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OK I love keeping bettas and shooting at them with my camera, but have never kept a wild betta, there were ample opportunities to get some betta smaragdina or the betta pi, the betta pi was quite alluring, it is a monster betta , but never got to keeping one

Did try getting the ever beautiful macrostoma but its mortality and price did scare me a bit to avoid the fish, may be one day will try keeping the fish

I got this fish as a surprise from a friend, he had sent me a pair, poor handling by the railway authorities caused the death of the female, but i will soon be receiving another, and boy was I stoked, was so darn excited that I just couldn't stop reading about this fish and looking at various setups.

And after two days of fazing out I have in my mind what my setup is going to be

Clearing out the ctenopoma acutirostris to make space for the betta albimarginata

The tank is 3'x1'x1'

Substrate is fine river Sand

Decor planning on a small piece of driftwood, which has to be branchy
And some rocks to make small caves

Will be adding ample amounts of leaf litter of indian almond leaves

The tank will have lots of rainbow shrimp as food and scavengers of the tank

It is always a nice experience of keeping a wild caught fish. I am waiting eagerly some shots of the fish.

Will be a Beauty

SCORPIO wrote:It is always a nice experience of keeping a wild caught fish. I am waiting eagerly some shots of the fish.

the fish is not wild caught
But is a wild form of bettas
From Borneo
A mouthbrooder
The male holds the eggs for 15-20 days

when can we expect some pics

OK did some shopping for the albimarginata setup
Picked up the main driftwood and got a big bag of jackfruit leaf for the leaf litter

Here are the pics




And the bag full of jackfruit leaves

ahhhhhhhhhhh...that's torture....where is the betta?

juanico wrote:ahhhhhhhhhhh...that's torture....where is the betta?

In a 13 gallon tank



PS: yet to take shareable shots of this fish
But have taken some shots will share those but they are quite ugly

Waiting.............waiting.

The betta is quite a character, shy and coy I would say
After a lot of waiting and the throbbing pain in my back I was able to get him off guard out in the open and here is the pic