wild caught betta macrostoma

[misopeenut]

i saw a pair of macrostoma today at LFS, i dont know if it was really caught wild but they were sold for 199 and 299 for pair.
is that normal? man i shouldve bought it and breed them, so much money you can make with them

[UncaBret]

199 and 299 for pair.

Is that dollars?

[kody1192]

i really hope you mean $1.99 or $2.99 and not $199. or $299. cause your crazy if you paid that

[tai95]

That is a pretty average price for macrostomas. They are pretty cool looking fish and unlike other bettas, macrostoma's are mouthbrooders. I have read about people breeding them, but it's a pretty challenging task. They don't have a real good survival rate. You need to keep them in water with a very low PH (3.0-5.5). The only other betta I've kept besides the common is betta cochina. Unfortunately I've never been able to get a female. Every time I have bought a "female" it was an imature male.
Here is a pic of a cochina if your not familiar with them.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v148/tai95/Fish/100_0316.jpg

[plah831]

i really hope you mean $1.99 or $2.99 and not $199. or $299. cause your crazy if you paid that
not if you REALLY want those fish. Some people will pay $100 for a single forest green Betta splendens, or thousands for a prize koi.

[kody1192]

look in my sig youll find a fish that after shipping was around $250 dolla and got more comin too lol(except only like $200 somethin) but i would never pay that for a betta

[misopeenut]

ya ive heard its pretty hard to breed them, are they carnivorus?

[Toirtis]

They are difficult to breed...they males have a habit of swallowing the eggs, I understand. $300/pair is pretty typical.

[Toirtis]

, or thousands for a prize koi.

Koi easily reach into the tens and hundreds of thousands, as do Asian arowanas.

[plah831]

Koi easily reach into the tens and hundreds of thousands, as do Asian arowanas.
whoo! it's like buying a racehorse...

[kody1192]

as do Asian arowanas.
now thats a diff story all together ;) you know how much they cost in the us for a good one well over 20gs since there illegal....and plah831 for a good thourabred your talkin well over 100,000 and for an awsome one up and over a million and for standerdbreds well you got the idea(they dont cost as much tho)

[DaisyTattoo]

Here is a pic of a betta I would absolutely LOOOOOVVVVVE to have, but can you even imagine what one like this costs? I don't know the price of this one but I can imagine it's over $100.00
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i66/jodimartin2003/copperbetta.jpg

[plah831]

thanks for correcting my price quotes! economics was never my thing :p:

[kody1192]

thanks for correcting my price quotes! economics was never my thing :p:
i only know cause my dad use to race/train/own(you got the point) standardbreds so i have looked into it and have been at the auctions

[tai95]

I bought this one from aquabid. After paying for shipping and trans shipping he was around $90.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v148/tai95/Fish/fwbettasct1142908936.jpg

[Rowangel]

dam* nice looking fish tai95.
For me to justify spending that much money on one fish that lives 3 years, you better believe I plan on breeding it!

[tai95]

dam* nice looking fish tai95.
For me to justify spending that much money on one fish that lives 3 years, you better believe I plan on breeding it!


Well thank you. I'm almost ready to breed him. I bought a sibling female from the same seller, but I wasn't to impressed with her. I have found a female that should work better and she should be her soon. I'm hoping that he will "like" her as much as I do and I'll end up with some decent looking fry.

[plah831]

i agree, tai, that is a beautiful fish. yeah, and for nearly $100, you better get some babies outta him :D

[misopeenut]

do you breed the wild ones same way as the regulat bettas?
is mouthbrooder easier to breed since the eggs grow in the parents mouth