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Geez, thats a lucky find Labrakitty! not in SLS or Wetpetz by any chance?

its not just a brown plakat? its actually a 'wild caught' not a 'wild type'?

They are fairly placid in comparison to fancy bettas, and can be kept with females (wild caughts, not fancies). They don't do well in jars, think aout 2 gallon minimum, preferably with dark substrate and a very good lid (they jump and aim!). Get a small live plant for him to hide in, and grab some live food for him just in case he hasn't been weaned to pellets.

Get as much info out of the seller as you can, try to find out where he was caught if you can.

And if you want to breed later on or just have some girlies for him to play with, let me know, i'll put you in contact with some other wild splendens breeders.



For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett

I am pretty sure he is wild caught. I have never kept a betta before, so fill me in. They are definitely not brown plakets. I don't think I will be breeding though, I will let you know if I decide to. Maybe in a few years when I am allowed another tank!

Last edited by labrakitty at 26-Jul-2005 20:31

they are probably just reg short tail males, with a green body and red fins, just treat it like a reg betta. short tail will often be under wilds. etc.

Definitely not common short tail, and there is not a speck of red on that little fellow. I didn't get him from a chain store sorry, the aquarium is called Blackburn Aquarium.

pics please. look on the gill flaps, if it is red, then you have a wild fighter, all the wise, nope it is a custom breed fighter.

Or it could be a different species.

One of our big suppliers recently had lots of smaragds and imbellis wilds through, so a lot of the pet stores are stocking those wilds.
I didn't see splendens on the list, but that doesn't mean they didn't come through with the other species as a juvie.


We had a few wild-caught splendens coming through that were crossbred, but probably not on purpose, they sort of looked like an imbellis x splendens.





For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett

The worker said it was a betta splendens, but he may have been wrong, it looks a little like the Smaragdina too, but not as much.

Completely different from a short tail, it had different shaped fins from a short tail and a plakat. They also have short tails, that are labled short tails, and this was labled 'wild caught betta splendens'.

I can't get a picture because I don't have it yet, but I do remember he did have reddish gill flaps I think, and they weren't from a disease. But apart from that there was not a speck of red on the rest of his body.

thanks for the replies.

Last edited by labrakitty at 26-Jul-2005 20:05

Last edited by labrakitty at 26-Jul-2005 20:06

The other day I was browsing through my local aquarium when I saw this beautiful betta, it was greenish with georgous iridescant blue highlights. I looked at the tag and saw that it was a male wild strain of the Betta Splendens (Not bred to have long fins), although it looked like a short finned male of a female. I have reserved it as I have fish in my QT at the moment, so I will go and pick him up in about a week.

Can anyone give me any information on keeping these?

Thanks

What are the fins shaped like? If there was no other red then its not smaragdina as they have red on their fins...If there was no other red on it as well its hard to say if it is actually wild caught, that being because there seems to be a good deal of red on wild splendens and others like it...
Check the IBC SMPhttp://www.ibc-smp.org/ and look under species for some pics and see if looks like any.

Whatever he is he sounds nice!

I just got him, he actually does have red on the tips of his fins. He looks nearly identical to the picture in the 'betta splendens' profile on that website you gave me.

Claudia wasn't eating anything at all but yesterday i saw him grabbing 4 shrimps. He is eating flakes now, so I think that is a good sign, everyone think so?

Last edited by labrakitty at 31-Jul-2005 01:33

Claudia the boy?

Thats as bad as my first betta!


It sounds good!

For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett

he will eat as much as ur going to give him soon.

He was looking very sick so I took him to my FV. (Fish vet, expert on fish) He said not to feed any small fish or gouramis expec. blood worms as it blocks they digestive system, becuase the worms have bristles and exo-skeletons. He said Claudia also needed 1 or 2 girl friends becuase he is a wild strain. The vet said if he is happy and stays alive long enough he will get over the worm blockage.

So here's me going to the aquarium and buying 2 gorgeous female bettas (not wild strain) and some live black worms (also suggested)

when I put them in the tank Claudia seemed delighted! I think he will happily keep on living...i hope so anyway

Just a note to other betta keepers, don't feed your betta babes bloodworms!Or any other small fish, only big fish, and definetely not any labirynth fish though.

you may want to get FV to clarify his reasoning as i'd bet almost anything a betta would eat in the wild would have an exoskeleton.
Did he say FD ir frozen? I only ask as a blanket ban seems a bit drastic considering it s what a majority of betta breeders use as a staple diet. Its not the most complete food, but yeah, it is the most commonly used IME.
If you could get more info next time you speak to him, I'd really like to know

They love the blackworms also try mozzie larvae, daphnia (if you can get it) whiteworms and defrosted peas. I actually feed peas as a treat, and all of mine love it.




For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett