What other fish do wild bettas live with in the wild?! Re-release fry for conservation of wild betta

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  • @Franksbettas
    @Franksbettas  4 роки тому +20

    Have any questions you'd like to answer? comment below and ill try answer them!
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    • @kpNov23
      @kpNov23 4 роки тому

      They don't fight each other?

    • @ktholmes2978
      @ktholmes2978 4 роки тому

      Love your kiwi/Aussie accent and what you are doing....I would like to order 2 full mask males and you take care of shipping to Wilmington DE 19809 USA. Please send PayPal to email Kt.radiology92@gmail.com
      Thanks 🙏

    • @Franksbettas
      @Franksbettas  4 роки тому

      @@ktholmes2978 we'll discuss before processing the order via email. Will send an email with details you you shortly

    • @haseenashaji346
      @haseenashaji346 4 роки тому

      Can you export wild betta into india

    • @JohnDoe-wx1vq
      @JohnDoe-wx1vq 4 роки тому

      Hey, which part of Thailand are you at?

  • @babaluweng5431
    @babaluweng5431 4 роки тому +51

    Frank doing an awesome job breeding his alien bettas and conserving the natural state of wild bettas at the same time. Mad props

  • @Nitidus
    @Nitidus 3 роки тому +23

    You could become the absolute top Betta channel on UA-cam just by releasing videos more often and regularly! The coverage of their natural habitats is unique to you. I would love to see more of this.

  • @steeveedee8478
    @steeveedee8478 4 роки тому +33

    'Obviously watch out for snakes & leeches' says the barefoot guy in the pond...
    Would freak me out paddeling in there like that! He's got some guts.

    • @solvegia
      @solvegia 3 роки тому

      I'd be more worried about pieces of glass or sharp metal in the water. People throw their waste just about everywhere.

  • @CreativePetKeeping
    @CreativePetKeeping 4 роки тому +69

    This is really great! I really want to improve my wild tanks and do a better job trying to recreate a natural habitat and this is SOO helpful and educational.

    • @Franksbettas
      @Franksbettas  4 роки тому +1

      Thank you Kasia!

    • @ST62382
      @ST62382 4 роки тому

      I don’t have another tank available for another betta. Kasia, have any that would be good in a mixed community setup? Our water should be rather similar

  • @Bearak_
    @Bearak_ 4 роки тому +78

    Frank, first off, thank you for your conservation work. So many breeders are just worried about producing fish and getting their money. With you looking to the future and working to maintain these fish at a sustainable level and further, at a genetically pure level, you're doing so much more the hobby, and we appreciate it.
    Secondly, I was curious if the pond you're releasing the young adults into is on your private land or if it's public? The concern, of course, being that someone might come along after you've released fish and capture them for their own use.
    Third (and I'm sorry for bombarding you with multiple questions), do you know what TYPE of loaches they were that you mentioned seeing while releasing the bettas? I'm very curious because I'm planning on setting up an authentic biotope aquarium for bettas (which, yes, I plan on purchasing from you), and I would, therefore, like to include the same specific types of other fish found in that environment. Are there any shrimp or other crustaceans present?

    • @Franksbettas
      @Franksbettas  4 роки тому +22

      Its someones elses land and this place is open to people catching but only kids who are just getting into the hobby which does remind me of myself as a kid usually catching doesnt have as a big impact as its not comercial so people just do it to get fish to keep rather than catch to sell so numbers dont get effected at all so thats not a worry.
      The big worry is since its this persons land they may fill it in at any time, ive alqays thought about saving money and buying it but it would cost much less to build an actual pond for this line on my own land

    • @Franksbettas
      @Franksbettas  4 роки тому +10

      images.app.goo.gl/tYYEBK1BwCXMD6hm8 here you go these little guys

    • @Bearak_
      @Bearak_ 4 роки тому +4

      @@Franksbettas Awesome! That's so good to hear. Thank you!

  • @alteisen02
    @alteisen02 4 роки тому +17

    Wow, I really love the look of wild bettas! Am I the only one who would prefer wild ones/ natural colours over bred ones?

  • @billschwarz1157
    @billschwarz1157 4 роки тому +14

    This is effing amazing, show us more of the water habitats around you. Bettas, Gouramis anything you can find! I have Opalines, Pygmy Gouramis and Splendens (not in same tank lol) and would love to know the fish they would likely coinhabit with.

  • @thomaswilding8818
    @thomaswilding8818 4 роки тому +26

    pH less than 5. Jeepez, tough fish.

