Wild-form Bettas?

[AndrewZ]

Are natural wild-type bettas (without the changes in color & fin length through selective breeding) ever available in the pet trade? Or other natural species in the betta genus? Thanks

Seems the wild ones look like this

 

[starrynightxxi]

they can be found online, but i doubt you'll ever see any at a pet shop

 

[Bettabelieveit]

I've gotten plenty of wilds from pet shops, Imbellis, Fusca, Raja, Unimaculata all from pet shops

There are a ton TON of different wilds, do some research on them, they're quite fun, I enjoy them very much a good resource is here:

http/www.ibc-smp.org

http/www.midnightbettas.com

 

[sukie]

I've gotten plenty of wilds from pet shops, Imbellis, Fusca, Raja, Unimaculata all from pet shops

There are a ton TON of different wilds, do some research on them, they're quite fun, I enjoy them very much a good resource is here:

http/www.ibc-smp.org

http/www.midnightbettas.com

That's because you are blessed to live by such lfs to supply them!!!

 

[wendywc]

I think mine must be a wild male, even though I bought it from Walmart in a female betta cup.

 

[Synirr]

Nah Wendy, looks like a traditional style plakat to me . Too chunky and brightly coloured to be wild.

A lot of members here breed wild types. I've currently got B. albimarginata that breed like bunnies, and am getting rajas, fuscas and brownorum in the near future

 

[wendywc]

Oh, hehe, still new to bettas.

 

[sukie]

Oh, hehe, still new to bettas.

It's all good! That's why there's a forum for bettas, so we can feed off each other's brain power!

 

[Bettabelieveit]

I've gotten plenty of wilds from pet shops, Imbellis, Fusca, Raja, Unimaculata all from pet shops

There are a ton TON of different wilds, do some research on them, they're quite fun, I enjoy them very much a good resource is here:

http/www.ibc-smp.org

http/www.midnightbettas.com

That's because you are blessed to live by such lfs to supply them!!!

That is very true It's the general area I live in that I am blessed with, the Milwaukee Aquarium Society has a lot of people who breed wilds and then sell the babies to LFSs in the area for very cheap I'm working on getting connections

 

[OohFeeshy]

Most 'colourful' wilds are red- the rest are pretty drab in comparison.

 

[happyannie]

When you find out more about those connections, let me know please if you don't mind. I don't live too far and might like to take a road cruise behind the Cheddar Curtain.