Betta Falx

[Chris]

Just picked up a pair of Betta Falx from my LFS. Think they're a M & F
pair, one is more stripey (and more outgoing, think it's the female) .
Have read up about them on the internet and in books but was wondering
if anyone here has any experience in keeping these fish, or any tips.
Regards,
Chris

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Neat. I didn't even know you could buy them. (But then I never went
looking) I don't know anything about them except they naturally live in
very acidic water. A pH between 4.8 and 6.5 or thereabouts.

[Jeff]

Hi Chris,



I have two female bettas. Males have the long pretty fins and females have
the short fins. I'm not an expert and I too have been asking questions, but
from what I have gathered in the past three weeks is this. Males will kill
a female as well as other males. Keep a close eye on them. If you notice
any aggression, take one of them out of the tank. You say one has strips.
My females get horizontal strips when they are stressed or in fear.
Vertical strips mean anger or ready to breed. First I had both of my
females in the same tank and the passive one had the horizontal strips.
Within one minute of removing the aggressive female the passive one lost her
strips. Maybe your female is in fear of the male...and rightfully so. Hope
this helped.



Lisa




"Chris" > wrote in message ...
> Just picked up a pair of Betta Falx from my LFS. Think they're a M & F
> pair, one is more stripey (and more outgoing, think it's the female) .
> Have read up about them on the internet and in books but was wondering
> if anyone here has any experience in keeping these fish, or any tips.
> Regards,
> Chris


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[Peter Ashby]

> wrote:

> Neat. I didn't even know you could buy them. (But then I never went
> looking) I don't know anything about them except they naturally live in
> very acidic water. A pH between 4.8 and 6.5 or thereabouts.

Fishbase says 4.7 to 6.8, so you are close.

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[Cichlidiot]

In alt.aquaria Jeff > wrote:
> I have two female bettas. Males have the long pretty fins and females have
> the short fins. I'm not an expert and I too have been asking questions, but
> from what I have gathered in the past three weeks is this. Males will kill
> a female as well as other males. Keep a close eye on them. If you notice
> any aggression, take one of them out of the tank. You say one has strips.
> My females get horizontal strips when they are stressed or in fear.
> Vertical strips mean anger or ready to breed. First I had both of my
> females in the same tank and the passive one had the horizontal strips.
> Within one minute of removing the aggressive female the passive one lost her
> strips. Maybe your female is in fear of the male...and rightfully so. Hope
> this helped.

The OP is talking about the species Betta falx, which is a different
species than B. splendas, your typical pet store betta. B. falx are a
short finned, mouthbrooding species. I've never kept them to know about
their care though. I would suspect that like many species in the same
genus, that their behavior could vary drastically, so B. splendas
husbandry may not apply to B. falx.

I would suggest to the OP to look for a betta society, starting with the
International Betta Congress (IBC, http://www.ibcbettas.com/). Speaking
of which, here is their page on the species which shows several male and
female photos, along with spawning pictures:

http://www.ibc-smp.org/species/falx.html

It looks like the males have more colorful finnage from those photos.

[Jeff]

Good to know...I wasn't even aware that falx was different from B.

Lisa


"Cichlidiot" > wrote in message
...
> In alt.aquaria Jeff > wrote:
> > I have two female bettas. Males have the long pretty fins and females
have
> > the short fins. I'm not an expert and I too have been asking questions,
but
> > from what I have gathered in the past three weeks is this. Males will
kill
> > a female as well as other males. Keep a close eye on them. If you
notice
> > any aggression, take one of them out of the tank. You say one has
strips.
> > My females get horizontal strips when they are stressed or in fear.
> > Vertical strips mean anger or ready to breed. First I had both of my
> > females in the same tank and the passive one had the horizontal strips.
> > Within one minute of removing the aggressive female the passive one lost
her
> > strips. Maybe your female is in fear of the male...and rightfully so.
Hope
> > this helped.
>
> The OP is talking about the species Betta falx, which is a different
> species than B. splendas, your typical pet store betta. B. falx are a
> short finned, mouthbrooding species. I've never kept them to know about
> their care though. I would suspect that like many species in the same
> genus, that their behavior could vary drastically, so B. splendas
> husbandry may not apply to B. falx.
>
> I would suggest to the OP to look for a betta society, starting with the
> International Betta Congress (IBC, http://www.ibcbettas.com/). Speaking
> of which, here is their page on the species which shows several male and
> female photos, along with spawning pictures:
>
> http://www.ibc-smp.org/species/falx.html
>
> It looks like the males have more colorful finnage from those photos.


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|| Good to know...I wasn't even aware that falx was different from B.
||
|| Lisa
||| The OP is talking about the species Betta falx, which is a different
||| species than B. splendas, your typical pet store betta. B. falx are
||| a short finned, mouthbrooding species. I've never kept them to know
||| about their care though. I would suspect that like many species in
||| the same genus, that their behavior could vary drastically, so B.
||| splendas husbandry may not apply to B. falx.
|||
||| I would suggest to the OP to look for a betta society, starting
||| with the International Betta Congress (IBC,
||| http://www.ibcbettas.com/). Speaking of which, here is their page
||| on the species which shows several male and female photos, along
||| with spawning pictures:
|||
||| http://www.ibc-smp.org/species/falx.html
|||
||| It looks like the males have more colorful finnage from those
||| photos.

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