Updates on some of the fish

Its been a little over a week since my last posting so thought I would give an update or those who are interested.

First of the Pi.
After adding the rasboras to the 55,the pair spawned.However the other day due to I believe nosy neighbors getting too close and scaring the fish,the male swallowed.No big deal I have a waterchange planned for tomorrow and will add slightly cooler water to induce spawning behaviors again.

Related macrostoma pair.
The plants are all growing well, and the pair seem to be getting ready for yet another spawn.So far he hasnt held just yet.

Unrelated macrostoma pair.
A few days ago,they spawned.The female started to get a bit too rough for my liking with him.I am beginning to think shes too big for him to properly wrap,which would explain the lack of fry development from them.This gave me the opportune time to use my new birthday present!

Egg tumbler!
I decided to strip the male because of how the female was bullying him.I go about 50 eggs from him.Sadly today I am down to two and ive not figured out if they will hatch or not.I think the female being so large makes it too hard for him to properly wrap her,and fertilize the eggs.Out of the fifty about ten burst and almost all the others fungussed over.Ill be watching for eyes on the last two.Should be tomorrow if they develop.

Update on the 55

Been a few days so thought I would give an update on the 55.I have it setup,new light plants driftwood and fish!All seem to be happy in there.Heres some pics

55 pi build

Well the Pi are settling in slowly.Seems they really dont like water flow.I removed the filter on the 20 as its main purpose is for the 55.Got my sand in,thanks to a good friend,and a heater will be here any day now,again thanks to another good friend!Must say I appreciate them alot without em this tank would still be on my porch nowhere near ready.

Tank is almost ready.I would still like a piece of driftwood but as they say good things come to those who wait!Have an awesome light now,48" Current satellite pc fixture.It has two daylight bulbs in it and the possibility of two more.Those will come eventually once I get co2 going on this thing.Im about to throw off a few cattapa leaves and banana leaves hoping to stain the water a little.

In any case,a few pics!

This was before the filter was added.More pics later.

Arrival of the pi!

Yesterday the fish arrived safely!They are bigger than I expected!Anyhow I was a little worried about placing them in a 20 gallon because of their size but it will do until their new home is finished!Its a slow  process,but through generosity from many people,its coming along quite nicely!

So for the tank I so far have in tranist,a heater,and sand,and if things go well a wonderful light as well!I am going to go ahead with a fake 3 diminsional background to hide the ugliness of the back pane.

Definate work in progress,and its going very slow!

New wilds on the way

I am extremly excited!In transit right now,is a pair of Betta Pi!These will be my daughters fish,but will be housed in the office with the rest of the bunch.I have a 20 gallon long set up for them,its bare bottomed with a few plants floating.

There permanent home however,will be a 55 gallon panted and high tech like the 29.WIP as of now but will show updates along the way.

The pr should arrive tomorrow afternoon!

29 gallon macrostoma build

this setup is almost a biotope as I am on the hunt for native plants and such.The filtration is another Eheim 2222,and this one is high teck.I have CO2 injected,as well as daily fert dosing for the plants and high lighting.

Fish are a mated sibling pr of Betta Macrostoma,and two green dragon BN plecos,still young.

25 gallon macrostoma tank.

Here is one of the main inspirations for this site.This tank is 25 US gallons,planted and housing a mated pair of Betta Macrostoma.The filter is an Eheim 2222 pro model,rated for up to 40 gallons.Not extremely heavy flow but it gets the job done that I need.

I must say,these fish are captive bred,not wild caught.The water I house them in is conditioned tap,with nothing special added,except a few leaves floating or cut up and thats just mainly for aesthetics.I have natural driftwood and low lighting.The pair has bred on several occasions but have yet to hold.The male is still pretty young,almost a year old while the female,Bertha is about a year and a half.

Hope you enjoy my pics!Not the best by any means but better than none I suppose.

Can you find the fish in the last pic?They hide quit well.

A few profiles for wild bettas

I thought about doing the whole copy paste thing on the profile but instead ill just add links to them here.

Betta Macrostoma

Betta Albimarginata

Betta sp.Mahachai

Hope perhaps people can learn a little about these species!More profiles will be added when I get experience with them myself!