Betta Pallifina(wild type betta) -Video update

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Betta Pallifina(wild type betta) -Video update

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Hello folks,

I wanted to share my dedicated betta setup here. I had something close to a biotope in mind with this. Pallifinas come from varied water enviroments ranging from stagnant peat swamps to clear flowing waters. What I aimed for is moderately acidic setup with a bit of flow. These are large bettas with a good appetite, so I felt the need for a good filtration system and ample of vegetation to maintain water quality. I have added lots of katapa, teak leaves in there to create acidic environment.


This is the mommy pallifina, quite monster she is at over 4" in length
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Obligate predators, they can stay locked on a target patiently, slowly and carefully making a move towards it until the prey is hunted down or moves away from the spot
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And then this guy looked up to give me a pose ;)
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same fella upclose
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juveniles - offsprings of the monster female posted above, born and raised at Krishna's place(theother aquarist)
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juvenile male
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another juvenile
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Thanks for reading my post.
Looking forward to know your views on this setup..
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Nice setup and beautiful fish.
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Stunning picture mate !!! what are you feeding them...
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nice fish.
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Thank you guys!

@hrishi...Got them 4 days ago. I am feeding them quite a varied diet now comprising of mosquito larvae, live shrimps, frozen artemia, tetra bits.

Heres a FTS
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Stay Tuned...big update coming tomorrow
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it's a beautiful setup.
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It's a mind blasting set up........I always wanted to keep wild strain Bettas :) :) beautiful set up
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Amazing setup, what are the water paramaters in there?
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sushant wrote:it's a beautiful setup.
Thank you! :)
pinaki_pal wrote:It's a mind blasting set up........I always wanted to keep wild strain Bettas :) :) beautiful set up
To most people they might look kind of drab and boring in pictures when compared colorful tank strains, but they are totally a different league altogether. You should try them sometimes.
vijendra_s123 wrote:Amazing setup, what are the water paramaters in there?
Pallifinas are quite forgiving in terms of water parameters as they come from various habitats. I am using full RO for them without much fiddling to be on a safer side. From bottle ph is about 6.5 and TDS around 30-40. With lots of leaf litter pH drops down a lil bit, but not much. Its a unheated tank, temperature is around 25 degrees at the moment.
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Beautiful looking fish and setup Hamza bhai! A must have fish for betta enthusiast :) :)

Cheers,

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