, and still keep on feeding.. she told me the fish is sick.. don't want eat and keep hiding.. who knows.. the great news come.. they are brooding.. hahaha...


ya, i kept it at backyard which have no direct sunlight.

i think you cannot keep it at the place that you keep last time.. the place too hot, i think..
you keep indoor shoud be okay..

[Chrisinator]

Awesome betta!

[Leekelvin]

Thanks to all for the comments, I'm keeping them in a chiller tank and my feeding routine are atison betta pro once a day monday - friday and frozen Blood worm on saturday and fast on sunday.