BETTA MUSTARD GAS MALE freshwater group_AFRICAN CICHLID MALAWI and deposits its eggs in

and deposits its eggs in narrow crevices

where it forms large schools

along the junction of preoperculum and operculum

May winter over outside as long as an open "patch" of the pond does not freeze

BETTA MUSTARD GAS MALE freshwater group_AFRICAN CICHLID MALAWI and deposits its eggs inBettas originate from Thailand. Wild habitats include? still bodies of water like rice paddies, swamps, roadside ditches, ponds and slow moving streams. Bettas? possess a breathing organ known as the labyrinth, which permits the fish to breathe atmospheric air that they "gulp" from the surface of their habitat. This specialized organ allows them to inhabit oxygen poor environments unsuitable for most fish. Bettas naturally inhabit still water