Beauty of Wild Betta

[zhiz22]

PLease view the below websites.......

http://www.bettastarz.com/wildbettas.htm
http://home.c2i.net/philippi/Betta/main.htm


really amazing fishes.......after see betta splendens too long also sian....haha

anyway i will be trying to spawn some wild betta which i have gotten from thailand cute little fellows that dun grow more than 1.5 inch!!

[xtilz]

I'm more impressed by what what straits put up on the website on imbellis. the purple copper glow or something sure looks damn cool. That'll b my next target man...

[tltan]

yah. the price for copper in bangkok was 3000 baht or 120 sgd. one piece and they dont release female.

chio chio bo beh chao.

Cheers,
tltan

[xtilz]

wah... 120SGD... somemore boh bu eh... must teo beh beo then can consider... beh mai zao!!!!!!

[blondmyth]

Originally posted by tltan
yah. the price for copper in bangkok was 3000 baht or 120 sgd. one piece and they dont release female.

chio chio bo beh chao.

Cheers,
tltan

they even sell so ex for a betta in thailand ar?
HEH.

[zhiz22]

eh tonight i will put up something very chio chio......
like smaragina (whatever spelling) purple glow...with some red.
and i have that fish at home.

[zhiz22]

yo ppl my wild betta pics are up!!

www.geocities.com/snowbetta

[Ronald]

Hi Kelvin,

Real impressed with the degree you are into betta breeding. Must say you have a real unique collection. I esp like your latest on the orange-red x orange. Very refreshing color indeed!

One question : How do u take such good betta pictures? My digi-camera does not seem to be able to focus at all on bettas in their glass containers. Images always blur. But big fishes like LHs and Aros no problem.
Care to enlighten?

[tltan]

Hi Ronald,

(1) Dont use Flash
(2) Use macro mode of camera. Normal cameras are 10 cm macro normally..Nikon ones can go up to 2 cm for the best and mine at 4 cm.
(3) Put a light source on top of the tank of fish u taking...this will make it nicer. Look at some of the pics i took. http://photos.yahoo.com/tltanus
(4) Patience. To take and take and delete and delete as these buggers dont stay still.

Cheers,
tltan

[zhiz22]

yah i learn from tltan one. so my picture has improved significantly
but sometimes you have to use flash coz it brings out the true colors.

[blondmyth]

Originally posted by tltan
Hi Ronald,

(1) Dont use Flash
(2) Use macro mode of camera. Normal cameras are 10 cm macro normally..Nikon ones can go up to 2 cm for the best and mine at 4 cm.
(3) Put a light source on top of the tank of fish u taking...this will make it nicer. Look at some of the pics i took. http://photos.yahoo.com/tltanus
(4) Patience. To take and take and delete and delete as these buggers dont stay still.

Cheers,
tltan

wah titan you can take pictures very well har... is your camera the normal type or does it come with a macro lens?

[tltan]

nope. i dont take good pictures all the time.
haha.
My camera happens to have a very good enough macro mode. It is a nikon coolpix775 with macro mode of 4cm. no special adaptions to it. most digital cam are 10cm...so that means placing the camera 10 cm away from the subject to take.

Lights is very important on top to illuminate the subject so as to take clear pics

[tltan]

am also playing around with the camera lah...not really good. hands always shake leh...blur 100 pieces...good 1 piece kind of thing.

[Ronald]

tltan,

Very good pics taken. Bet u have spent a lot of efforts into them as until now, I still cannot get one that is clear and presentable for my bettas. Only those taken for my LHs and Aros not bad.:p

[xtilz]

wah ronald ur x back very the chio!! purple base is it? (dunno whether there's such a thing)

[zhiz22]

xlitz

dunno how to admire aro still look all the same to me man.....the color only the shade a little diff, scales are scales...haha

a blue mask looks much better definately....


hahahah

just got a pair!! chio chio.....

[LamHK]

Is it a Blue mask plakat? upload and see.... leh...

[xtilz]

I just happen to like thin frame x backs lor, esp blue based or this type of purple shine.

[zhiz22]

here is the pics.

pic is i think father and sister to what i got. not my pics. but related.

first pic father

second pic sister

[zhiz22]

sister

see female body got eggs behind stomach. stomach is black. egg sac is yellowish that is how i identify male/ female. this pic cannot see black/shiny stomach sometimes eggs cover the stomach.

so you note the way the shape of body of the female bloated sideway, something like elongated stomach.

finnage and white dots dun really matter in sexing. got eggs means females.

[LamHK]

berry nice blue U hv.... how old by the way?
If can mate with a female HM plakat will be fantastic...