RB. Betta macrostoma

Here some photos to document my experience with Betta macrostoma. Their story is quite simple. I bought a couple in June 2013 from Riccardo in AIB (thank you again for this magnificent fish Riccardo!), I prepared a well-planted aquarium with conditioned RO water at pH 5.5, conductivity 150 µS/cm and T = 23°C. I have been feeding them with all kind of food (dry, frozen and live). Since the first day the male has been always with eggs with 2-3 days pause between the spawns. He has carried on 4 spawns up to now. I thought these are difficult fish, but it is exactly the opposite, I literally do not know where to put them now. Contact me if you are interested :)

The Sire (obviously with eggs):

The Dame (a giant of almost 17 cm):

A small one born few days ago:

Some youngsters 2 months old:

Some of the first born, now 5 months old:

RB.24.11.2013

The couple of this spawn was bought with the excuse of helping our Italian association since someone ordered the couple but changed mind at the last second. I always had an interest in black dragon and I was happy to get the fish. They were acquired by TMT bettas at the market in Thailand but the breeder is unknown. The fish look like a brother/sister couple but I have no real proof.

The Sire:

The male is indeed interesting. The size is unfortunately not so impressive and the body is short for my taste but it is a good start for my work.

The Dame:

About the female I like the strong color and the broad dorsal.

They couple has been conditioned with frozen artemia and live bloodworm for 2 weeks before spawning. Here a video of the couple:

The breeding will be performed in a standard manner, see method described here

In this particular case the fish were put in the plastic tank the 22.11.2013. The temperature of the water was perfect but the male was not building a nest. I changed half of the water on the 23.11.2013  with RO water. The couple was spawning today, 24.11.2013. The female laid some eggs. Finger crossed.

RB.18.11.2013

The Sire of this spawn was a gift from the amazing breeder and great friend Joep. I believe it comes from the spawn described here. The female derives from a spawn of may 2013 between the 2nd classified in the class D5 at Ranco 2013 and a marble female from Sarawut. Her father (DT geno) derives from a female of my red line crossed with a great DT male that my friend and sublime breeder Alberto gave me at the end of 2012. You can see two videos of her father when it was young here and here. The dame of the present spawn won a prize at the Betta Freaks Dortmund 2013 (5th classified female PK).

Here photos of the grandparents from the mom side:

The Sire:

The male is a blue marble/koi medium size fish. About this male I like the very strong body, and the compact finnage. Although the color is not my favorite it is my intention to bring compact finnage and strong body to my line which has long finnage. The koi/dotted aspect of this marble color could be interesting to follow in future generations

The Dame:

The female is a marble multicolor red/orange/blue quite big fish. About this female I like the strong body, the unusual color and the compact anal fin.

They couple has been conditioned with frozen artemis live bloodworm and "Biofish food regular L" for 2 weeks before spawning. Here some videos of the couple:

The breeding will be performed in a standard manner, see method described here

In this particular case the fish are put in the plastic tank the 16.11.2013. The temperature of the water was hot  and the male was not building a nest. I changed half of the water on the 17.11.2013 and on and decreased the temperature to 27°C. The couple has spawn on the 18.11.2013. The female laid very few eggs, the male was a bit of a lazy father but today (24.11.13) I counted some 10 fry. The father took care of the eggs bud did not make a very foamy nest. The fry were free swimming on the 22.11.13, the male was removed on the 22.11.13. The little ones are fed with live artemia and micro worms. There are very few.