I had mouthbrooding bettas once, Betta Simplex I believe.. They were admittedly more graceful and less aggressive that splendens, but also honestly boring for the novice I was at the time. Now I wish I still had them.
As for macrostoma, those who catch and ship wild males would be your best channel for finding a pair. Breeders do , indeed, sell males and not females. But a fisherman could care less about what does and doesn't the market because his monopoly isn't all on one species but on the natural product of his territory. So find out a good source for wild caught bettas and see who knows a guy who knows a guy. Verify customer feedback as these are not cheap bettas. Is Wisconsin a hardwater state? You might want to find out before you purchase softwater species. Or do you have RO, water softeners, etc.? Heck, can you melt snow for tank water? I don't even know!
No, I haven't had experience with most of those species, including macrostoma.
Not powerfeeding, just had to feed them something besides whatever they are already eating, I felt. Adding more daphnia tonight, the fry have become able to eat the smaller individuals.
Casualties are expected. Once certain fry are large enough, they eat the smaller ones. Eventually it gets down to the 20 or so largest babies. Works for me.
My lfs has lots of croaking gouramies. Many are large and colorful with good form and health. You want some? If you have the money to send, I can buy them for you now and hold them until after you move. I've learned how to ship fish now, so it's totally doable if you want to do that.
I don't have experience, but I've read the literature and would recommend buying six to get a pair. Sexual differences are supposedly very small and it's just best to let them figure it out themselves.
I almost forgot, I bred angelfish, too!
As for macrostoma, those who catch and ship wild males would be your best channel for finding a pair. Breeders do , indeed, sell males and not females. But a fisherman could care less about what does and doesn't the market because his monopoly isn't all on one species but on the natural product of his territory. So find out a good source for wild caught bettas and see who knows a guy who knows a guy. Verify customer feedback as these are not cheap bettas. Is Wisconsin a hardwater state? You might want to find out before you purchase softwater species. Or do you have RO, water softeners, etc.? Heck, can you melt snow for tank water? I don't even know!
No, I haven't had experience with most of those species, including macrostoma.
Not powerfeeding, just had to feed them something besides whatever they are already eating, I felt. Adding more daphnia tonight, the fry have become able to eat the smaller individuals.
Casualties are expected. Once certain fry are large enough, they eat the smaller ones. Eventually it gets down to the 20 or so largest babies. Works for me.
My lfs has lots of croaking gouramies. Many are large and colorful with good form and health. You want some? If you have the money to send, I can buy them for you now and hold them until after you move. I've learned how to ship fish now, so it's totally doable if you want to do that.
I don't have experience, but I've read the literature and would recommend buying six to get a pair. Sexual differences are supposedly very small and it's just best to let them figure it out themselves.
I almost forgot, I bred angelfish, too!
