Catching WILD BETTAS in their natural habitat in eastern Thailand on the hunt for the Emerald betta!

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Venture with me into a threatened Betta smaragdina habitat in the far eastern region of Thailand by the Mekong river slowly being caved in by stone quarries threatening to destroy their environment, I'm Frank or some may know me as FranksBettas take things into my own hands and collect specimens to conserve the bloodline of these fish by breeding and re-releasing their fry to populate a new safer habitat in my area.
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[@johnivanng.pedrozo3777]

Collecting betta fish on their natural habitat is indeed a stress-relieving habit. By collecting these betta fish, we can preserve them and make them more. Thank you for this video❤️🥺

[@donaldanderson39]

One of the reasons I respect you so much man. There are not a lot of people out there trying to save species from extinction. I am also glad you get to spend time with the family.

[@porkfishaquatic]

I think it's so important that aquarists strive to emulate the natural enivronments of the specimens they keep. These videos really help amateurs and professionals alike get an accurate picture of these habitats. Thank you for sharing!

[@Terribelleyarns]

I really like seeing the natural habitats, it helps me better design my own aquariums. Its amazing to see how brightly colored the bettas are once they are conditioned.

[@christinabiancaniello372]

It’s always so great to learn about the whole story each fish has, seeing the natural habitats to help provide the best homes. Beautiful fish, thank you for sharing!

[@MiqeIrving]

Thank you for sharing this and showing not only how the fish live, but also how you're helping them survive as a wild population.

[@joelculp5781]

As always I love seeing these videos. It’s great to be able to see and understand where our beloved fishes come from.

[@brynnlinsmith11]

I love seeing them in their habitats; it's so important to think about the whole ecosystem. And it's always encouraging to see people working on trying to preserve these fish :)

[@shreyassingh2987]

It's so pleasant to watch you catch these bettas and breed them to release in wild. I am literally impressed and inspired by your work, and I will also try to preserve these species like you, thank you for such amazing information.

[@xleojx]

Great video as usual! Every video feels like going on an adventure with you (without having to leave the comfort of my armchair, so thank you!) I really enjoy the surprise of seeing what kind of wild betta you get every time! Keep up the great work!

[@thedoobiewizard]

It’s so amazing to me to get to see where these fish come from and how they are collected. Absolutely love these collecting videos! Thank you for sharing and congrats to you and your wife on the birth of your child!

[@CrowntailHalfmoon]

It's incredible to see the natural habitat where these amazing bettas originated. It's sad to see how limited areas still being converted loosing natural habitats. Hopefully from your intervention someone can assist in preservation. Congratulations on your first child. Thank you Frank for sharing...keep up the excellent work. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@pmichael3442]

Love your ambition in helping to educate and keep the wild Betta type thriving.

[@olliety]

I think having footage like this available is imperative to our hobby. The fish we buy some from places many of us will never get chance to experience first hand, this is a great way to show what fish are used to in the wild!

[@austin5835]

I really enjoy the quality of your photos and videos but more importantly the ability to learn about the native and proper care of bettas from a truly educated and unbiased source, thank you for your efforts!

[@guineapigs4life982]

Those fish are gorgeous, I can’t believe how nature can create such beautiful fish and ecosystems. It is always so impressive!

[@psantos85]

Always happy to see the care and attention on all your videos, I loving to see their habitat and i hope it is maintained for a long time!

[@verenalatzko1425]

That was the best video I have ever seen! I always wanted to see, what the natural habitat of bettas looks like. The underwater scenes are the best!!! I love it. Now I want a betta again and make him the best home. ❤

[@tonyhuyyle]

My first time seeing wild bettas being caught. Definitely has me wanting one in the future. Thank you for sharing the process

[@simonwilliams841]

Fascinating insights in to the natural habitat, once again taking the hobby to the next level.

[@breewityshyn2436]

By far the most care and love put into the Alien species. Love seeing your work!

[@maggiekcj3040]

It's so great to see these natural habitats. Thank you for your work in keeping there natural environment alive and educating people about the needs of theses beautyfull species. I'm builing up a new tank for a wild betta right now and your videos and especialy your interview with AquaOwner in Germany, are a big help to make things right. 😊

[@finsnfluff3877]

Thanks for bringing us along, Frank! I've followed your work for years and I love it when you post videos like this.

