Re: Betta Pallifina Setup - spawning update
Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2014 2:33 am
The update - They first spawned on 1 december, and they spawned again yesterday.
Male is still quite inexperienced to hold the eggs yet, poor female is collecting the eggs and chasing the male around to take the brooding responsibility(paternal mouthbrooder, dad does the job here) but male totally ignores after job is done
Took some pictures, but couldnt fint time to post earlier.
female is quite a monster in size
The spawning process is pretty slow, it goes on for the whole day, female releases 4-5 eggs in each embrace and there are a lot of mock attempts within the cycle.
Poor female collected the eggs male spat out and when male ignored it, the eggs got gulped
And some other shots from today...
largest and the smallest from the batch
Heres the main guy, quite a transformation he has undergone is past few days. Hes a bit shy and quite energetic, very difficult to take decent shots of him...
smaller male(probable)
Another female witha unique spade-tail
And heres nothing
Hope you have enjoyed it..
Male is still quite inexperienced to hold the eggs yet, poor female is collecting the eggs and chasing the male around to take the brooding responsibility(paternal mouthbrooder, dad does the job here) but male totally ignores after job is done
Took some pictures, but couldnt fint time to post earlier.
female is quite a monster in size
The spawning process is pretty slow, it goes on for the whole day, female releases 4-5 eggs in each embrace and there are a lot of mock attempts within the cycle.
Poor female collected the eggs male spat out and when male ignored it, the eggs got gulped
And some other shots from today...
largest and the smallest from the batch
Heres the main guy, quite a transformation he has undergone is past few days. Hes a bit shy and quite energetic, very difficult to take decent shots of him...
smaller male(probable)
Another female witha unique spade-tail
And heres nothing
Hope you have enjoyed it..