Where do Beta fish come from??

Question

I know that they come from Thiland, but I want to know do they live in the Ocean, or Lakes, or streams. Beta can live in really low water, so what low water do they naturally live in???

Answer 1

Bettas originate in the shallow waters in Thailand (formerly called Siam, hence their name), Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, and parts of China. They proliferate rice paddies, shallow ponds, and even slow moving streams.

Answer 2

Beta's need the water to be warm and dechlorinated. You could use a water conditioner or leave water in a dish open overnight to dechlorinate and come to room temperature. The tap water you've been filling might be too cold for the Beta.

Answer 3

Betta splendens which you see in the stores aren't found in nature. They are a domsicated breed of fish from Thailand. They are anabantoids which includes gouramis. Anabantoids have the ablity to beath air from the surface, and most, including bettas, can't get oxygen from the water. (Yes most will drown if they can't reach the surface.)

In Thailand the orginal species lived/lives in slow moving streams, shallow ponds, and rice platties. They were orginally breed for fighting, and you can still find fighting breeds in Asian. (The plakt lack big showy fins.) Contray to some claims they don't live in puddles, and foot prints. (They are hardy, and can be washed in such place by flooding, but they don't last long.) Betas in fact are happier in large tank rather than tiny glass containers. (It could be argued that a betta in a filtered 2.5 gallon tank in happier, and healthier than one in a 50 gallon community tank. Certainly the chance of disease it greatly reduced.)

Answer 4

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Are you dechlorinating the water? Unless you have your own well you probably have chlorine in your water which will kill your fish. You need to add some neutralizing stuff before you put it in the bowl. You can get it at the pets store. If that's not your problem, what temperature water are you using? If you put water in that's really cold or really hot it could kill the fish.

Answer 5

Cambodia, Thailand

Betta...
http://www.aquariacentral.com/species/db.cgi?db=fresh&uid=default&ID=0013&view_records=1

Answer 6

Rice paddies :D They eat the larvae and things in the water. They are from the Tropic Region of Thailand, formerly Siam, so enjoy tropical temperatures and live foods. They can live in a community tank, just not with other males or fish with long flowing fins as they look like males.

Answer 7

The Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens) is one of the most popular species of freshwater aquarium fish. It is a member of the gourami family (family Osphronemidae) of order Perciformes, but was formerly classified among the Anabantidae. It is native to the Mekong basin, a river in Southeast Asia.

The natural colouration of B. splendens is a dull green and brown, and the fins of wild specimens are relatively short; brilliantly-coloured and longer-finned varieties have, however, been developed by breeders (see Appearance, below.)

As B. splendens is the Betta species most commonly known to aquarium hobbyists, it is often but imprecisely sold as, and referred to, simply as "betta" (as a common name), particularly in the United States. The name "betta" can, however, also refer to any of the nearly fifty other members of the genus, including the type species, the spotted betta (B. picta). The fish is known as pla-kad in its native Thailand.

Answer 8

Did you know that Beta's have lungs? They can breathe air.

Answer 9

I was told they are originally from Japan, and can be found in low water places even such as a small rain puddle.

Answer 10

thailand like you know,

low oxyigen, hot rice paddies.