Betta fish (Betta sp)



Betta (Betta sp.) Is a freshwater fish native habitat is several countries in Southeast Asia, including Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, and Vietnam. This fish has a unique shape and character, and tend to be aggressive in defending territory. Among fans, betta fish are generally divided into three categories, namely decorative betta, betta complaints, and wild betta. Betta fish are one strong fish survive for a long time so that when the fish is placed in a container with a volume of water less and without any air circulation equipment (aerators), these fish can still survive.
 
Betta Betta is a group or family anabantoid, the group of fish that can breathe by taking air directly from the atmosphere. This is possible because these fish have gills enhancements to the so-called labyrinth that serves as the lungs. Gills themselves are not well developed so that they are not able to take oxygen from the water. In nature, they are often found in shallow puddles of muddy water with very low dissolved oxygen levels.

They are also often found in rice fields or other locations that are similar to the circumstances. In maintenance, it is recommended that the air above the aquarium temperature approximately equal to the temperature of the water to avoid the sick fish in question. Hickey family has a distinctive body shape morphology. various forms can occur, even in some varieties of ornamental betta morphology were often differ significantly from the morphology of the essence, especially in terms of appearance fins.


Hickey ornamental divided into several types, namely:

1. Halfmoon (half moon), this type betta fins and tail width and symmetrical like the shape of a half moon.  Type Hickey was first cultivated in the United States by Peter Goettner in 1982.
2. Crowntail (crown tail) or serit, hickey type was first cultivated by a farmer betta living in East Jakarta, in 1998. Its main characteristic is the fin and tail that resembles a comb so that in the call serit
3. Double tail (double tail)
4. Halfmoon Plakat
5. Giant (giant hickey), hickey type is the result of cross-breeding between ordinary hickey hickey nature, this type of hickey size can reach 12 cm.

If you are a fan or hobbyist aquarium fish, betta fish try to cultivate as an alternative or additional income on the side. Because the required capital in betta fish breeding is not big, you just remove the capital of Rp. 5,000. - S / d Rp. 10.000, - for a pair of betta fish as broodstock.


As a container for fish or aquariumnya, you bida utilizing former water bottle packaging that of course you can get easily around your home environment. For fish food betta fish does not need food expensive, pretty swatch dead mosquitoes, mosquito larvae or reserving a few fibers of the meat side dishes that we eat everyday. Especially if you can produce quality betta fish complaint, contests, or even the quality of exports. You can get hundreds of thousands of dollars per fish. 

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