My New Delta And Super Delta Tail Bettas

My friends circle know that I am into betta fishes and some blog readers know that too, I suppose. However, not many would know that I am an absolute crazy and insane person when it comes to bettas. I just love to look at them for hours, period. If you need someone to vouch for that, just  ask Anoop. He wrote a parody of me in his blog about my obsession with fishes.

I have been trying to import some black colored betta splendens from Thailand for some time. I noticed that on aquabid there are quite a few genuine sellers online from Thailand. However, the problem was that their business is not that great to India. So even if they can ship to India none of them were able to give absolute guarantee of delivery live. Normally, bettas survive shipping quite easily. However, I got to know that there are quite a few fish enthusiasts and aquariums importing fish regularly. So I figured it would be easier for them to get my bettas. Still no luck.

In the mean time I came to know from a member of IAH from Pune, Shubhankar, that he is shipping some fish to Bangalore and that he had a pair of Copper Delta Tail Bettas to spare. Wow. I decided to get them immediately on my last month’s incentive money. Hehehe. So went ahead, ordered for them, and received them in good health and cheer yesterday.

I am a bad photographer. But I assure you that the Copper Black Delta Tail pictured above is an amazing specimen. He is eating well and in good health. I will spawn him with the Copper Black Delta Tail Female, also shipped by Shubhankar from Pune. Thanks man. Great stuff.

So, I was at Hayath’s (an IAH member and also a full time Indian Native Fish enthusiast) house collecting the fish sent by Shubhankar. His friend Nikhil, another fish hobbyist, was also there and they both decided to go to Karthik’s nearby. I had no clue who Karthik was. I soon came to know that he was this guy from IAH who is a very serious fish hobbyist. So we went there and found that there was an actual aquarium shop. And the moment I entered I knew that this was a different dimension from previous aquariums I have visited in the past. Why? Because he had the most amazing Super Delta Tailed Bettas I have ever seen outside the internet. Right there in the aquarium.

So I bought one from him. And some live blood worms for my fish.

He was too active to take good pictures. But here’s  one below of my prized fighters showing off.

I am going to breed these buggers and send them off to Nagercoil (to my friend Joel who has a better breeding setup) for more breeding. By the time it is Christmas this year I am sure to see some good results. I hope

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