My Betta imbellis is building a nest...
Building a bubble nest...
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You looking to breed him?
Isn't this about the coolest behavior of any animal on earth, I love these guys. When they do this, it is so clever and romantic really.
That’s awesome
Like I was saying to @wasmewasntit
These fish are way smarter than they get credit for lol
Like I was saying to @wasmewasntit
These fish are way smarter than they get credit for lol
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Not specifically. But I've kept and bred bettas for 15 years. But I got rid of them years ago. But I got 6 wild bettas from Kees de Jong as being young fish. He's just like me a dutch author of livebearer articles. Now, these fish are adults. And there was just one male in this group of 6. Now he's building a bubble nest.
Is your air above the tank fairly humid ? I live in a dry climate and I always floated a square piece of wax paper and they would build the nest under that.
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Yes, it's humid.
And yes, today the eggs have started to hatch...
You just see them bouncing up and down to stay in the bubble nest. The father is protecting the nest.
So cool!!
Are they free swimming yet ? ( 5 / 8 / 2022 )
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Yes, they do. Since this past saturday.
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Congrats! I hope the fry continue to do well 
Where did you get him from? He doesn’t quite look like an imbellis to me from that photo.
Where did you get him from? He doesn’t quite look like an imbellis to me from that photo.
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He's an imbellis. I had 6 of them as very young specimens. It turned out that it was just one male and five females. I got them as a gift from another known breeder.Congrats! I hope the fry continue to do well
As of today , 5/15/2022 , they must be starting to look like little fish.
Well ? What gives ? You still got them ? How are they doing ?
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