Posts tagged with Betta Splendens

February 17th 2010

A Red Dragon Hmpk Betta Picture

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No, that’s not latin It just means – a betta plakat (PK) fish (siamese fighting gish) with a pattern on its body called ‘red dragon’ and with finnage of a halfmoon (HM) (a circle cut in half?). I am bad at explaining, so here’s a handy link to the Wikipedia page on bettas and their [...]

September 3rd 2009

Copper Black Bettas Spawned

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Update: The male ate all the eggs. The SOB. Dang!!! My foray into breeding special types of bettas has finally started. Couple of days back I introduced the male copper black super delta (Copper Black SDT Male) male betta into the new jungle-like spawning tank. I say jungle-like because I have kept too many types [...]

August 24th 2009

My New Delta And Super Delta Tail Bettas

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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 [...]

August 2nd 2009

Ask / Iah Meeting Bangalore And Some Cambodian Bettas

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We were supposed to me at the monthly ASK / IAH (The Aquarist Soceity of Karnataka / Indian Aquarium Hobbyist) meeting at 9:30 AM today. But when I woke up it was already past 11. Woo! That was a good night’s sleep . I still wanted to make it to the meet though. So I [...]

June 22nd 2009

Betta Breeding An Initial Success

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All my friends know that I am a betta freak. I love keeping these amazingly beautiful fish in aquariums or glass containers at home. I sometimes spend hours just staring at them and seeing what they do. It relaxes me and is one of my favorite hobbies. I had purchased a steel blue betta a [...]