Betta Coccina Breeding Tank

[Sylvan]

Following.

What pH are you keeping your coccinas? I am currently trying to breed a species of Betta that is from the coccina complex.

It's either 6.6 or 6.4 in that tank, I know it's one or the other but I can't remember which. Which ones are you breeding? I was originally after Betta Hendra when I first decided to get wild Bettas but the only ones I could find in the UK were £140 per pair plus postage whereas I got my group from the LFS for just over £30.

 

[Crispii]

It's either 6.6 or 6.4 in that tank, I know it's one or the other but I can't remember which. Which ones are you breeding? I was originally after Betta Hendra when I first decided to get wild Bettas but the only ones I could find in the UK were £140 per pair plus postage whereas I got my group from the LFS for just over £30.

Betta hendra.

 

[Sylvan]

Betta hendra.

Mate I'm jealous, I really wanted Betta Hendra. Doesn't help I just found a shop in Birmingham that will deliver for £20 and is selling Betta Hendra at £16 a pair. They're top of the list for when I get my own bigger place and can set up a proper fish room.

 

[Crispii]

Mate I'm jealous, I really wanted Betta Hendra. Doesn't help I just found a shop in Birmingham that will deliver for £20 and is selling Betta Hendra at £16 a pair. They're top of the list for when I get my own bigger place and can set up a proper fish room.

I currently own two pairs. I am hoping and learning that I could successfully breed them and raise the fry.

And £16 for a pair?! That's a steal! My LFS is selling them for $90 (£68.74).

 

[Sylvan]

I currently own two pairs. I am hoping and learning that I could successfully breed them and raise the fry.

And £16 for a pair?! That's a steal! My LFS is selling them for $90 (£68.74).

They're stunning little fish, I really like them. Tell me about it, if it wasn't for the fact it's a good 2 hour drive depending on how bad the motorways are I would pop down to visit the actual shop because they were also advertising quite a few wild Betta species including Betta Persephone which I'd be interested to see.
Getting my Betta Coccina to spawn has been pretty easy, it's just been getting them past the egg stage that's been a bit trickier. This is the 7th spawning I think, 5th with the same female and 2nd in the breeding tank.

 

[Crispii]

They're stunning little fish, I really like them. Tell me about it, if it wasn't for the fact it's a good 2 hour drive depending on how bad the motorways are I would pop down to visit the actual shop because they were also advertising quite a few wild Betta species including Betta Persephone which I'd be interested to see.
Getting my Betta Coccina to spawn has been pretty easy, it's just been getting them past the egg stage that's been a bit trickier. This is the 7th spawning I think, 5th with the same female and 2nd in the breeding tank.

Just a few days ago, one of my pairs spawned and after two days after they spawned, I notice that my male lost interest in guarding the nest. My guess is that he probably ate the eggs due to lack of experience or stress. I wish you the best of luck in raising the fry!

 

[Retired Viking]

Just a few days ago, one of my pairs spawned and after two days after they spawned, I notice that my male lost interest in guarding the nest. My guess is that he probably ate the eggs due to lack of experience or stress. I wish you the best of luck in raising the fry!

Sorry to hear about your lost the eggs . I was cleaning my tetra tank today and saw some eggs, left them where they were hidden.

 

[Crispii]

Sorry to hear about your lost the eggs . I was cleaning my tetra tank today and saw some eggs, left them where they were hidden.

This is a learning experience and learning comes from failure. I'm pretty sure they're going to spawn again.

 

[Sylvan]

This is a learning experience and learning comes from failure. I'm pretty sure they're going to spawn again.

That's what I found. I think they may be similar to Angel Fish in that if they're captive bred and artificially raised it takes them a few goes to work out what to do. The male I've been using definitely destroyed the first nest in the breeding tank and was probably responsible for a few of the other nests being destroyed but this last one he seemed to work it out and looked after the eggs and the fry. I don't know if I mentioned it further back in the thread but I turned the light off in the tank for about 36 hours or so as I read on the international betta Congress site that the eggs develop best in subdued lighting. Good luck and definitely keep us updated.

 

[Sylvan]

The fry are a week old tomorrow. I'm not sure how many are actually still alive because once I removed Big Daddy I lowered the water level so it's just touching the top of the plants which means with how thick the floating Salvinia is it's very hard to see in the tank now. I definitely still have at least one and that one is growing, much more of a tail now and I think I could make out pectoral fins but that might have been a trick of the light.

 

[Crispii]

That's what I found. I think they may be similar to Angel Fish in that if they're captive bred and artificially raised it takes them a few goes to work out what to do. The male I've been using definitely destroyed the first nest in the breeding tank and was probably responsible for a few of the other nests being destroyed but this last one he seemed to work it out and looked after the eggs and the fry. I don't know if I mentioned it further back in the thread but I turned the light off in the tank for about 36 hours or so as I read on the international betta Congress site that the eggs develop best in subdued lighting. Good luck and definitely keep us updated.

Really? Right now I have a few Salvinia in the tank, which I want to cover a good portion of the tank as well as covering my DIY cave with some moss.

 

[Retired Viking]

I had a mated pair of angelfish that I kept in my 55 gallon tank, they grew to over 6inch and around 5 inches but no fry after 5 years. Light seems to have a negative effect on fish eggs.

 

[Sylvan]

The International Betta Congress site and another one which was more of a blog were the only two that I could find decent breeding information one. The former recommended subdued lighting and the latter said they used a Styrofoam cup cut in half to provide shade for the eggs and a place for the male to build a nest.
I bought the Tropica pots of Salvinia and put 2 in the tank which is way more than needed to cover that tank surface but I know from past experience that as it grows it pushes some plants down which start dying off so it's like having an insuforia culture in the tank. One pot provided enough to cover my main tank within a month which is double the size of the breeding tank and I take out at least a good handful every week without making too much of a dent in it.

 

[Sylvan]

This is the one fry that I can definitely find, likes to hang out near the front of the tank which makes it a bit easier. Looks more like a miniature fish now. You might have to squint a bit. The whitish cloud to the front of the photo is Liquifry No1 food.

 

[Sylvan]

@Crispii this is the other site I read https://www.aquainfo.org/observations-on-betta-coccina/