by admin | Dec 20, 2021 | Articles
by Ray Torres, USA My wife and I were doing our usual Friday night thing: water changes in our fish room, when she asked, “If you were a Betta, which would you be?” Like many Betta enthusiasts, I had a fascination with black Betta splendens and Betta...
by admin | Dec 20, 2021 | Articles
by Joe Boardman (St Helens A.S.) Have you ever dreamt of breeding the Siamese fighter Betta splendens, but have been put off by the thought that they are difficult to breed? Untrue, if you follow my simple method of spawning and rearing fighters. What are we dealing...
by admin | Nov 15, 2021 | Articles
by Tan Heok Hui This is the first of three accounts of trips to Sarawak to collect fish specimens. It also marked my first experience fishing with the world-renowned ichthyologist, Dr. Maurice Kottelat. Our main purpose was to obtain the fish record from the...
by admin | Nov 15, 2021 | Articles
By David Armitage I’m conscious that new members, especially juniors, may find some of the articles in ‘Labyrinth’ over-technical. The Latin names and the plethora of newly-discovered fish must be confusing to someone who was attracted to the family...
by admin | Nov 15, 2021 | Articles
By Andrew Smith In the summer of 1991, a small, 3 cm, wine-red Betta was collected in the North Selangor area of Malaysia and was duly named, ‘livida’, after its green eyes, meaning ‘jealous’. This fish was another of the Betta coccina group...
