Betta balunga - Betta balunga
Scientific name: Betta balunga
Common name: Betta balunga
Usual size in fish tanks: 9 - 14 cm (3.54 - 5.51 inch)
Recommended pH range for the species: 5.2 - 7
Recommended water hardness (dGH): 8 - 16°N (142.86 - 285.71ppm)
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Recommended temperature: 21 - 27 °C (69.8 - 80.6°F)
The way how these fish reproduce: Spawning
Where the species comes from: South Asia
Temperament to its own species: peaceful
Temperament toward other fish species: peaceful
Usual place in the tank: Middle levels
Food and feeding
Quality flake should be used for the staple diet. Betta balunga will also require live or frozen foods, blood worms, daphnia and white worms are ideal.
Asia; Betta balunga are to be found in Borneo.
Males will display much more colour than the females, their fins will also be extended.
The male and female will do a ritual embrace near the substrate of the tank and the eggs will be laid on the surface. The eggs will be scooped up by the female and the male, but she will spit out her eggs so that the male can catch them. The male will now continue with the brooding and the female will take no further interest. When the fry are released, they can be fed on crushed flake or newly hatched brine shrimp.
The expected life span for Betta balunga is 2-3 years.
It is best to keep these fish in a well planted tank with subdued lighting and the addition of extra floating plants. Betta balunga can be kept in groups and even in a community tank as they are classed as a peaceful species.