Akar betta
Betta akarensis
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A wild betta from Borneo (Brunei and Sarawak), from peat and acid-water swamps, where it lives in still stretches of streams among leaves and bank vegetation. The male mouthbroods the eggs.
- Scientific name
- Betta akarensis
- Family
- Osphronemidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Osphronemidae
- Order
- Anabantiformes
- Synonyms
- Betta climacura
Origin
- Native region
- Ásia
Water
- Temperature
- 21–27 °C
- pH
- 5.5–7.5
- General hardness (GH)
- 0–12 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 8 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 54 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 60 cm
Behavior
- Social life
- Pair
- Swimming level
- Middle
Care
- Care difficulty
- Easy
Reproduction
- Breeding strategy
- Mouthbrooder
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Data deficient (DD)
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