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Young fish are excellent community fish, but adult males
often cause problems and fight with each other like Betta
splendens. The fish needs a lot of free swimming space
and for the females you must provide a lot of hiding places.
You can use floating plants to achieve this. The
aquarium should be well covered because they are very good
jumpers. The aquarium should be set up with some strong
plants. The fish is omnivorous, so you can give them a great variety of live, frozen and dry food. Breeding is fairly easy. Up to 800 eggs are laid in a bubblenest. After spawning the female should be removed. The eggs hatch after 24 hours and 3-5 days later the young fishes are swimming free. At that point you should remove the male as well. Now you can start feeding with powdered dry foods and infusoria, and a few days later with baby brine shrimp. |
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