  • @SGBeardedAquarist
    @SGBeardedAquarist 4 роки тому +10

    This video is gold man. I always struggle to find information on a fish natural habitat when I want to set up a biotope. I hope everyone who is able to access natural habitats of different species of fish would follow your example! Keep it up!

    • @fishmanc5357
      @fishmanc5357 4 роки тому

      @SG Bearded Aquarist Yo! Where you been?! 😁

  • @npc.bot12
    @npc.bot12 4 роки тому +7

    I remember DM'ing you quite a few years ago on IG about your conservation efforts as a young betta breeder myself. It fills me with joy to see you continue the very much needed efforts of conservation which most breeders do not pursue, you are an inspiration to me and hopefully many other breeders out there.

    • @voluntaryismistheanswer
      @voluntaryismistheanswer 3 роки тому

      It fills me with passion and appreciation for the wild species keeping a few aliens and seeing the differences in behavior, they are beautiful and fascinating and I want more, but don't know which species to pursue! Frank, is there a particularly troubled species that conservationists should focus upon?

  • @mezawockee5050
    @mezawockee5050 4 роки тому +9

    I'm speechless, this is so great, the environment, the way you respect and describe the nature and the fish.

  • @augustvukosovich4683
    @augustvukosovich4683 3 роки тому +4

    Thank you so much for doing this. We need more people like you in this world.

  • @lot5953
    @lot5953 4 роки тому +4

    love your video especially when you put back the fishes into the pond.

  • @rudysworld182
    @rudysworld182 4 роки тому +2

    Wow! Just found your channel. So interesting seeing how they are raised in other countries. Very cool! Thanks for sharing. I like how passionate you are about caring for them.

  • @Obeekwillem
    @Obeekwillem 4 роки тому +11

    Nice video Frank! So cool to see they can be so vibrand of colour in the wild too. And just seeing them in the wild and the work you do for them is really cool! Keep it up :)

    • @Franksbettas
      @Franksbettas  4 роки тому

      Thank you so so much for supporting!

  • @1kinut800
    @1kinut800 4 роки тому +7

    I live in the USA, used to breed betta splendid in my home so I've always wondered what the fishes' natural habitat would look like, thanks.

  • @StephenNellas
    @StephenNellas 3 роки тому +1

    wow i love it that you're doing conservation work.... thanks for doing it in behalf of all the hobbyists who want to do it, too, but can't.

  • @SquatsAndOats2plate
    @SquatsAndOats2plate 4 роки тому +2

    Great Video yet again, big shoutout from all the IGL members and wild betta researchers/breeders/enthusiasts from Germany. Your work does so much in terms of awareness for wild and naturally occurring betta species. Would love to get a profile on all the other species in the splendens complex in their habitats or different type localities. Hell, as a huge B. Rubra & B. Macrostoma fan, I would kill for a habitat video, if you are one day in the Indo/Brunei area.
    Keep it up!

  • @blakejones4958
    @blakejones4958 4 роки тому +1

    Love your videos! Being able to see their natural habitat and your conservation efforts is really something special. You offer the hobby valuable insight that we couldn't get anywhere else. Keep it up!

  • @undersurfacechannel
    @undersurfacechannel 4 роки тому +3

    The best video I have seen for a very long time! Amazing job mate! Had no clue wild bettas live in habitat like that :)

  • @williamamely7038
    @williamamely7038 4 роки тому

    Thanks for sharing. The fish look great. Returning them to the wild is a noble thing to do.

  • @622wesc
    @622wesc 4 роки тому +2

    The video was perfect. Keep up the good work with the Betas and videos. They are very informative.

  • @olafkunert6368
    @olafkunert6368 2 роки тому

    Great job mate!
    Thank you for showing us these unusual pictures.
    There should be more guys like you to show us the habitats of all fish we try to keep. Could make the keeping much better and more natural.

  • @giohenrik9071
    @giohenrik9071 4 роки тому

    Fantastic! I always wanted to see the natural habitat of these beautiful fish. Keep up the great work!

  • @jokervienna6433
    @jokervienna6433 2 роки тому

    Such a nice project and such nice videos. It gives me some hope for the world! Keep up the good work!

  • @daverice2531
    @daverice2531 4 роки тому

    Thanks so much for these videos. Hobbyists here in the States always wonder how the habitats really look. Great job and thanks again!

  • @robertforrest7956
    @robertforrest7956 4 роки тому +1

    Very Awesome!! 🏆
    Thank You for what you're doing to help with conservation. 👍

  • @StanTheObserver-lo8rx
    @StanTheObserver-lo8rx 4 роки тому +1

    I have that Rasbora..bought them almost two years ago and yes,they like stay where I have a Syngonium with its big root system in the water and the plant above..its a big aquarium and those little fish are near perfect schooling and darting. In fact,months ago I added three small Roseline barbs and the two fish looked so much alike they schooled together. Now? no-lol,the Roselines are much larger these days!

