My Wild Type Flares

[Setsuna]

My Imbellis Males Flaring

Note: I only put them together to flare and take pictures only No fight was intended
They are too pretty for me to ruin their fins
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10pkWxOpedU

This my Imbellis male and my Guitar Smaragdina males flaring

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3Oybg7QkAY

[ChoclateBetta]

They sure seem persistant. What happens if they were in the same tank?

[Setsuna]

Originally Posted by ChoclateBetta

They sure seem persistant. What happens if they were in the same tank?

Lol wat you think gonna happen? They gonna fight lol

[ChoclateBetta]

But arent B.Imbellis the Peaceful Betta? Dont many people keep wild males together?

[LittleBettaFish]

They will most likely have a bit of a fight, tear some fins maybe batter a couple of scales and then the loser will back off and the winner will just swim around lording it over him.

All bettas are aggressive. It's just the varying degrees of aggression between the different species and complexes. Most aggressive bettas I have are Betta ideii. It has been known for partners to kill each other or for females to harass and kill their males while they are holding eggs.

My female and male were intent on killing each other when I first got them. Then my female recently tried to kill my unimaculata male when I tried him in with her.

[ChoclateBetta]

Oh okay.

[LittleBettaFish]

I forgot to add that your males are looking good Setsuna. Your imbellis is one of the best examples I have seen. Usually here we get some pretty poor quality (most likely hybridised) imbellis. Same with mahachai.

Great to see that there may still be some pure ones out there.

[Setsuna]

Originally Posted by ChoclateBetta

But arent B.Imbellis the Peaceful Betta? Dont many people keep wild males together?

They maybe called peaceful bettas but they are peaceful if you pit them in one tank

[Setsuna]

Originally Posted by LittleBettaFish

I forgot to add that your males are looking good Setsuna. Your imbellis is one of the best examples I have seen. Usually here we get some pretty poor quality (most likely hybridised) imbellis. Same with mahachai.

Great to see that there may still be some pure ones out there.

Thank you

[ChoclateBetta]

If I ever get Imbellis my first would be hybrid.