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	Siamese fighting fish - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Members of the genus Betta, to which the Siamese fighting fish belongs, are a type of "labyrinth fish" (a name also given to anabantids) because they have a labyrinth organ in their heads that allows them to take oxygen directly from the atmosphere rather than from water via their gills.
		Betta males are the ones to raise the fry (baby bettas) and will, even when not in presence of female or fry, build bubble nests of various sizes and thicknesses on the top of their tanks.
		Although bettas are most aggressive towards each other, they have been known to kill very small fish or nip at the fins of fish such as fancy guppies; oftentimes, the betta will mistake their finnage for that of another male fish and attack the guppy.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Siamese_fighting_fish (2636 words)

	Betta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Betta Bleeker, 1850, is a large genus of small, often colourful, freshwater ray-finned fishes in the gourami family (Osphronemidae).
		The mouthbrooding species are sometimes called "pseudo bettas", and are sometimes speculated to have evolved from the nest-builders in an adaptation to their fast-moving stream habitats.
		splendens is frequently sold in the United States simply as "betta", and fish fanciers are often unaware that, as of 2006, around 65 species are classified in the genus Betta.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Betta (518 words)

	Betta (Siamese Fighting Fish) - Betta splendens
		Bettas are fairly aggressive and pugnacious fish, not only to their own kind but also towards several other species of fish.
		Bettas that have indulged in plenty of fights seem to be more aggressive towards other fish in a community tank.
		Therefore, it is not absolutely safe to include a betta in a community collection of fish untill and unless one is absolutely sure that his or her betta is completely docile and peaceful.
	www.aquahobby.com /gallery/e_betta.php (1074 words)

	Betta splendens: culture and breeding notes
		Betta splendens is the scientific name; the local, indigenous names are Plakat (pla kat in Thai means, "biting fish"), with Plakat Mhor and Plakat Cheen being the fighting-fish and ornamental varieties of Plakat, respectively.
		Bettas are anabantid fish with an elongate, rounded body; sexual dimorphism is markedly strong, with males having longer fins.
		Bettas are anabantids, belonging to a special group of fishes that have a secondary breathing organ- the labyrinth organ- that enables them to breathe air directly from the surface of the water.
	watershed3.tripod.com /bettas.html (1895 words)

	Betta splendens
		Betta splendens should be kept together with quiet peacefull tankmates, or in a species tank.
		Betta splendens can be bred in small tank, starting from 30 cm, but it's easier to breed the fish in 40 or 60 cm tanks.
		This is a vase with a plant and a male Betta splendens in it.
	aquaworld.netfirms.com /Labyrinthfish/Betta/bettasplendens/Betta_splendens.htm (1405 words)

	faq
		Bettas obtain oxygen from the water through their gills like other fish, but they are unique in that they also breathe atmospheric air with their labyrinth organ.
		If your bettas are kept in one or 2-gallon bowls and you perform 100% water changes regularly, which maintains good water quality, then knowing what the ammonia level measures at is critical, to be sure that you have your water maintenance schedule down, so that ammonia never shows up.
		Bettas will even flare at their own reflection on the tank wall, which they can more easily see when the tank lights are on and the room lights are off.
	www.flippersandfins.net /faq.htm (8065 words)

	ARG - Aquarium & Pond Info - Betta splendens, the Siamese fighting fish
		The males of Betta splendens, and in fact, even the females of the species are very belligerent to their own kind and often to other anabantoid fishes.
		In fact, bettas can be found living in nearly any suitable body of water including in water trapped in the stumps and trunks of trees which had been recently submerged by floods.
		Keeping bettas in aquariums is the best practice, but care should be taken to keep them with other fishes which will not pick on their long fins and with which the bettas will not fight.
	www.petsforum.com /aquascience/APInfo/Betta.htm (1039 words)

	Betta splendens: General Information and Breeding by Karl Baumgarten
		The original betta doesn’t have the long, colourful, flowing fins and thin long body of the fancy type, but instead has a short, stocky body with fins like a female betta, with red, green and blue being the predominant colours.
		The betta, in my opinion, is one of the easiest first fish to keep, because they don’t require a huge tank with an expensive filter, and they don’t need to be fed expensive foods.
		The betta requires a small container (bowl or jar), likes to be fed once or twice a day and likes the water to be changed every four or five days, and that’s what makes it such a good beginner’s fish.
	www.aquarticles.com /articles/breeding/Baumgarten_Betta_splendens.html (2702 words)