  • @Mad4Shizzle
    @Mad4Shizzle 4 роки тому +3

    I want more of this stuff, great video, great work

  • @Proj_Doomsday
    @Proj_Doomsday 4 роки тому +30

    This is how I want to retire, with some chickens too.

    • @larrygoard
      @larrygoard 4 роки тому

      Right! So peace and giving back to mother nature.

    • @Kelberi
      @Kelberi 4 роки тому

      away from viruses and able to self sustain!

    • @apdroidgeek1737
      @apdroidgeek1737 4 роки тому

      @Alpha Centauri yes, some people just doesnt appreciate the presence of viruses...

  • @laudaagmano
    @laudaagmano 4 роки тому +1

    The catfish on the video is Ompok sp. , possibly O. krattensis or O. bimaculatus.First time here, love the channel..

  • @WildFishTanks
    @WildFishTanks 4 роки тому

    Great video and beautiful fish! Loved hearing about what you have going on at the farm and seeing you get out and collect

  • @stefanritchie7667
    @stefanritchie7667 4 роки тому

    Well done to u bud keep up the great conservation work

  • @delaineld7766
    @delaineld7766 4 роки тому +5

    Love those red tail rasboras!

  • @pookbear5817
    @pookbear5817 4 роки тому +2

    Amazing job!!! Super cool to see all the different fish as well! One question if that's okay! Do the wild type bettas need any different care than the domestic ones you find in petstores?

  • @SilentTomWeb3
    @SilentTomWeb3 4 роки тому +3

    Keep up the great work! Maybe can invest in a gopro for underwater footage, which adds a whole new dimension of visual content to your channel. Cheers! :)

    • @Franksbettas
      @Franksbettas  4 роки тому +4

      Definitely saving for one hehe

    • @rotaryskratch18
      @rotaryskratch18 4 роки тому +1

      I'd recommend the Akaso EK7000. They're as good as Go Pro Hero 6, but like $50 USD.
      I'm on my second one, lost the first in the ocean.

  • @prashantparker8574
    @prashantparker8574 4 роки тому +1

    Lovely! Good luck for future endeavours from India.

  • @daniel2tevez
    @daniel2tevez 4 роки тому

    Nice job my friend Franks!!!

  • @mikethegodson4250
    @mikethegodson4250 4 роки тому

    Watched a ton of fish vids on here... 1st time seeing something like this...thank you. Subbed.

  • @James-lf9sv
    @James-lf9sv 3 роки тому

    this channel is so raw, I love the content!! keep it up!

  • @mikesutton8038
    @mikesutton8038 4 роки тому

    Really great video. Gave me some nice ideas for my new tank. Thank you for sharing.

  • @TsukiCove
    @TsukiCove 4 роки тому

    great video love what youre doing

  • @NavinRaiNicque
    @NavinRaiNicque 4 роки тому

    Great video bro ... absolutely enjoyed watching and learning from it. Thank you for sharing your work with us and thanks for conserving the wild bettas. You Rock!!😇🤘

  • @suejudith2009
    @suejudith2009 4 роки тому +1

    What an amazing video! Very informative and inspirational. 🐟🌱🐠 Do you see nerite snails in the wild betta habitat? If so, are the shells healthy? I love having a planted aquarium with botanicals but I wonder if it’s healthy for nerites? Thank you again for a great vid - stay safe and well 😁

  • @urbaninja
    @urbaninja 4 роки тому

    Awesome video. Looking forward to the next one!

  • @rubinax
    @rubinax 4 роки тому

    Thanks for the awesome work you do to preserve the natural numbers! 🙌 I have a commercially bred Betta in with some Corys and a Bristlenose, and I’m looking to set her up in a tank more suited to her liking. (And also to be able to move some of my incessantly breeding shrimp into the big tank.) This video helped give me ideas!

  • @zalialyon1853
    @zalialyon1853 3 роки тому

    I am so stupid!! I read your discription on what you guys are about n let me just say you guys are awesome..just awesome..tjanks for sharing

  • @panjimartiandaru3081
    @panjimartiandaru3081 4 роки тому

    I love this. Thank you for giving back to nature.

  • @NWKNJ
    @NWKNJ 4 роки тому

    Nice video , ive see those rasboras at fish shops sold as brilliant rasboras theyre beautiful!

