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I ended up breaking down my system to make a move an sold him but at first it was a little skeptical about the prepared food at first so I did live brine mixed with some dead (wet) mysis
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Well, today’s a sad day for me. After determining the behavior of the rest of my stocking list, I have unfortunately decided to axe my Marine Betta too. It’s always been a must-have fish for me, but considering that it will have all active tank mates among the other larger fish, I am afraid it won’t thrive and be too reclusive in my tank. This leaves me with 14 fish and I might add back the two PJ Cardinals for a total of 3 pairs.
I have always hoped to find a specimen that’s already eating frozen or even flakes and pellets at my LFS, but it’s a gamble and my LFS does not get them in more than 1-2, maybe 3 at a time. It’s a gamble. If I need any live foods to initiate a feeding response, my LFS does not really provide them so I’ll be absolutely helpless.
Don't give up on the marine betta if you really want one, you just may have to look outside your normal sources.
I managed to find a captive bred juvenile specimen at an lfs I visit when taking a break from my in-laws. I NEVER had to feed it live, it was eating frozen mysis by day 2.
Mine isn't reclusive or shy, and over time his feeding response has gone from slow and tentative (used to feed him with long feeding tongs) to bold and on par with my clownfish and anthias.
He also gets along quite well with my yellow tang and isn't intimidated by the fast movement of the tang or the assorted wrasse and anthias in my system.
If you can, find a captive bred one, as they are usually much better conditioned for life in your reef tank.
Lol I’m sure that wouldn’t be the case in the wild. Unfortunately I live halfway across the world and I can’t get access to many captive breeders like ORA, Sustainable Aquatics and so on. That means no captive bred Betta for me. As much as I’d love to. Here the only fish we get Captive bred on a regular basis are Clowns, and sometimes large angels (Chaetodonplus), recently I’ve seen captive bred Cuban Hogfish Show up (one at a time). And then Golden Trevallys.
If I recall doing an R2R search, I think about half the folks complained that their Marine Betta ‘hid’ most of the time. I think your selection(s) are better without it, personally.