Imbellis

[BethK]

First off, make a complaint to the seller, you've been falsly sold fish. By law, seller has to return money to you.

Not sure about wild splendens, how are they living side by side at the moment?

 

[sde09001]

They're ok for the most part. He does flare is fins are her alot, but rarely flares his gills. I'm having a hard time determining if its display for mating or aggression. she always darts away anytime he gets close, and about 1 out of every 5 times he chases after her but never gets a hold of her. both are getting plenty of food and both are still active. bella stays to the back of the tank mostly but in the morning and at night she will come to the front and watch me and swim around.

 

[gosta]

Can anybody identify these Bettas? I bought them as imbellis, but I think they're plakat splendens:

 

[Gill]

Gosta they are Both PK's

 

[Pixietina]

He is what they call a wild coloured pk i had one exactly the same

 

[sde09001]

Definitely wild splendens. looks just like my male did (went carpet surfing, RIP)

 

[sde09001]

So now that I have positive IDs on all my wild bettas I'm wanting to try an experiment. Would it be possible to breed my female splendens with my male smaragdina? Also would the hybrid off spring be able to fetch any sort of market? I would like to breed them even if there is no real market for them just for the sake of experiment. Does anyone know if this is possible?

 

[OldMan47]

The only fish that I am aware of that demand more money for a cross is the Xiphophorus genus. Wild type swordtails are rather drab fish while the fancy ones you see in your pet shop are species crosses between swordtails and platies. Those fish sell far better than wild swordtails would so the cross has some value. Among Bettas, the real build of value seems to come from selective breeding within the splendens species. Fancy fin types and colors are almost unheard of with wild type fish so there the proper selection of parent fishg seems to be the thing that adds value.