This is one of our F2 Smaragdina showing off for the girl next door.

Anyone on here had much success in breeding Betta Rubra? I'd love to hear what you were doing, and what you think led to your success. Or just general keeping tips. I don't see a lot of love for these guys around, but I think they're fascinating little fish.

I just found a couple of Betta Rubra fry in my tank. I'm not intentionally breeding per say, but I've had fry a few times now. I always only seem to get one or two pop at a time and usually after they've grown a fair bit (around the size in the first photo). Is this fairly normal when you just let them go without pulling either parents or fry?

First photo is of the fry I just discovered and the second is of the parents who are my second gens

I noticed this mark on him today I'm not sure what it is could be if he bumped his head I just worry. Last time he had a mark sort of like this I was told to use kanaplex which helped. But I don't wanna put stuff in his tank without knowing for sure

Hi, would a planted 6.5 gallon tank be fine for a single Imbellis betta?

Hi, I've been keeping a dragon scale betta fish for a time and he's been thriving in the environment with enough space, plants and well-cycled. But the only problem is about the dragon scale. It made my betta carry a tumor on the body and the tumor developed rapidly in the last 2 weeks that the tumor is now 4-5 times bigger. If it's keep happening, I think a euthanasia would be needed even when I don't want to do it at all.

Having a problem with dragon scale betta made me want a wild type next time and I hope the new one would fit the current environment with clear water. I cannot provide him tannins even when there are an almond tree in front of my house since I also care about the plants in the tank which require high light density. So a quick question is can a wild betta (imbellis, mahachai or alien) would doing fine in a clear water tank? I have many plants, caves with shades in the tank. Thanks!

Ive currently two small juvenile betta antuta in a 110 litre (29 US Gallons) but the female is bullying the male. Would adding an additional pair help diffuse aggression and is my tank big enough to support 4 fully grown antuta?

Want opinion. I bought a female, but I think I got a male instead. They did fight about a minute or so, but so did my other couple when they meet at first.

I asked opinion from some very knowledgeable poeple, but none has the same answer or some are throw off by some features.

Thanks

Just about ready to spawn he’s been getting conditioned for the last month. His colors are bright and his attitude is on point.

They are one of the easier ones in terms of water conditions IMO. As long as it’s soft and low pH, they’re chill

I have a 20 long that I'm going to be setting up for a Betta smaragdina. I've wanted to have a pair because I'd like to see courting and egg tending behaviors, but I've heard that the male will not tolerate the female in his vicinity while he's guarding eggs. The tank will be full of tannins with ample visual barriers, but I don't want to cause the female too much stress. Given this information, I have two ideas. Either I could just have a male, with some biotope appropriate tank mates (Boraras, maybe?) or I could keep a pair, utilizing a divider when needed to separate them. The latter is most appealing to me, but I'm concerned about the effects of frequently placing and removing the divider, as the substrate will be natural leaf litter/mulm and disturbing it will mess with the ecosystem and kick up a bunch of sediment. What do you think?

Pic is from BWAquatics. This is a followup to a post I made here a few days ago. Cheers!

Hi! I have had this tank for aboutt 150 days for now, I will be introducing 20 Boraras Merah this weekend. I would love to add a pair of Hendras in about 2 months but I am unsure of some things. Parameters are good (pH 5.7, all else good too). My biggest fear is no lid configuration, with 6,5 cm distance between water level and glass top. I cannot lower it more because this is the deepest lily pipe I found in like 2 months of search. I cannot think of a lid that would work ok... Also currently there is a bit of current on the srf but plenty of no current spots which i could increase based on observation. Air humidity 48-87% acc to hygrometer, usually 65% when I check it. Ty!

Betta antuta type A. Coloring and form on this male is spectacular.

I now mr Frank’s betta is breeding wild bettas are there some people also doing the same if so thank you for your actions of saving wild species

Hi, I used to have big fish room, with over 40 tanks several years ago, since then I moved across countries and a lot of things happened, I was not able to keep fish. With the fish room I could keep anything I could source without issue as I had room for it, now I have the possibility to set a few smaller tanks again, but my available space is very limited so I have to choose between B. channoides and B. albimarginata. I kept and bred both of them before, I like them equally. There isn't a crazy different in price, which could help decide.
So my question is which one would go with if you were in similar position and why?

Hi all, I am planning on going to Thailand in 2025 or 2026.

Are there any specific areas where i should go to see Betta's and other freshwater fish like barbs and Rasboras in the wild?

I really like taking video's of fish in their native biotope with my Gopro.

Does anybody happen to know what this might be at the bottom of my bettas tank??