For our purposes we will focus primarily on the highly popular species b.
Betta splendens natural habitat.
Splendens or the siamese fighting fish read on to learn about the betta.
Unless you have a wild caught betta the splendens species has no natural habitat.
Betta splendens is a species of fish that hails from thailand in southeastern asia.
A betta is any number of species in the taxonomic genus betta researchers recognize at least 73 different species in the group.
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However these fighting fish still exist in their natural habitat.
It is often claimed that siamese fighting fish betta splendens originate from and prefer to live in small puddles of water and that they will become stressed in a tank larger than a few litres and may even die this is incorrect.
Betta fish care guide video.
The betta splendens those colorful little living jewels found in teeny tiny cups in pet stores are not as the pet store chains would have you believe found in mud puddles or watery footprints of oxen.
Natural environment aquatix takes pride in hand selecting the most attractive and unique specimens that we can find.
The betta fish betta splendens is an exception as it is an air breathing fish from shallow stagnant waters that can do well in a quart size or larger bowl without needing aeration.
Betta splendens one of the most well known freshwater fish in the hobby betta splendens are a beautiful but fiercely territorial species.
They can only survive in a closed controlled aquariums.
They actually live in a large biodiverse ecosystem in parts of asia.
It does require good water quality and warm water temperature.
Imbellis however hybrids of these two species as well as b.
The natural habitat of siamese fighting fish is in large heavily vegetated marshes rice paddies and slow moving streams of south asia in thailand and cambodia.
The betta fish that we buy as pets are usually betta splendens or b.
I am writing this aquarium answers post article to hopefully help with all the controversies around the internet and elsewhere about wild betta habitat and requirements.
Scientific name betta splendens.
The siamese fighting fish.
There are over 70 recognized species of betta many of which are now endangered in the wild.
They have been speciated out of their wild cousins due to many many many years of selective breeding.
Smaragdina are common in the hobby.
Their closest relatives are the gouramis.