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has anyone on here kept or is keeping other types of bettas like imbellis or coccain i think it is?
if so what types n how do u like them compared to regular bettas

I have a Betta coccina in my Asian biotope. Peaceful, almost shy, nice coloring but a bit of a picky eater. Never causes problems with the other fish, including sparkling and honey gouramis.

[link=Here]http://www.ibc-smp.org/species/" style="COLOR: #FFCC33[/link] is a link to a good site with various Betta species information and pictures.

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I keep smaragdina, imbellis, mahachai, and wild caught splendens, and really, all are far easier than fancy splendens.

the behaviour is vastly different.

the males are very paternal, carng for the young for over a week after most fancies would have eaten them.

the males even care for each other's fry!

I keep the male in with a female, and both seem quite content. They are fussy about food, but thats to be expected.
They are also fussy about water quality, but I'm getting the hang of what they like.

I would like to get a pair of coccina soon, but they are hard to find over here.

I am possibly getting a pair of falx or fusca, but i'm not 100% sure.

For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett

I have B. pugnax, B. imbellis, B. bellica, and both WC and CB B. splendens currently. I should have some B. smaragdina and B. brownorum quite soon.

i have kept betta smargdina.

Last edited by bettachris at 01-Mar-2005 19:36

I have a female B. pugnax, and I really like her. Unlike most other bettas, this species comes from moving water and therefore is a very active species.

For the most part, she is very peaceful, but sometimes she gets iritated when I put a new fish in the tank. As for feeding her, that is not a problem. I bought her thinking that I'd have to constantly be buying live food to feed her, but I was wrong. The night I got her and I put flakes in the tank, she was greedily eating them along with the other fish.

She is much more interesting than any B. splendens I've had. B. pugnax is also one of the largest Betta species, and she is almost 4" long standard length.



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I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.

I just picked up a trio of Betta coccina today!

The lfs was sold out of smaragdina but I should be getting some in about a month.

ya i saw a bunch of imbellis n coccina for 3-4 bucks canadain each so i was thinking bout trying them out i have a tank set up n ready for them now but im not making a special 4 hour drive to go pick them up this week as im heading to an auction near by on the 13th

ya i saw a bunch of imbellis n coccina for 3-4 bucks canadain each

Hey...grab me 4 of those coccina and bring them to the auction...I'll pay you for them when you arrive!

The trio of coccina cost me $10.

Brybenn I am also going to be at that auction you speak of on the 13th.

Oh yeah....I am really liking these bettas might have to get another $10 trio of them. *taunts toirtis*

Last edited by Miss Moppet at 08-Mar-2005 17:37

Bah...and I got all excited when you mentioned that auction on the 13th....since I have been all wrapped-up in getting things together for the Calgary Aquarium Society giant spring auction on the 13th, it never occured to me that another Canadian club might be having an auction on the same date....those bettas are about 1700 km further away than I want to drive.:#(

Ship them?

Its warmish over there isn't it? and heatpacks are easy enough to get, just bag the devils and post them up



For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett

Shipping would be too expensive for anything under 20 fish, I am afraid...I can wait until my LFS gets some in for me....they have been good getting me pugnax and imbellis so far.

Just thought I'd share a pic of my coccina. It tends to be on the shy side so it takes a long time to get good shots.


Theresa_M attached this image:


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pretty, theresa /:'