my betta imbellis tank

[ari]

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these imbelis are wild caught from various rice fileds in northeastern thailand. there are 12 males and 4 females in this tank...i think
my worst fear was , the males would go for each others throat....but so far so good. guess with so much hiding places among the plants , the weaker fish could always back away from a fight

 

[OohFeeshy]

Wow.... they are so.. purple.... Its a gorgeous tank, how big is it? Lools pretty massive in the pic. I'd guess they were fairly pricey though.

 

[Kiarra]

I am so jealous! I've been trying to get my hands on some B. imbellis for MONTHS!

They're absolutely GORGEOUS, and the tank is just lovely...so perfect for them.

 

[Joby]

Fantastic set-up and beautiful fish

The Imbellis Ritz

 

[BettasRFriends]

BEAUTIFUL! Love that tank setup and I hope none of the male tear each others throat out . That's gotta be a really big tank (over 100 gallon?) according to the pictures. Sooooo purple

 

[Elise]

Wow that's a stunning tank! And those fish are gorgeous! Did you catch them yourself?

 

[BettasRFriends]

He probably did . I mean if I was in his shoes I would've. How can anyone resist them?

 

[Synirr]

All I can say is wooooooow!

 

[BettasRFriends]

I want to book the next flight to Malaysia and steal your tank

 

[ari]

thanks for the compliments...everyone. well, thats a 110x55x55cm tank, so its not as big as the photos suggest. i didnt spend a fortune on it, since this is an outdoor tank, i skipped the expensive lightings , heaters and the co2 system. tropical climate makes the plants grow like crazy with minimal effort
the plants are free ..hehehe, i got them from the wetlands not far from bangkok. there are plenty cheap plants available, but commercial bred plants are planted dry or on mud beds with their leafs exposed and its a bit tricky to get those plant to flourish in your tanks. apart from that, the planters always trim the roots off for the simple reason u would go back for more when your plant dont make the grade.
so for that reason i had to brave the snakes and leeches to collect plants from the wetlands.
im malaysian , but i have been living in thailand for a few years now, so all the imbellis collections are done in thailand. i must say that in malaysia, the imbellis are truly stunting, especially the red/orange imbellis.of course there are plenty of betta pugnax, betta taeniata, betta livida, etc etc ,but then malaysia have strict laws on capturing of native species. most species of fish and plants are protected by law...so care must be taken on what u collect.
most of my imbellis and mahachai are collected from ural rice fields near the cambodian border. hahaha..of course i didnt catch them myself. a dumb city folk like me would spend hours trodding those fields without catching anything
i got the village kids to do it for a small sum. the kids know those fields like the back of their hands and could produce dozens in a short time.

 

[bkk_group]

wat dee krub ari, nice collection

 

[Karah's_Mommy]

This link doesn't work for me, am I doing something wrong ?

 

[yeeviabetta]

Love it. Great display. Will drop by in Kuala Lumpur next time if I head home for a vacation. You breed betta too?

 

[ari]

Love it. Great display. Will drop by in Kuala Lumpur next time if I head home for a vacation. You breed betta too?

hahaha..there are no bettas in kuala lumpur...good ones i mean. if betta is what u love ...then head up north to thailand. 80% of the worlds betta export comes from thailand...thats what i heard
nope..i dont breed them, never had much luck with raising their babies i dont really have much of a collection, just some odd Plakat here and there . i set up that imbellis tank ...and that was that. frankly i just cured myself from the betta bug not too long ago...and i aint going back to those crazy betta keeping days ..no sir

here are two photos of my ugly bettas, a Plakat and a Giant PK

 

[ari]

wat dee krub ari, nice collection

sawadee krab...hahaha..im not a thai...but nice to meet u anyway...cheers!