Unlike the majority of my spawns, my Betta coccina pair have produced predominately females. In fact, I only have one male in the F1 group. I have moved the pair into another tank so hopefully they produce a few more males. However, even if this is the only male I ever get, I personally think he is developing into an exceptionally beautiful young fish. My intention will be to separate him out into a tank with one of his female siblings. Betta coccina is one of the species I want to focus on, and having learned my lesson about what can happen when you put all your eggs in the one basket, I would ideally like to have at least two or three sibling pairs to work with in, in addition to the original breeding pair. I do have a large number of free-swimming Betta coccina fry in my other tank, so it shouldn't be too many months before they colour up, and I can correctly sex them. As soon as they get to a more camera friendly size, I will be sure to take some photos and share them on this site.
Betta coccina were the first wild betta species I kept. That was just over four years ago, and it marks the time I've spent with these fish. During this time, I feel like I've learned a lot, achieved a little, and made a great mess of mistakes. But there's still plenty of time to make a whole mess more!
Ivo
16/7/2015 08:15:01 pm
Very nice :-)
Ashlea
17/7/2015 11:33:59 am
Thanks Ivo. The biggest (including the male) are around 3-3.5cm from head to tail. There are several much smaller ones in there though. Comments are closed.
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AuthorLocated in Melbourne, Australia, I currently keep and breed a number of species from the coccina complex. Archives
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