	Kenny's Betta Splendens - Introduction to the Betta Splendens
		Betta combats were once the subject of many a wager, especially in the fish's native land of Thailand although the practice has waned much in recent years.
		Wild bettas are commonly found in the rice fields in Thailand which are flooded with water.
		Bettas are able to survive in such adverse oxygen-starved conditions because of a unique organ which they possess, known as the labrinyth organ.
	www.geocities.com /jeanvaljean1981/Bettas_Introduction.html (527 words)

	betta splendens Profile, with care, maintenance requirements and breeding information for your tropical fish (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Bettas have an extra organ that allows them to obtain oxygen right from the air and so can be kept in very small quarters if needed.
		bettas are easy to care for, are real colorful and have lots of different type to choose from, crowntail, half-moon, delta or double tail.
		In the Betta Splendens profile, you say that this fighting fish can be placed in a community tank, but not with fin nipper fishes.
	badmanstropicalfish.com /profiles/profile12.html (1391 words)

	Betta Splendens: Siamese Fighting Fish
		Kate Lacey is obsessed with Betta splendens, tiny, fierce and flamboyantly colored and finned tropical fish she owns and breeds in her San Francisco apartment, where this interview took place.
		Betta splendens are from Southeast Asia, primarily Thailand, Burma and Indonesia.
		The betta gulps air at the surface of the water, holding it in the cavity while the labyrinth organ extracts oxygen.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/archive/2003/07/14/urbananimal.DTL (1704 words)

	Tail Forms Of Betta splendens - Siamese Fighting Fish
		To complement the many colour strains of Betta splendens, there are also around 12 recognised variations of caudal (tail) fin forms.
		As with the Guppy (Poecilia reticulata), Betta splendens carry a diverse range of caudal shapes and in recent years, the size of the caudal has grown much larger.
		These are the fish that all long finned Betta splendens originated from and of course have been bred into most of the Betta colour strains.
	www.thatfishshop.com /ichthyology/betta_tails.htm (823 words)

	Betta Splendens - Half Moon, Double Tail, Crown Tail Bettas - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Betta simplex can reach lengths of 5 cm, and are mouthbrooders who are currently endangered and are therefore listed on the red list of the IUCN.
		Betta simplex live in alkaline and very hard water, and is therefore relatively tolerant of hard and basic tap water.
		Since this betta lives all year round in harder water around 8-12 KH, it is not only tolerant against hard and cool water, but needs it to be healthy and reproduce readily.
	www.bettysplendens.com /articles/page.imp?articleid=794 (781 words)

	Betta (Betta Splendens), the Siamese Fighting Fish: feeding, care, breeding, images, links, books, products
		Bettas, or Siamese Fighting Fish, are small colorful fish native to rice paddies and other shallow waters of Thailand (hence the name "Siamese").
		Although bettas are popular among hobbyists and breeders because of their striking colors and fins, the domestic betta usually leads a lonely existence.
		Bettas can in fact be kept in larger aquariums with other fish, provided that there is only one Betta male or enough space and hiding places for them to completely avoid one another.
	www.ptank.com /betta (605 words)

	Betta Splendens: Caring for your little fighter
		If one were to observe the feeding habits of the betta in his natural habitat, they would notice that he eats a large variety of small insects that land on the water surface.
		A staple food such as betta bites, betta bio-gold, or betta min should be fed on a daily basis once or twice a day and only 5 or 6 pellets at a time.
		Although bettas are not one of the longest-lived fish, they can live between 3 and 5 years with proper care and maintenance, and will become a wonderful friend that leaves a lasting impression.
	www.aquariumhobbyist.com /articles/BettaCare.html (977 words)

	Najrick Bettas breeding Betta Splendens (Siamese Fighting Fish)
		Betta Splendens are some of the most colourful and most recognised tropical fish in the freshwater aquarium hobby.
		We are members of Australian betta clubs, Betta Australis and the Australian Betta Club as well as the International Betta Congress.
		We've been breeding bettas since the middle of 2004 and we have been fairly successful in raising some beautiful fish.
	www.najrickbettas.com (778 words)

	Siamese Fighting Fish - Betta splendens
		The betta is now back, quite happily, in his two-gallon bowl, and there have been no further incidents in the community tank.
		Any betta I have ever kept has much rather resided in a small bowl without a filter or air pump than a larger tank.
		I have one male in a 29 gallon tank with 2 dwarf frogs and 2 shubunkin goldfish.
	www.aquahobby.com /gallery/e_bettam.php (778 words)

	Water Sprite and Betta splendens
		Adult and juvenile Betta splendens may also use the water sprite as a platform to bask themselves in the warm of your aquarium light, the equivalent of sunbathing by humans, as illustrated in the two pictures below.
		In my experience, Betta splendens also seem to show a preference for using water sprite as a platform for building their bubblenests instead of the Catalpa leaf as shown in the two pictures below.
		Another instance of a betta preferring water sprite as the platform for its bubble nest.
	www.cbsbettas.org /doc/articles/WaterSpriteandBetta3.htm (693 words)

