The World's Most Popular New Species Of Betta, Suitable For Individual Breeding!

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Douyu is a colorful tortoise with a fierce and cunning personality. The betta fish has pectoral fins like ribbons, and the colors are divided into red, white, green, blue, and blue, and the swimming posture is soft and graceful. At present, foreign betta fish are all imported from the Vietnamese market. In Japan and Thailand, the price of a beautiful and fierce fish is between 20 pounds and 100 pounds. Currently, the most popular new species of betta in the world is the olive betta, which looks slender and has gleaming scales.

For the winning fish in the competition, they need to be recuperated for a week or two before participating in the battle again. During the conditioning, the fish owner should feed the fighting fish with good fodder, and when its physical strength begins to recover, it should look at it in the full-length mirror from time to time, so that its cunning mood can be re-emerged.

【Betta Classification】

*Fork-tailed Betta is also known as Chinese Betta, Paradise Fish, Buddha Fish, and Flower Handkerchief.

It belongs to the climbing perch family. Native to northern China. Fork-tailed betta has a rectangular body, slightly flattened sides, deeply forked dorsal fin, and a body length of up to 8 decimeters. The body color is red, blue and green, with 11 red and yellow longitudinal white stripes on the side of the body, yellow horizontal stripes on the back, a red spot on the back edge of the pectoral fin, and golden brown eye sockets. Fork-tailed bettas are well-coordinated and showy, and are popular among tortoise lovers. These fish are very easy to reproduce. The suitable temperature is 20℃～25℃. It is also one of the most drought-tolerant tortoises. It can tolerate the high temperature of 4C, and it can grow well in the bottom mud above 14C. It is not critical of water quality, likes to eat larvae, and has pleated gills like the Japanese fighting fish, which can directly absorb hydrogen from the air. Crayfish are usually brighter in color and have longer extended fin rays. Females hatch a lot of eggs, up to 1000 or so. Fork-tailed bettas are cunning. In addition to fighting each other, they also bite other species of goldfish and are suitable for solitary breeding.

*Japanese fighting fish is also known as Siam (xin) Luo fighting fish and fighting fish.

It belongs to the climbing perch family. Origin is India. The body of Japanese betta is elongated, slightly flattened, with a body length of up to 8 decimeters. The pelvic, anal, and caudal fins are very thick, especially in grass carp. The original color is dark, but now there are dark red, purple, green, blue, black and other colors, as well as variegated. The heroic and burly figure of the Japanese fighting fish and the unique personality of being brave and good at fighting have attracted many fans.

【Betta's courtship activity】

During the reproductive period of betta fish, the male body color is particularly delicate and beautiful, and there is a set of confession and nesting process. Before hatching, the pectoral fins first choose a place where the sea surface is flat and sheltered from the wind. The air is sucked in by the mouth and the mucus is spit out to form blisters. Numerous small white spots stick together to form a floating nest with a raised or slightly flat surface. After the nest is built, the female begins to confess to the female fish. The beautiful toothed whale swims around the female fish continuously, stretching its beautiful fins as much as possible, opening its mouth wide, and protruding gill membranes. Bright yellow gills can be seen within the gill membrane. During courtship, the body color appears very vivid, with an iridescent brilliance on the body and fins. The crayfish trembled with extreme excitement. If the female fish does not respond to the crayfish's courtship, the male bird will become angry and chase the female fish until it is forced to jump out of the sea to escape. After a complicated courtship action, the female fish accepted the crayfish's courtship, approached the crayfish, then suddenly stood upright, her dorsal fin was then close to the female fish, and turned the female fish's body upside down so that her legs were facing upwards and her pectoral fins were facing upwards. Attached to the bottom of the female fish. At this time, the male and female fish release sperm and eggs. Because the follicle is heavier than water, the sperm sinks at the bottom of the water. At this time, the toothed whale waiting below catches it with its mouth and coats the egg with a layer of mucus. Sticking to the bottom of the floating nest. After the betta can live independently, the male betta can be taken out of the breeding box to feed. A pair of fighting fish hatch 200 eggs each time. The eggs hatch in about 36 hours, and the larvae can swim freely seven days after hatching.

【Growth and breeding】

Betta is a very interesting fish species. It has very strict requirements on its mates, they must be happy with each other and cooperate with each other to successfully mate. If one of them is unhappy, or there is a difference in body size, serious consequences will occur, ranging from failure to mate successfully, to serious injuries or death. Therefore, you should choose some fish species that are similar in size, and the body of the male bird should not be too large or too small, and the most suitable should be a little thinner than the female fish, so that the female fish will not be bitten during mating. The prawns are violently beaten to death, and it is better for the female fish to mature with a swollen abdomen. In terms of age, it is suitable for four months to two years old. During the rearing period, the body of the broodstock was discolored, showing a color that is not usually seen, especially for crayfish. Most of them are oviparous and conceived in vitro, and their pectoral fins have the characteristics of bubbling thickets and protecting young. The fertilized eggs and seedlings are very small, and live bait is needed for opening the bait.

