What is a Betta fish?

Betta fish

Assalamualaikum and hello readers! Alright, this is a REAL REAL REAL betta fish/fighting fish. haha. nope. I guess the guy find it very hard to keep real betta that made him to tatoo it instead. well, no more time wasted on water change and feeding anymore. LOL hehe. This is the REALLY REAL one.



a Veil tail betta

SO, this is the real one. in fact this is one you see in almost every local fish shop (LFS) in Malaysia. Anyways, according to the places the malay names for the fish varied. its called IKAN LAGA, SEKILA, SEMPILAI or pretty much any weird name you can come up with(hehe, just kidding).

Its natural habitat is usually in ponds or stagnant water bodies. but not the one above though. Its a mutated fish from the original ones that made it become more commercial in the sense of ornamental fish market value.

well, in LFS, most of the time you'll only see two types of tail for betta fish. its called veil tail and plakats. the picture above is the veil tail type, where as you can see, the shape of the tail is long and slender, resembling a veil. so, thats where the name come from :) this is a PLAKAT betta; 

aha! this is the one! hehe. this is called plakat, which means a short-finned betta. this type is the closest type to original wild betta :) I'll explain later in the next issue. hehe

Oh, another thing! betta fish has a unique breathing system which is the labyrinth system. In easier way to explain, it breathes oxygen just the same way humans do. hehe. Means that it doesn't really need aeration at all!

With that said, this is the end of the 1st issue. thanks for reading, and I'll share more infos with u guys on the next issue. A hint that I can give you guys is its going to be about tail types. hehe. Thanks!

P/S: Smile and never give up! here's a picture of one type of wild betta for you guys. :) enjoy!

Cool a'ight?