habitat of Betta ibanorum

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kuching

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Betta ibanorum is a new description of wild Betta found in western Sarawak,Borneo. In the past,some people thought it is Betta akarensis.Here r the pix of its habitat:

a slow moving blackwater stream...very low ph:

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Betta ibanorum:

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My cousin is collecting betta:

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Can u see the aquatic plant???

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Its Barclaya moleyi!

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That's amazing. I could spend all day wallowing through those waters, just so awesome :wub:

Betta ibanorum aay? It looks very similar to what I'm calling kapuas :lol:
Look how brown that water is!! Just... :wub: I love your pics. I could pull up a chair and listen to you talk of wild betta all day :p
 
Wow, truly amazing. Thank you so much for sharing your pictures and stories with us.
 
one day i wanna set up a big green house and set up a giant fake stream with all the real plants and put in some betta splendens and c how it goes, would that be awsome or what? great pics, ur cousin is very lucky to be there, i wanna watch the bettas in their naturall habitat, taht would rule :thumbs:
 
GuppyDude said:
one day i wanna set up a big green house and set up a giant fake stream with all the real plants and put in some betta splendens and c how it goes, would that be awsome or what? great pics, ur cousin is very lucky to be there, i wanna watch the bettas in their naturall habitat, taht would rule :thumbs:
My cousin is my best partner.Without him,it will be bored to go into the swamp or jungle to look for different species of wild betta. B)
 

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