Although the male betta is very cruel in fights, he loves his grandchildren very much, and his pectoral fins can be called a close relative. In addition to building air bubble nests before hatching, it does not rest for a moment when the crayfish hatches, sometimes picks up the sunken grains, sometimes repairs the air bubble nests, and often swims around the air bubble nests, carefully guarding against possible invading enemies. military. After the small betta can live independently, the male betta can be taken out of the breeding box to feed. A pair of broodstock hatch 200 eggs each time, and the fertilized eggs hatch in about 36 hours, and the larvae can swim freely one day after hatching. Japanese betta crayfish cannot be raised together. Each betta toothed whale should be bred individually in a small tank. The water quality requirements for female fish are not strict, and they grow well at a temperature of 21C to 30C. In actual farming, one female and one male can be mixed with the same fish.

【Feeding Requirements】

(1) Breeding water quality: Bettas do not have strict requirements on the temperature. Usually, they can survive within 20-30C, and 24-27C are the most suitable for their growth; the acidity and alkalinity of water should be neutral water, and the pH value It is 6.5-7.2; the dissolved oxygen is best kept at 5mg/l under artificial captivity. In addition, attention should also be paid to controlling the concentration of some toxins in the water quality, with residual chlorine 0mg/l, sulfite 0mg/l, nitrate 5mg/l, ammonia 0mg/l, phosphate 0mg/l as the standard to test Whether the water quality of your aquaculture meets the needs of the fish, and make timely adjustments to provide a suitable water quality environment for the fighting fish.

(2) Breeding management: Because betta is a kind of ornamental fish that is more resistant to extensive breeding, many people are busy with management during the breeding process. Although betta can survive tenaciously, it will return you with listlessness and depression. If you want to Let the fish live a leisurely life, and at the same time add happiness to your life, and you have to show some love from the owner.

There are no special restrictions on the containers for betta breeding, ranging from polyculture aquariums to small glass tanks, but due to their clumsy nature, in order to prevent them from fighting, they are usually bred alone. If you want to breed two female bettas to fight each other, you can put a piece of glass in the middle of the tank and insert a non-toxic plastic plate, so that you can feast your eyes without harming the fish. The palm aquariums that are constantly launched in Hong Kong, their exquisite styles and rich colors are very suitable for displaying the beauty of betta fish. However, no matter what kind of container farming is used, some necessary decoration and equipment placement must be done to provide the best living environment for the growth of fighting fish. First of all, a layer of cleaned and thin bottom sand or colored sand should be spread on the top of the tank. On the one hand, it can stabilize the inner side of the cultivated aquatic plants, and on the other hand, it can provide attachment for microorganisms. The ratio of water to bottom sand is 5:1. It is appropriate. In order to maintain sufficient carbon dioxide in the tank and provide a place for fish to hide, aquatic plants with low CO2 demand such as hornwort and black algae should be properly planted.

It is reported that in order to provide sufficient light and facilitate the photosynthesis of aquatic plants, it is best to configure a large furniture with soft light in the large glass tank. Apart from the light and simple equipment for breeding bettas, it is also effortless to reproduce. You only need to use a plastic hose every 3 to 7 days to remove the cow manure dirt at the bottom of the tank by siphoning, and about 1/3 of the waste water is injected into the dechlorination clean tap water can create a clean water environment; in a large aquarium, there is no power equipment to promote the water cycle, so pay attention to remove the oil film on the sea surface caused by residual bait and feces at all times. You can use a piece of absorbent paper with chopsticks and gently drag it on the sea surface Just move it, and add some beneficial microorganisms and trace elements according to the water quality in a timely manner.

Betta is a species of herbivorous and carnivorous fish, so it can be fed with a variety of baits. Try not to make the diet of betta fish too monotonous. Generally, artificially dried red worms have complete nutrients and are clean and hygienic. They are the necessary bait for most people to raise bettas in cages. In order to adapt to the habit of underwater activities of bettas, it is best to choose floating water-based forages. If you can feed fresh live bait at intervals , such as Artemia, larvae, silkworms, water fleas, etc.; can make the body color of betta fish more colorful, and at the same time allow you to enjoy the fun of fish feeding during the feeding process, but because most of these baits contain fungi However, it can only be used as a betta-flavored seasoning for the convenience of infecting fish. It must be washed when feeding. The amount of each feeding can be eaten within 5 minutes.

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