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O-man21
02-20-2003, 7:11 PM
I was looking at where my paradise fish like to hang out at.. and I think they have a bubble nest. I know I said I got both females, but the LFS I think was wrong.
From what you guys have said about them being horridly aggressive while breeding, I'm worried about my krib babies. Here's some pics to get a positive identification. I also have some more krib pics with updates of the fry.(week old now)
the bottom view of the possible bubble nest.
http://pic2.picturetrail.com/VOL26/934142/1718088/20439712.jpg
top view.
http://pic2.picturetrail.com/VOL26/934142/1718088/20439701.jpg
female krib with fry infront of her.
http://pic2.picturetrail.com/VOL26/934142/1718088/20439773.jpg
male krib with fry on the brick behind him
http://pic2.picturetrail.com/VOL26/934142/1718088/20439751.jpg
mwood322
02-20-2003, 10:57 PM
Well, I can give you pics from my pair. The fish in the two bubblenest pics looks like a male though. Females are normally not in on the bubblenesting. They are also normally much paler.
Male
http://www.petresources.net/fish/anaban/pics/paramale03B.jpg
http://www.petresources.net/fish/anaban/pics/mac_opeM01B.jpg
Female
http://www.petresources.net/fish/anaban/pics/parafe01B.jpg
If you do have a pair I'd watch out. Mine bred when I wasn't paying attention, and did a number on their tankmates. of course I expect kribs with babies won't be pushovers.
--Mia
125gJoe
02-21-2003, 1:49 AM
Originally posted by mwood322
Well, I can give you pics from my pair. ...........If you do have a pair I'd watch out. Mine bred when I wasn't paying attention, and did a number on their tankmates. --Mia Nice pics Mia.. I had Paradise fish way back. They are very colorful!! And, aggressive.. Interesting specimens they are.. :)
O-man21
02-21-2003, 3:20 PM
I have pics of both of them together...tell me if they are a pair.http://pic2.picturetrail.com/VOL26/934142/1718088/20439735.jpg
ChilDawg
02-21-2003, 3:36 PM
O-man 21, I am not too familiar with Paradise Fish morphology, but, from what I can tell you, it is possible for this to be a pair of females. My logic: while I can't remember which Betta book (Maurus, Wolfsheimer, the Hargroves, or Ostrow), I do remember that one of the authors had two bettas which paired up to make a bubblenest. The catch...the bettas were both from a strain where the females had fins to rival the males, and both of the bettas were, in fact, female. While it is a rarity, university studies seem to find a growing number of female-female pairings among the bubblenest-building Labyrinth fish. Okay, it was a round-about answer, but hopefully it at least gave you a little more piece of mind if nothing else.
mwood322
02-21-2003, 3:40 PM
The top one is definitely a male, the bottom could be a female, or a smaller male. Mainly the females do not colour up as well, nor do they have very long fin extensions.
--Mia
O-man21
02-23-2003, 8:57 PM
finally, I got a pic of my male flairing. not as good as yours, but I got a crappy camera and a shy fish.
http://pic2.picturetrail.com/VOL26/934142/1718088/20610351.jpg