Can you identify this betta?

[Tokis-Phoenix]

It looks like "BETTA ENISAE" to me definatly, check this link out for more info ;

http/www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/pfk/...?article_id=316


A rare betta that can fetch a hefty price tag, it can fit well into community aquariums and is much sought after

 

[slamster17]

no, it has positively been identified it is not a betta but a relative.

Yes, "Spike Tail Paradise Fish," P. dayi. Great fish! I have seen
them in several shops around Portland lately and they are very reasonably
priced. Relatively easy to breed, too, tho a bit of a trick to sex... at
least for me.

 

[Elisabeth83]

no, it has positively been identified it is not a betta but a relative.

Yes, "Spike Tail Paradise Fish," P. dayi. Great fish! I have seen
them in several shops around Portland lately and they are very reasonably
priced. Relatively easy to breed, too, tho a bit of a trick to sex... at
least for me.

I just googled paradise fish like you said and also am certain they are Day's Paradise fish or like you said "Spike Tail Paradise Fish".

Ok so not a betta at all...I've never heard of this kind of fish. I got a lot of reading to do

Thanks slamster!!! Oh and thanks to the whoever figured it out on the other board

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

Its a betta enisae, check out my previous post on page one ok ?

 

[slamster17]

it is a paradise fish, the dorsal fin proves it.
also i have seen other paradise fish at lps' and they have the same body shape, good like with them!

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

You positive Elizabeth it isn't this little fella?;

http/www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/pfk/...?article_id=316

 

[Elisabeth83]

Its a betta enisae, check out my previous post on page one ok ?

I thought so at first but the coloring is different and the fins are very different. Here take a look at this page you'll see when you scroll down "bubble-nest builders" and there is a picture of the Day's paradise fish and that's exactly what I've got.

 

[slamster17]

Tokis-Phoenix- it is not a betta enisae, look for yourself, enisae get huge these are small look at the enisae's dorsal fin and look at how small it is compared to that of elisabeth's fish

 

[Elisabeth83]

I'm wondering what kind of tank mates I can get or if it's best to just have the 4 by themselves? I was thinking of getting some croaking "sparkling" gouramis??

I'm a bit worried to that I've got 4 of them...I've just read they should be kept in pairs of singly??

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

Tokis-Phoenix- it is not a betta enisae, look for yourself, enisae get huge these are small look at the enisae's dorsal fin and look at how small it is compared to that of elisabeth's fish

Like this?;

http/www.theaquarians.net/ArticlesandWal...aysparadise.jpg


Yeah sorry, my bad! It does look alot like a paradise fish, although even so it does resemble an enisae in some ways with the shape and color and all...
My bad "doh!"

 

[Elisabeth83]

Tokis-Phoenix- it is not a betta enisae, look for yourself, enisae get huge these are small look at the enisae's dorsal fin and look at how small it is compared to that of elisabeth's fish

Like this?;

http/www.theaquarians.net/ArticlesandWal...aysparadise.jpg


Yeah sorry, my bad! It does look alot like a paradise fish, although even so it does resemble an enisae in some ways with the shape and color and all...
My bad "doh!"

Don't feel bad I was thinking the same thing for awhile

 

[Gill]

They are Def. Spike tailed Paradise Fish.

I saw teh 1st Photo and Was Like - That ain't a betta, Def a Gourami.

They are Very Cool.

 

[50000_tears]

not a gourami either its a paradise fish

 

[GuppyDude]

i thoght it looked like a enisae as well, but after looking at the 2 pics, i can see that her fish and the enisae do ahve differant kind of fins. it could be a paradise fish but it seems to resemble a betta more than a gouramii

 

[50000_tears]

fins look like the paradise's but the shape looks like a betta!