salty Posted June 9, 2014 Report Share Posted June 9, 2014 Hello all, I'm from Sydney and I have been keeping bettas for years. It has been great to see the community grow and chance producing some really high quality bettas that were never available when I first entered the hobby as a child. I've recently become particularly interested in the wild type bettas and I'm searching for a pair of B. Macrostoma. If you have any or have leads to some please yell out. I'm looking forwards to sharing experiences with you all. Cheers, Salty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted June 9, 2014 Report Share Posted June 9, 2014 Welcome salty! Not sure who's got macs at the moment. I'm sure one of our wild guys will pipe up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lodo Posted June 9, 2014 Report Share Posted June 9, 2014 If youve never kept wilds before I'd suggest starting on a different species. For the price Macs are, it would be very sad to see anything happen to them. There are some species very similar but much lower price tag where you can learn from any mistakes. My first wilds were betta Unimaculata. We bought 5. Put them in a tank, cling wrapped the whole thing, then put cover glass on. The next morning we found two dried up on the ground. Found they had jumped onto a ledge, crawled along some glass, and then out of the tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted June 10, 2014 Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 Salty, have a look at channoides or albimarginata. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lodo Posted June 10, 2014 Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 If you want big fish you can look at some locally bred unimac complex fish. There's a few hobbyists breeding and selling some stunning fish for cheap prices Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myster619 Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 Welcome to the forum Salty. Macs are hard to come by as they have a bad rep for killing each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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