Macrostoma

[GuppyDude]

Iv been studieing Betta Macrotoma for a while and id really like to keep some and breed them at some point, i was wondering is anyone here on the forum keeps them. Hungry for more information.

 

[Bettabelieveit]

Well, I guess first thing is, they're MacroStoma and they are very expensive to get ahold of, you can check aquabid, and from what I know they can be tempermental to their water conditions, but if you get some that are tank raised apposed to wild caught you may be better off They're bigger fish too so you may need a bit of a bigger tank to house them in

 

[GuppyDude]

Well, I guess first thing is, they're MacroStoma

I actually went to aquabid last night to remember how to spell it, they had Macrotoma

 

[Synirr]

Well, I guess first thing is, they're MacroStoma

I actually went to aquabid last night to remember how to spell it, they had Macrotoma

Lol, I saw that auction yesterday, it's a typo. I figured that's where you got it

I hear male macrostoma like to hold onto the eggs/fry too long and you often have to strip them of the fry... sounds like a pain in the butt to me, but they are nice fish.

EDIT: For the record, "macro" means large and "stoma" means mouth, so the name makes sense now huh?

 

[GuppyDude]

For the record, "macro" means large and "stoma" means mouth, so the name makes sense now huh?

Heh, yea i saw one yawn in a picture i saw the other day, it was funny