  • @pappyckwamma2274
    @pappyckwamma2274 4 роки тому +1

    The sound of the jar rotateing on the glass table....i love it:)))

  • @LA-el9xv
    @LA-el9xv 3 роки тому

    U have big heart and hardworking. Keep it up bro

  • @ThatsCrazyBro3752
    @ThatsCrazyBro3752 2 роки тому

    Amazing how much life is in those unassuming little puddles

  • @thijswildbettas4252
    @thijswildbettas4252 3 роки тому

    Amazing work Frank!

  • @muizshukri8496
    @muizshukri8496 4 роки тому

    Wow your pronunciation quite impressive. Kudos to you.. Keep on uploading 👍

  • @nicolasbruno829
    @nicolasbruno829 4 роки тому

    Thanks for the great video! UA-cam needs more videos like these. And now I want to go to Thailand and catch and breed Bettas lol.

  • @MeanithNopnem
    @MeanithNopnem 4 роки тому +1

    Good job, brother. Love your content.

  • @jaxindx2216
    @jaxindx2216 3 роки тому

    Always watch your videos big fan from India 🙌💜

  • @Cgraseck
    @Cgraseck 4 роки тому

    Great vid Frank! Thanks for posting!
    Cheers,
    Chris

  • @sdqsdq6274
    @sdqsdq6274 4 роки тому +7

    lol thats what i have been commenting that betta need shallow water , foreigners keep putting them in big ass deep tanks

    • @csillakaszas7285
      @csillakaszas7285 4 роки тому +5

      Sure, depth has priority over stable water parameters, filtration and temperature... wait...

    • @kidwolf0015
      @kidwolf0015 4 роки тому +1

      @@csillakaszas7285 Honestly, the answer is to get long tanks. A 10 gallon-long, for example will have about the same depth as a 5 gallon with all of the benefits of a typical 10 gallon. It's just twice as long as the 5 gallon. That's the best type of tank in my opinion at least.

    • @rolandrees6965
      @rolandrees6965 4 роки тому

      sdq sdq Not all foreigners put bettas in big ass deep tanks. Some of us do our research, want what's best for the fish. And do what is right.

  • @cichlidfinsmonstertank172
    @cichlidfinsmonstertank172 3 роки тому

    This channel is awesome!

  • @crowntail5097
    @crowntail5097 4 роки тому +1

    Great Job!

  • @junjun_8070
    @junjun_8070 2 роки тому

    Love the random ompok catfish! Pretty sure it was an ompok siluroides

  • @yoshuatree8538
    @yoshuatree8538 2 роки тому

    My first Betta was named frank ❤️ beautiful red Betta

  • @Gotterdammung
    @Gotterdammung 4 роки тому

    Wonderful job man! Thank You for that!

  • @jamiemoore2550
    @jamiemoore2550 4 роки тому

    Great video fella and hello from wales 🔥🔥🐲

  • @funwiththarun5069
    @funwiththarun5069 3 роки тому

    Oh u cleared my doubt , I was wondering whether I can put the banana leaves in aquarium water, thank god I watched this video , subscribed and liked

  • @tylersbackyard5356
    @tylersbackyard5356 3 роки тому

    They are naturally wonderful and beautiful even they don't posses glowing colours.

  • @marypaigeflynn4512
    @marypaigeflynn4512 4 роки тому +1

    I saw this on creative pet keeping.I'm glad to have found you. I'm getting ready to binge watch your videos. Really interesting!♥️ Hope you are safe and well. Much love from Portsmouth Virginia!

  • @liamodonohoe
    @liamodonohoe 4 роки тому +1

    Great content frank. Your editing was fine dont worry about it .. did you keep some back incase that habitat is lost

    • @Franksbettas
      @Franksbettas  4 роки тому +2

      I always have this bloodline in new habitats ive made yes!

  • @estic0
    @estic0 4 роки тому

    Great video thanks for sharing and caring. You are braver than me going barefoot 😜👍🎈

  • @mone2921
    @mone2921 4 роки тому +1

    Would love to see underwater cam. Excellent content.

  • @stevet1898
    @stevet1898 4 роки тому

    This is awesome thanks for sharing!

  • @marquez_on_quest7596
    @marquez_on_quest7596 2 роки тому

    It's so nice to always watch your videos Frank Bettas...I admire wild bettas...but I am having quite a hard time identify males from female wild bettas...Any checklist to keep an eye on during gendering wild bettas? Thanks in advance Frank.

  • @lou9294
    @lou9294 4 роки тому

    Cool video thanks for sharing

  • @ramiz1447
    @ramiz1447 4 роки тому +3

    Bro...how do u speak so good English...ur English accent is also so different..

