may i know how to differentiate them?
i caught mine from perak..

maybe i should try to keep them separately. anyway. is your imbellis in dark color all the while? or only turn into dark when they flare?

Hohoho... Never ever do compare betta splendens of plakats, fighters, or show bettas with wild bettas, in this case betta imbellis.

Betta splendens, they're just ferocious fighters, built or trained or bred to be fighters. A different class on their own. One way to describe - Built for the Kill.

Betta imbellis and other wild bettas, are for hobbyists, in other words to be kept, raised, bred and to preserve and conserve the species but not for fight to death purpose or to see their beautiful fins being torn or shred to pieces.

Besides that, they don't really fight with their teeth. Flaring at each other from tanks or bottles or even pushing each other away (I call it 'ass bumping') until they get tired and they could still live happily in a large tank with each other.

Occasionally there might be some slight fin damage due to some carelessness of confrontation, otherwise they're as peaceful and serene as best ffriends.

Regarding their colouration, betta imbellis or any other wild bettas will only show their best colours during flaring or breeding. As you might have heard of such a phrase - 'Don't piss me off until I'll show you my TRUE COLOURS!'.

They won't simply be at their best colours at all times, unlike the betta splendens of plakats, fighters, or show bettas, who are able to flare 24/7 and at all times in their strong contrasting colours.

This, is what makes the difference by a huge margin in between the two. Have fun!

LOL! Tested and proven. They may be small but now I've experienced seeing one of my best male flaring at a male fighter and scare the larger fighter to show its stressed lines.

Thanks! a very clear clarification can't wait to separate them in different tank and let them flare. If i separate them in different tank for sometimes, then i put them back into same tank again, should be no problem also rite? just wondering...

once i put a small haruan (slightly longer than the imbellis) into the imbellis tank, they turn into dark color and hide in the plants.. maybe feel threaten

Haha. No worries. You could try to separate them and put them back to see the effects. I don't think they are as ferocious as the betta splendens. If they do seem to fight and get injured badly, do separate them up.

Anyway, if you have photos to show of your very own betta imbellis that would be lovely.

those channa will eat them lol....carefull.....

LOL... you and your channa... *hides my fries away from your sight to prevent being fed to the channas*

feeding them with imbellis and smaragdina make their colour more vibrant lol(false teach..please dont do this at home)..

Yeah, good for your channas, not good for the bettas. Go get yourself shrimps, drain guppies, bloodworms or bird mealworms to feed your channas instead. Shoo shoo...

but betta taste better lol....they make make my smaragdina & imbellis strain in house extinct lol.....

Haha. You no longer have anymore of smaragdina & imbellis, so you needn't worry. You should feed your channas with livida fries. Hahahaha!!! You'll say, Nooooooooooooooo for sure.

for sure nooooooooooo.........it confirm make me feel like feeding my own finger to the channa

one of the imbellis has torn fin caused by the channa
what i did was revenge for them. i put the channa to another tank with a bigger size adult betta.

what's happened was the channa was totally freak out and crying for no way out being hunted by the betta..

at the end, i put the channa back to the ditch, since i don't have live food for it..

p/s: got couple of livida to share?

This post has been edited by ZONX: Apr 24 2012, 05:38 PM

this the main reason i dont post any picture lol....my outstanding noob picture skill....Betta in Plastic tank lol...

some catcher put fancy2 name to wild betta ...i will try my best to do it too lol


Betta Livida sp. "cyberjaya" a.k.a cyberlivida loca!!!







Betta Brownorum sp. "Matang" a.k.a Betta Bobby Brown orum!!!
Giant Green Spot Assassin...Juvinile size.


female



unsettle condition-wounded but on recovering....
Male


other fish?i giving up to do proper photo session...

This post has been edited by beawolf64: Apr 24 2012, 05:50 PM

wine red livida..
you caught them from cyberjaya? mine to tell which part?
i would love to have them
anyway, will livida only show the red color when they flare? or all the while they will be red no matter flaring or not.

i duno where to catch it...sorry....hmmnn.....after they settle,mostly will be in colouration mode,but easy to be pale after "terkejut" lol

Nice wildie u have
Any idea where to get foerchi? We r getting off topic already since this thread is for splenden

LOL. My apologies for dragging in the wild bettas. Enough of imbellis, smaragdina, livida, brownorum, or foerschi. Haha.

Back to splendens...

Imbellis is from splenden rite. Hehehe..

Yes, imbellis, smaragdina, stiktos are all from the splendens complex but this thread is about the splendens' splendens. LOL!

Shouldn't really drag on into the wild bettas or else it would poison the people here. Haha!

ive been poisoned~