Multiple Males in a 30 gallion tank

[black_knight]

That's not long to me. I paid $50 for my blood parrots but I've had them for 10-11yrs and they're still going strong. I guess it's a subjective thing.

Large cichlids and larger aquarium fish tend to live longer. I had a buterkofri for 10 years and the the guy I gave him to kept him for another 6 years.
I use to have discus I bought as adults and kept 5 years before I sold them.
But my blue German Rams lived about 3 years

[Beth777]

That's not long to me. I paid $50 for my blood parrots but I've had them for 10-11yrs and they're still going strong. I guess it's a subjective thing.

Decent life span 2-3 years

[Beth777]

That's also why I always avoid buying adult fish if there's any way possible.

The problem as for any wild caught is you don't know how old they actually are, so they could be dead a few months after you bought them.

[Beth777]

Beautiful tank! Glad you were able to save your boy.

[black_knight]

The 3 species of mouth brooders mentioned above are now captive bred. The Channoides and albimarginata are generally sold as sub/ young adults under a year.
Let's put it this way my oldest albimarginata lived to about 3 years before my dog got him.
The larger bettas (macrostoma, ocellatus, unimaculata) probably live longer but there is not any good info on that

[ptran]

The problem as for any wild caught is you don't know how old they actually are, so they could be dead a few months after you bought them.

[black_knight]

Decent life span 2-3 years

[Beth777]

I'm guessing they don't have a long life span either?? I don't think I could pay a lot of money for a fish that doesn't live long unless I was going to get serious about breeding, which I'm not at this time.

[Brandon O'Brian]

Tough to get real imbellis here. Many sold as imbellis are hybrids and have personalities much more like spelendens. Many of the Over seas suppliers will rip you off. Don from ADG would be a good start, he has a source for wild bettas. And yes shipping does't come cheap. It's most of the cost.

Those are the exact reasons it's tricky to get them. I talked to Don about them sometime around January, and he is keeping an eye out for them.

[black_knight]

Tough to get real imbellis here. Many sold as imbellis are hybrids and have personalities much more like spelendens. Many of the Over seas suppliers will rip you off. Don from ADG would be a good start, he has a source for wild bettas. And yes shipping does't come cheap. It's most of the cost.

[Brandon O'Brian]

Are you really? When. Where from?

I've been wanting to get a pair since late 2014. Getting a Betta imbellis pair isn't cheap. A pair costs around $40 to $50. I could easily get a pair overseas, but transshipping can be Hell, and also expensive. I want to get a true imbellis pair from someone in the U.S., so I can avoid the Hell of transshipping. I can't get any imbellis right now, since I'm extremely low on cash.

[Beth777]

Are you really? When. Where from?

Betta imbellis is my second favorite betta species. I'm looking in to getting a pair or two.

[Brandon O'Brian]

Thank you!

[black_knight]

If I get mine to breed. I ll let you know

[Brandon O'Brian]

I thought they would be easy to keep. I'll try to invest in a pair in the future.