Alien Betta Blue Hybrid | Rare Bettas

From the Betta Splendens Complex.

IUCN Red List: N/A (This type is a hybrid of sorts. Does not naturally occur in the wild)

Blue Alien Hybrid betta from a breeder in Vietnam.

Imported july, approximately 7 months old.

Sometimes referred to as Royal Blue, this has a beautiful coloration of Deep blue throughout the body. Aliens are a hybridization of different types of wild bettas and are considered a type of wild hybrid.  Traits of "Alien" include full facial mask, spread iridescence that cover the fins and the body as well as webbing on the caudal fins.

Blue is the result of having a Homozygous metallic gene over Heterozygous iridescence (Royal blue). Like "grey" they do not change color depending on the angle of light. The important thing to note, because they are heterozygous they do not breed true, thus the breeder will have a stock of turquoise, steel blue, and Royal blue Mon-metallic offsprings.

please note that pairs that "we pick" arent necessarily lower quality than the posted males, we don't always have time to take photos of them all but we usually only sell to customers the best of what we have.

genes for iridescence: Blbl

Genes for metallic: --

WE ONLY SELECT healthy high quality fish to ship out, that mean old fish or fish with any signs of disease or weakness will NOT be selected to be sold.

ALL of our fish go through 2 or more weeks of quarantine before being sold. Quarantine period consist of medication to remove parasites such as velvet and ich.  All males come from the same lineage and are generally similar.

Basic Information

Temperament: Males are VERY aggressive and should be kept alone or in tanks with non-male betta mates. Can be kept in a planted community tank of multiple females if there is adequate space.

Max Size: 2.3 inches

TDS: 60 - 200 (We keep them in soft water with low TDS to match our other wild bettas but they are more tolerant of water conditions.)

pH: 5.0-7.0

Temperature : 75-85 (much better coloration at warmer temperature above 78 degrees)

Diet: Carnivorous, we currently feed them live blackworms, frozen bloodworms and pellets.

Breeding: Bubblenester