Gouramis and Bettas
Betta pi
Betta pi
Photo: BEDO (Thailand) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature24–28 °C
- pH5–7
- Minimum tank80 l
- Adult size12 cm
- Difficulty★★★☆☆
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Osphronemidae
- Origin
- Southern Thailand and the Malay Peninsula
- Size
- 12 cm
- Temperature
- 24 – 28°C
- pH
- 5.0 – 7.0
- GH
- 1 – 10 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★★☆☆
- Water type
- tropical freshwater
- Swimming level
- medium
- Behavior
- Pacific
- Minimum number of individuals
- pair
- Minimum aquarium size
- 80 L
- Diet
- carnivore
- Reproduction
- oviparous; paternal mouthbrooding
Notes: A large, dark betta with a mark on its throat resembling the Greek letter pi.