	Betta Splendens
		The picture must be of a live betta you currently possess (honorary system), whether or not it was bred or purchased by you.
		The betta was not in a prior contest.
		If the betta was bred by someone else, state that on "description" of the picture (2nd text entry).
	groups.msn.com /BettaSplendens/photocontest.msnw (566 words)

	Caring for Betta Splendens by Kick
		However, Bettas are jumpers also, and you need to be careful and cover the tops of containers with screen or netting so that he won't jump to his death on the countertop.
		Either the Betta will become stressed and worn out from trying to run away from these fish which will rip and tear at his fins, or you will find your Betta becomes aggressive and fights with the other fish in your tank.
		There is a worldwide craze of placing a Betta in a vase with a lily growing out of the top and the roots dangling in the water.
	www.aquarticles.com /articles/breeding/Kick_Betta-keeping.html (1050 words)

	Betta Splendens Basic Care, Caring for the Siamese Fighter, Fish Tank, Betta Care, Betta Health
		Most pet shops will just tell you that if you feed your Betta once a day, change some of his water once a week (some don't even mention that water changes), and keep his water temperature at around 27 C then your fish will be fine.
		I have found that my Betta's do best when their water is maintained at 27 - 29 Celsius.
		Betta’s will drown if they are prevented from getting to the surface for air.
	www.bettahub.za.net /basiccare.htm (394 words)

	The Siamese Fighting Fish, Betta splendens
		Bettas are tropical fishes that live in waters of about the mid seventies to mid eighties Fahrenheit in temperature.
		Betta splendens derives its common name for the long-standing practice of people in Thailand using it in competitive bouts bet on by mainly men.
		Bettas come in a rainbow of colors, are easy to care for and require very little space.
	www.wetwebmedia.com /FWSubWebIndex/betta_splendens.htm (1687 words)

	Betta imbellis
		Betta imbellis can be crossed with Betta splendens, and the offspring is fertile up to 2-3 generations, but then fertility problems start to occur.
		A few years back(1998) "peaceful bettas" have been offered in shops, which were clearly a crossing with fancy bettas, created by people only interested in profit and with a complete disregard for the consequences.
		Lately it has been discovered that Betta rubra and Betta imbellis are the same species, and officially the name should be Betta rubra which is the oldest name.
	aquaworld.netfirms.com /Labyrinthfish/Betta/Betta_imbellis.htm (598 words)

	Betta Splendens, Siam's Best Bettas, Siamese Fighting Fish, Halfmoon Betta, Wild, Indian Almond Leaf, plakat Thai, ...
		The bettas in the wild look very different than the ones we know and have been captivated by.
		Bettas also are known to inhabit the shallow rice patties in Asia.
		The bettas used in Siam to fight were, again, not like our Betta Splendens of today.
	www.siamsbestbettas.com /intro.html (460 words)

	Betta Splendens, aka Siamese Fighting Fish
		Betta is a genus of small, often colourful tropical fish in the gourami family (...
		The International Betta Congress, IBC, is an organization dedicated to the keeping, breeding, showing, and protection of Betta splendens and wild type bettas.
		The Betta Obsession is a group where all of us who are obsessed with the Betta can come together with others who share the same obsession.
	www.squidoo.com /bettas (2202 words)

	BETTA DREAMS
		I was shortly renting a U-haul to bring home all the tanks and supplies she had left (she's in Toledo).
		Betta, well until they began not allowing me to post pics of my fish to other sites.
		The difference in water caused me to lose quite a few bettas (my white line was wiped out), and no one would breed until July 2003.
	www.bettadreams.com (1696 words)

	Aquaspud's Page On Breeding Better Bettas
		Habitat: Stagnant and slowly flowing waters, for this reason Bettas should not be kept in water with swift currents.
		Betta eggs sink so after each spawning, the male picks them up before they reach the ground and deposits them in the bubble nest that he has built.
		The male continues to care for the young and maintain the bubble nest until they are free swimming.
	www.angelfire.com /wa/daphnia/betta.html (692 words)

	International Betta Congress
		The IBC is a club of individuals, families, teams, and commercial breeders who support the keeping, breeding, and or the showing of betta bred by members, the research into the genetics of the betta and support of the preservation of the wild species through the Species Maintenance Program.
		It is the policy of the IBC that members who sell trade or give betta to other must represent the description of the betta in a proper manner so as to assure that the buyers, consumers or recipients are not misled.
		Moreover, it is the policy of the IBC, that when betta are entered in a show, all such betta should be raised and bred by the entrant or exhibitor unless clearly stated otherwise.
	www.ibcbettas.org (650 words)

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