Monday, March 30, 2020

About Betta Fish

Wild Bettas


Hello Rainbow buddies in this very first post we will write about Betta Fish of course, based on our experience and knowledge.
Betta (Betta sp.) is a freshwater fish whose native habitat is several countries in Southeast Asia, including Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, Singapore, and Vietnam. This fish has a unique shape and character and tends to be aggressive in maintaining its territory. Among fans, Betta fish are generally divided into three groups, namely ornamental betta, fighting betta, and wild betta. In Indonesia there are original betta, one of which is Betta channoides found in Pampang, East Kalimantan.

Betta fish is one of the strong fish that survives for a long time so that if the fish is placed in a container with a small volume of water and without an air circulation device (aerator), this fish can still survive.

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The development of variations in terms of shape and color is fairly rapid in the last few generations. Some species of betta are known today :
  • Betta Pugnax (Forest Betta)
  • Betta taeniata (Banned Betta)
  • Betta macrostoma (Bruney Beauty)
  • Unimaculata Betta (Golden Slender)
  • Betta picta (painted Betta)
  • Betta anabantoides (Pearly Betta)
  • Betta edithae (Betta Brederi)
  • Foerschi Betta (Purple Saphire Betta)
The betta fish above is known as the mouth breeder, which is a betta fish that incubates its eggs in the mouth, while the group below is a relative of betta fish, which builds its nest with foam (bublle nest)
  • Betta akarensis (Sarawak Betta)
  • Cocoa Betta (Clorat's Betta)
  • Betta bellica (Standard's Betta)
  • Betta tesyae (Peaceful Betta)
  • Smaragdina Betta (Emerald Betta)
  • Betta imbelis (Slugger's Betta)
  • Betta splendens (Siamese Fighting Fish)
Other species of betta fish known as:
  • Betta albimarginata
  • Betta channoides
  • Balunga Betta
  • Betta Breviobesus
  • Betta enisae
And the betta fish that we see on the market come from Betta Splendens, which have been interbred with other types of betta fish so that they produce lots of variations both in physical form, strength, nature and color.
That was articles about Betta Fish that we can collect from web, hopefully this article About Betta Fish was useful, and see you in the next article about the Origin of Betta Splendens