Betta fighting fish

[jordkil]

Does anyone on here keep siamese fighting fish/betta fish. I keep all sorts of fighting fish mainly imported from thailand. The majority of mine a plakat fighters or couloured plakats and a few halfmoon females. My female bettas are my pride and joy in my community aquarium. I have opaque white ones, bright red and bright blue halfmoon females along with some cracking normal ones. My males are as said mainly fighters and some are halfmoon plakats or normal plakats.
Does anyone here have any?
I'll get some pics up soon need to upload them all first.

I have some pics of the betta's in combat would these be ok to put up? or would people prefer I didnt. They arn't graphic just an array of flares and colours.

Cheers
Jordan

[LiamRatSnake]

I have a normal red one, it's nice enough, nothing fancy.

[jordkil]

Here's a few photo's;


Red plakat female

Red butterfly halfmoon female (unfortunately passed a few weeks ago)

Opaque plakat female (crap photo though does her no justice)

Large Red Dragon plakat in combat with large fighter plakat from thailand.

Again but tail batting each other and dragon is in flare (note gills)



Using the angry stick

Bicolour male (Casper) with female premating

I have a few more that I'll put up tomorrow.

Just to let you know that no fighter I have comes to any serious harm in combat I only ever put them in combat to prove the best for mating (combat encourages them to mate afterwards) Any injured fish is nursed back to full health and none have every died in my care.

Thanks
Jordan

[LiamRatSnake]

Some lovely fish there. I've never really appreciated the females, but some of them are lovely.

[jordkil]

Cheers mate. Even when the normal females are given the right care, diet and space they can turn out amazing especially under the UV light!

[HABU]

i'm an old friend to bettas...

i've had many over the years... many varieties.

a favorite of mine...

[daftlassieEmma]

that red dragon plakat is absolutely stunning

i used to be really into Fighters but haven't been for a good couple of years, wanted to spawn them but just didn't have the room

Andy007 and Sweetcorn i'd say were the Betta experts on here

[andy007]

Haven't been on for a while, been a bit busy with hatchling cresties and stuff.

Jordkil - Are those your Bettas fighting? If so, under the Animal Welfare act you are committing an offence, knowingly putting 2 animals together to fight. And winding them up with a stick!!!! what?

If they are your bettas and pictures, then i am disgusted.

[andy007]

Just read your posts again, and answered my own question.

You put them together to see who to breed with? What rubbish! Those 2 males are battered physically, and both have been subjected to unbelievable stress.

People like you really me off, with your stupid ideas.

Fighting bettas was done by poor Asian farmers in order to provide food for their families. These days idiots fight them to put on youtube, or bet on.

If you were that interested in breeding quality bettas, why breed that poor looking VT to very ordinary PK female?

Its no better than dog fighting!

[jordkil]

I was not under the impression that I was breaking the law. I do apologise for my ignorance. I only did what was suggested to me by a breeder in thailand. I even had a book that suggested combat as a way to prepare them before mating as thats what happens in the wild (so it says)