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Youtube Interactive Games

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[Download] Beautiful Guppies and Betta Fish Pictures Pack

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[Download] Beautiful Guppies and Betta Fish Pictures Pack

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[Download] Aquarium Fish Guppies and Bettas Pictures Pack

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[Download] Aquarium Fish Guppies and Bettas Pictures Pack

Fishing

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Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping.

The term fishing may be applied to catching other aquatic animals such as molluscs, cephalopods, crustaceans, and echinoderms. The term is not normally applied to catching aquatic mammals, such as whales, where the term whaling is more appropriate, or to farmed fish.

Here are some good websites about this activity:

http://www.fishing.com/
http://www.fishing.net/
http://www.fishing.org/
http://www.wowwiki.com/Fishing

Some images:

Here are some youtube videos:

Halfmoon Betta Fish

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Halfmoon betta, one of the most sought after betta strains in the market

anywhere, is perhaps the most fascinating and gorgeous breed you can ever spawn.

One reason is because this strain of betta has many challenges for the breeders

and keepers alike. Listed below are just some of them:

About halfmoon betta fish finnage - what is considered a true halfmoon? Most layman will consider any betta fish with tail shaped in the form of a half-circle to be of halfmoon strain. While this can be used as the basis to determine if you've got a halfmoon betta, the experts will tell you that there is more than meets the eye. A more critical definition of a true halfmoon betta is one which forms an almost complete full circle where the dorsal fin (top), anal fin (bottom) and caudal fin (tail) overlap each other and forms a complete circle. Some may even classify this as a "fullmoon" betta. The halfmoon betta's caudal fin should spread more than 180 degress when flaring and the best halfmoon bettas are those with both edge of caudal fin as straight as possible. The last condition is perhaps the most difficult to fulfill by most breeders since majority of the so-called halfmoon bettas have "rounded" edges and corners at the caudal fin.

What about color of halfmoon betta?Technically, finnage itself defines what's a halfmoon betta, but most savvy breeders will shoot for exotic or even colors too. Frankly, to get a desirable finnage pattern together with scarce color combination in a halfmoon is difficult. Most breeders could only have success in either one of the other, but seldom both. Indeed, there are real secrets in getting both traits at the same time. These could be trade secrets that allow some well-known betta breeders in the world to price their stocks at a premium. Just imagine viewing an active halfmoon betta with flaring in full finnage in one of the purest single tone color without any other color spots? These strain of halfmoon bettas routinely fetch sale amount in the four-figure range easily. What's more, wait till you ask about the price of the female halfmoon betta to mate the pair - that is, if the breeder ever put any on sale at all!

About female halfmoon betta? This leads us to discuss a little on mating the halfmoon pair and associated genetics. Have you wonder why there is almost no sale of female betta for special strains like halfmoon? Look around and you'll discover that sales of these betta are almost non-existence for prized strains. Reason is simply because that is the most critical "ingredient" to the reproduction and further genetic manipulation of such line of betta! There are however some alternative breeding techniques that will enable you to breed trophy fullmoon bettas without starting with an equivalent female. This involves some time and a lot more attention in mating pair selection. What are the criteria to consider when starting a line of fullmoon? How do you choose a female to produce the right genetic combination that caters to both finnage and color?

These closely guarded secrets are not found anywhere even on the internet, at

least not easily. Over the years of breeding special strains of bettas like

halfmoon bettas, I've seen such knowledge being disclosed sparingly and perhaps

accidentally by chance from experienced breeders all over the world.

Hans Chee and his friends started the Bubblenest Betta Forum website back in the days when betta fish sells for hundreds of dollars each and they went to the extend of ordering these prized creatures from distant overseas. The website was started initially as a repository of all information about keeping and breeding betta fishes, later it spawn into an interactive forum and what is known today as "The Place For Betta Splendens Lovers". Visit http://www.bubblenest.com and share your passion with the others!

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Dubai Mall Aquarium (Largest Aquarium in the World)

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Download Bettas and Guppies Pictures:
http://freedownloads4allofyou123.blogspot.com/2011/02/download-aquarium-fish-pictures-betta.html

Dubai Mall Aquarium (Largest Aquarium in the World)

A key centerpiece is Dubai Aquarium, one of the largest tanks in the world at 51m x 20m x 11m and featuring the world’s largest viewing panel at 32.8m wide and 8.3m high. Dubai Aquarium has more than 33,000 living animals, representing more than 85 species including over 400 sharks and rays combined.

Dubai Aquarium's 270-degree acrylic walkthrough tunnel makes for incredible close-encounter experiences with some of the most fascinating underwater animals on the planet. A special 'lunar-cyclic' lighting system will change the ambience of the tank depending on the time of day.

Underwater Zoo

Walk along the Rainforest, Rocky Shore and Living Ocean environments at the Underwater Zoo and you’ll find yourself face to face with dangerous Piranha, Giant Catfish, playful Otters, a Humbolt Penguin colony, and more.

