So im starting my collection of bettas from the splenden complex group. First pair is Wild Imbellis(witch i already have). Second pair is Wild Guitar Smaragdina (Buying at the moment) Third will be Mahachai(searching for it) and last Wild Splenden full blood from the wild(also Searching) this will be my collection. I will post picture when i have the whole set
Hard to find purebred mahachai and splendens nowadays. I see all these mahachai being sold as pure on AB and they don't look all that pure to me. Sad to think they were only just recognised as an official species and yet they have been allowed to heavily hybridise.
Have you considered also adding stiktos to your collection? I believe they are a recognised species of the splendens complex but seem like the others, to be very difficult to find in their pure form.
Good luck with your plans. I am trying acquire as many breeding pairs of coccina complex species as I can. It's hard as quarantine regulations are so strict here and hardly anyone bothers importing them in. They would rather just go through the wholesaler who can't guarantee pairs.
Your imbellis male is really nice (if that is him in your display picture). One of the nicest examples I have seen for a while.
first picture guy might be a splenden mix for sure
sorry, but i dont think those are wild they may have wild blood in them but they dont show any characteristic that says they are wild. As you can see my picture (my wild caught Splenden) the dorasl fin has stripes witch indicates wild and wild bettas are much lighter
this guy is pure wild as you can tell from the dorsal fin stripes
Wild splenden have red cheeks and red tails with light red bodys
wild Imbellis have green/emerald cheeks with red tip at the botton of the anal fin and red moon shape at the end of the caudal fin
if you google wild bettas check out everyone of those bettas dorsal fins they all have stripes
Much much more shy then regular show bettas. these will run away if you reach your head out to just even look at them
you have to let them get use to you or give them a environment that they can easy hide
I may have a lead for you on the Mahachai. There is a lady in my city that breeds them and she is an awesome fish keeper. Only problem may be that we are in Canada.
I kept three imbellis in a 12x12x12 inch tank that was heavily planted up with java moss and provided plenty of hiding space. They got along fine aside from the occasional display and sparring match.
However, for a smaller pair of wild bettas I always think 10 gallons is a good starting point. Wild bettas can get tetchy with each other (particularly pre-spawning) and so you want the space for them to be able to get away from each other. Also if they do breed and you can't get all the fry out, it gives you some wriggle room in regards to maintaining water quality and giving the fry somewhere to hide.
I kept three imbellis in a 12x12x12 inch tank that was heavily planted up with java moss and provided plenty of hiding space. They got along fine aside from the occasional display and sparring match.
However, for a smaller pair of wild bettas I always think 10 gallons is a good starting point. Wild bettas can get tetchy with each other (particularly pre-spawning) and so you want the space for them to be able to get away from each other. Also if they do breed and you can't get all the fry out, it gives you some wriggle room in regards to maintaining water quality and giving the fry somewhere to hide.
any bettas from the splenden complex group is easy to care for im not sure about others such as mouth brooders. they are the hard ones to care for cause they are ph sensitive unlike the splenden complex group
Yes, they have alot less and as far as the caudal fin goes splendens dont show alot of those lines in the caudal fins not sure if you know wat i mean but just compare my fishes fin to fabins bettas fin
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