  • @angelmariscal5758
    @angelmariscal5758 3 роки тому

    This is super fascinating

  • @grizzly5064
    @grizzly5064 4 роки тому

    Deine videos sind toll und mach weiter so.
    Ich liebe deine Kampffische es sind die schönsten der Welt
    viele liebe Grüße aus Deutschland
    Dank Aquaowner bin ich auf deine Videos gestoßen

  • @swamptank7531
    @swamptank7531 4 роки тому

    very cool and useful video, thanks

  • @icouldnthinkofauser
    @icouldnthinkofauser 4 роки тому +11

    anyone have a scientific name for that catfish he found?

  • @AndyBodyHome
    @AndyBodyHome 4 роки тому +1

    Please keep making videos this like. I'm from California so there's no nature around me whatsoever. Being able to see and learn about the fascinating creatures and nature surrounding the place you call home is very intriguing to me.

    • @TOden4
      @TOden4 4 роки тому

      Do so research Cali has tons of wildlife. Oh, I'm from Cali too

  • @MaxPower-uq4sz
    @MaxPower-uq4sz 4 роки тому

    great video. thank you very much!

  • @hugacreeper69110
    @hugacreeper69110 3 роки тому

    This is so cool

  • @edmcnulty7169
    @edmcnulty7169 4 роки тому

    Really like what your doing keep it up

    • @edmcnulty7169
      @edmcnulty7169 4 роки тому

      I think the wild Bettas are nicer than man made

  • @serversingapore534
    @serversingapore534 Рік тому

    a I really like your content

  • @dorkeboye
    @dorkeboye 4 роки тому

    Wow I love this video

  • @borutara
    @borutara 4 роки тому

    Nice video!

  • @riyadlussholihin
    @riyadlussholihin 2 роки тому

    You are Thai. Your English is so good.

  • @thefishylife6823
    @thefishylife6823 4 роки тому +1

    I'm crazy for loaches!! I keep 15 different species and want more..lol I am so curious now what loaches you have out there, I assume spiny loach and syncrossus species? Don't give up on trying to catch some!!!

    • @Franksbettas
      @Franksbettas  4 роки тому +1

      images.app.goo.gl/tYYEBK1BwCXMD6hm8
      These guys

    • @thefishylife6823
      @thefishylife6823 4 роки тому

      @@Franksbettas yes the chulabhorn loach!!! These are amazing species and really cool your able to get to see them in natural environment, they are banned from export and I'm guessing are highly endangered from habitat loss although I'm not sure what you are seeing out there first hand.... either way they are so cool!!!

  • @raygv1
    @raygv1 4 роки тому

    Good job

  • @AQUAGUYUK
    @AQUAGUYUK 4 роки тому

    Well done sir

  • @zorzo999
    @zorzo999 4 роки тому +1

    I've had the idea of getting a wild betta tank for a while now, so discovering your channel is like porn to me :p

  • @pembomassive1394
    @pembomassive1394 4 роки тому +3

    Have you lived in England before?

    • @TheVoyagers.
      @TheVoyagers. 4 роки тому

      Lol his accent I thought the same

  • @COOPERSCICHILDS
    @COOPERSCICHILDS 4 роки тому

    New sub great video

  • @jurit9459
    @jurit9459 4 роки тому

    Good job !

  • @nicknolte6006
    @nicknolte6006 3 роки тому

    Hi Frank, is this your compound? So then you can protect it from being missused.

  • @Larki13
    @Larki13 4 роки тому +1

    This is so cool! Do you think boraras brigittae or bororas naevus would be good tank mates with a wild type betta?

    • @Franksbettas
      @Franksbettas  4 роки тому +1

      Yes! Ive kept those before with these

    • @Larki13
      @Larki13 4 роки тому +1

      @@Franksbettas sweet! Was wondering maybe they are TOO small, you know? Fish food 😂 those red tail rasboras look about the same size as a betta so wouldn't be a concern with them but those guys are so so so small. Lovely!!

  • @ismailabdoola79
    @ismailabdoola79 4 роки тому

    I just discovered your channel and subbed. Cool vids!
    I can't get banana leaves in our climate, do you think strelitzia/crane flower (which is related to banana) leaves will work? I have plenty of these in my garden. The leaves are similar.

    • @Franksbettas
      @Franksbettas  4 роки тому

      You can soak in water and see if it releases tannin

  • @fauxfox7209
    @fauxfox7209 4 роки тому

    awesome

  • @rotaryskratch18
    @rotaryskratch18 4 роки тому

    Didn't see the location in the description, or in the video. Looks almost tropical?