Whether viewing the Rainforest from a suspension bridge high above the river and tree canopy, or reaching out and touching some of the more hardy rock pool inhabitants, this is an aquatic experience you will never forget.

betta

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Betta

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article is about the entire genus Betta. For the species Betta splendens which is often called simply "betta", see Siamese fighting fish.

Betta

Betta albimarginata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Osphronemidae
Genus:	Betta Bleeker, 1850
Species
B. persephone B. picta - spotted betta B. pugnax - Penang betta B. splendens - Siamese fighting fish and others (see text)

Betta is a large genus of small, often colorful, freshwater ray-finned fishes in the gourami family (Osphronemidae). The type species is B. picta, the spotted betta.^[1] By far the best known Betta species, however, is B. splendens, the Siamese fighting fish.

Characteristics

Purple female Betta splendens

All the Betta species are small fishes, but they vary considerably in size, ranging from under 2.5 cm (1 inch) total length in B. chanoides to five inches in the Akar betta (B. akarensis).^[1]
Bettas are anabantoids, which means they can breathe atmospheric air thanks to a unique organ called the labyrinth. This accounts for their ability to thrive in low-oxygen water conditions that would kill most other fish, such as rice paddies, slow-moving streams, drainage ditches, and large puddles.^[2]
The various bettas can be divided into two groups, based on their spawning behaviour: some build bubble nests, like B. splendens, while others are mouthbrooders, like B. picta. 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.^[3]

Food

Betta fish are not big eaters but should be fed a small amount once a day to once every other day.^[4] They can be fed floating flake food, freeze dried blood worms, live black worms, or frozen brine shrimp.
Betta pellets are small, round edible pellets that are food for most betta species. Betta pellets are made out of crude protein, crude fat, crude fiber, crude ash, moisture, phosphorus, certain vitamins, and other ingredients.

Name

There is often much confusion in terminology regarding these fish. Siamese fighting fish, B. splendens, are frequently sold in the United States simply as bettas. Fish fanciers are thus often unaware that, as of 2006, there are around 65 species classified within the genus Betta. A further source of confusion is that while the generic name Betta is italicized and capitalized, when used as a common name it is usually not capitalized.^[5] The common name of Betta pugnax, for example, is thus Penang betta.

Siamese fighting fish, B. splendens, is often referred to as betta in the U.S., leading to some confusion

The name Betta (or betta) is pronounced /ˈbɛtə/.^[5] That is, the first part is the same as the English word bet. By confusion with the name of the Greek letter beta, the name is often pronounced /ˈbeɪtə/ in American English, and may be misspelled with one t. The name of the genus is unrelated to that of the Greek letter, being derived from the Malay word ikan betah ("persistent fish").^[6]

Conservation

While many Betta species are common and B. splendens is ubiquitous in the aquarium trade, other bettas are threatened. The IUCN Red List classifies several Betta species as Vulnerable. In addition, B. livida is Endangered, and B. miniopinna, B. persephone, and B. spilotogena are Critically Endangered.^[7]
The United Nations Environment Programme lists an unconfirmed species, Betta cf. tomi, as having become extinct in Singapore between 1970 and 1994.^[8] This likely refers to the extirpated Singaporean population of B. tomi, which continues to exist in the wild in Indonesia and Malaysia as well as in captivity; the Red List classifies it as Vulnerable.^[9]^[10]

Species

A female Betta splendens

The currently described Betta species can be grouped into complexes for conservation purposes. (This grouping of species makes no claim at representing a phylogenetic reality.) The complexes of the associated species are:^[1] ^[11] ^[12]

Akarensis complex:
- Betta akarensis Regan, 1910 – Akar betta
- Betta antoni Tan & Ng, 2006
- Betta aurigans Tan & Ng, 2004
- Betta balunga Herre, 1940
- Betta chini Ng, 1993
- Betta ibanorum Tan and Ng, 2004
- Betta obscura Tan & Ng, 2005
- Betta pinguis Tan and Kottelat, 1998

Albimarginata complex:
- Betta albimarginata Kottelat and Ng, 1994
- Betta channoides Kottelat and Ng, 1994

Anabatoides complex:
- Betta anabatoides Bleeker, 1851 – giant betta

Bellica complex:
- Betta bellica Sauvage, 1884 – slim betta
- Betta simorum Tan and Ng, 1996

Coccina complex:
- Betta brownorum Witte and Schmidt, 1992
- Betta burdigala Kottelat and Ng, 1994
- Betta coccina Vierke, 1979
- Betta livida Ng and Kottelat, 1992
- Betta miniopinna Tan and Tan, 1994
- Betta persephone Schaller, 1986
- Betta rutilans Witte and Kottelat in Kottelat, 1991
- Betta tussyae Schaller, 1985
- Betta uberis Tan & Ng, 2006

Dimidiata complex:
- Betta dimidiata Roberts, 1989
- Betta krataios Tan & Ng, 2006

Edithae complex:
- Betta edithae Vierke, 1984

Foerschi complex:
- Betta foerschi Vierke, 1979
- Betta mandor Tan & Ng, 2006
- Betta rubra Perugia, 1893 – Toba betta
- Betta strohi Schaller and Kottelat, 1989

Picta complex:
- Betta falx Tan and Kottelat, 1998
- Betta picta (Valenciennes, 1846) – spotted betta
- Betta simplex Kottelat, 1994
- Betta taeniata Regan, 1910 – Borneo betta

Pugnax complex:
- Betta breviobesus Tan and Kottelat, 1998
- Betta cracens Tan & Ng, 2005
- Betta enisae Kottelat, 1995
- Betta fusca Regan, 1910 – dusky betta
- Betta lehi Tan & Ng, 2005
- Betta pallida Schindler & Schmidt, 2004
- Betta prima Kottelat, 1994
- Betta pugnax (Cantor, 1849) – Penang betta
- Betta pulchra Tan and Tan, 1996
- Betta raja Tan & Ng, 2005
- Betta schalleri Kottelat and Ng, 1994
- Betta stigmosa Tan & Ng, 2005

Splendens complex:
- Betta imbellis Ladiges, 1975 – crescent betta
- Betta mahachai Panitvong, Nonn, 2002 –
- Betta smaragdina Ladiges, 1972 – emerald green betta
- Betta splendens Regan, 1910 – Siamese fighting fish
- Betta stiktos Tan & Ng, 2005

Unimaculata complex:
- Betta compuncta Tan & Ng, 2006
- Betta gladiator Tan & Ng, 2005
- Betta ideii Tan & Ng, 2006
- Betta macrostoma Regan, 1910 – spotfin betta
- Betta ocellata de Beaufort, 1933
- Betta pallifina Tan & Ng, 2005
- Betta patoti Weber and de Beaufort, 1922
- Betta unimaculata (Popta, 1905) – Howong betta

Waseri complex:
- Betta chloropharynx Kottelat and Ng, 1994
- Betta hipposideros Ng and Kottelat, 1994
- Betta pardalotos Hui, 2009^[13]
- Betta pi Tan, 1998
- Betta renata Tan, 1998
- Betta spilotogena Ng and Kottelat, 1994
- Betta tomi Ng and Kottelat, 1994
- Betta waseri Krummenacher, 1986

unassigned:
- Betta apollon Schindler & Schmidt, 2006
- Betta bangka
- Betta bungbihn
- Betta ferox Schindler & Schmidt, 2006
- Betta sukadan

Betta Splendens Spawning

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Betta Splendens Spawning

Red Veil Tail Betta splendens

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Red Veil Tail Betta splendens

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Red Veil Tail Betta splendens

Filhotes de Betta Splendens

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Filhotes de Betta Splendens

O magnífico Betta splendens.

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O magnífico Betta splendens

Betta Splendens Siamese Fighting Fish Spawn Breed

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Betta Splendens Siamese Fighting Fish Spawn Breed

White Halfmoon Betta ("Milk)

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White Halfmoon Betta ("Milk)

Betta Splendens Video #3

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Betta Splendens Video #3

Beautiful Blue Betta Splendens Video

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Beautiful Blue Betta Splendens Video

Betta Splendens Video #2

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Betta Splendens Video #2

Betta splendens, the Siamese Fighting Fish

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Betta splendens, the Siamese Fighting Fish

Betta Splendens Video #1

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Betta Splendens Video #1

Betta splendens - Fighting and Mating

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Betta splendens - Fighting and Mating

Nature aquarium - Mountainstream

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Nature aquarium - Mountainstream

Meet the Robot Fish

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Meet the Robot Fish, In the wake of the oil-gushing environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, these peculiar fish may soon be very, very popular around the world. Scientists are building a school of robot fish to be let loose off the northern Spanish port of Gijon next year to check on the quality of the water. Modeled to resemble carp and costing about $29,000 each to make, the fish are lifelike in appearance and swimming behavior so they will not alarm their fellow marine inhabitants.

The robots, the first of their kind, are equipped with tiny chemical sensors capable of detecting pollutants in the water. These let the fish hone in on the sources of hazardous pollutants, such as leaks from vessels or undersea pipelines, and transmit the data via wireless technology to expedite clean-up efforts.

Fish Tanks

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Download Bettas and Guppies Pictures:
http://freedownloads4allofyou123.blogspot.com/2011/02/download-aquarium-fish-pictures-betta.html
Fish Tanks:

Fish Game

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Feeding frenzy game is very well known among gamers. I think everyone familiar with this fish eat game... he he. In addition to the unique graphics and cool, how to play well I really liked. Mouse over a smaller fish or more helpless than we are, then eat a meal accompanied with sound effects. It was exciting game for the lovers of fish. I also never stopped until the end..ha ha. We will be pleased with how to play.