[@lyrieth8833]

I really enjoy seeing the natural habitat for these creatures, they are so beautiful!

[@Lisa-pk6fq]

these videos are amazing, thank you for doing so much to try and help conserve these amazing fish! It's incredible to see their natural habitats.

[@sharonkaczorowski8690]

Almost every video I watch about a species the animal is threatened or endangered due to human activity. Thank you for helping to preserve these beautiful fish. Wonderful guide for setting up a tank and excellent information. Beautiful place!

[@crowsthao]

Always enjoyed your videos and learned a lot from them. Most of my life I've only ever kept domestic bettas but after watching your videos I've grown to like wild bettas and I was actually able to own one. Love your videos!

[@krh1974]

I think it’s awesome what you’re doing for Bettas, I’ve been watching you for quite some time and you’ve come along way. Great job!! 🐠 🐟

[@Tigress-fh9ko]

Congratulations on the new baby!! I went swimming in a pond onetime and had a bunch of leaches on me. It was so freaky ! Thanks for all you do ..amazing video

[@aquariumplantman]

Really love seeing the habitat & the colours are gorgeous, so stunning!

[@mishabiggs3486]

I love watching your conservation videos. I learn so much about bettas in their natural habitat and what they do for the surrounding environment! Thanks for your hard work!

[@caraellis8179]

It’s just amazing to watch these fish and see exactly where they come from. Thanks for making these videos Frank!

[@jordanwilde9226]

I really appreciate the conservation and education benefits your efforts have generated. Thank you for more of this.

[@Bearak_]

Always love your videos, Frank, and these natural habitat videos are easily my favorite! They give us brilliant ideas for setting up accurate natural biotope tanks for our favorite fish! Thank you so much for all the work you do, for trying to reestablish natural habitats for these fish, and for providing us with so much education and information about them!

[@amandalarson8689]

I love seeing the natural habitats and the preservation efforts!

[@jadebrainiac3135]

it's awesome to see the process but also your true love and dedication in all these videos!

[@izabelladorn6769]

You do an amazing job of maintaining the breed. It is an honor to know your work and to contribute a little to my orders. I hope I can choose from some wonderful fish for a very long time to come. Good luck in the future .

[@stephanier.680]

This is a great resource to learn about their environment so we can create better aquariums at home. Thanks for sharing!

[@terencehu3277]

Inspiring work you do here. Learned a lot about betta, upkeep, care from the website and channel. 👍👍

[@JustinCredbL]

Glad to see you are doing well! Was a bit sad when I didn’t see you post in a while, but congrats on your son! Best wishes from the US.

[@rubycalger]

I think it’s super important to see videos like these, so people can see their natural habitat. I always say to people that the best thing that they can possibly do for their fish is to provide a natural habitat for them! I have some extra 10 gallons that I would love to turn into wild betta tanks, and hopefully breed them in the future as well.

[@seunghunshin9549]

It’s so wonderful of you to do these kind of things! As a person who keeps and breeds some pairs of endangered wild bettas from different complexes, it is so sad to see that people would just destroy these habitats without knowing what they are actually doing. We really need more people who care like you in this world. Wonderful video! I really enjoyed it! :)

[@DuoDoUrden]

It's amazing to see their natural habitat and you doing this work to teach us about them.

[@acesgamer49]

Thank you sincerely for you work Frank. It's so inspiring to see you and your family drive this conservation project. Wild Bettas have been my favorite fish for quite some time now, and I have been a huge admirer of your work ethic since I discovered your instagram. Your videos are educational and I've learned so much that I can apply to my aquariums. Thank you!

[@pxxkachu]

Always good to see your videos, hope you are staying safe during this trying time!

[@harostolpe7178]

Congratulations to your Child!!Hopefully a new Beta Breeder :D Allways nice to see the natural Habitat of these fish. Stay Save!

[@dennadee4562]

I always look forward to viewing your videos! Learning how bettas are in the wild is amazing! Keep up the good work!

[@LotsaAlgae]

I love being able to see where these super popular fish come from. You do an amazing do an amazing job documenting and showing every part of their ecosystem.

[@evelynstandifird-durrant6890]

I've never seen this type of Betta before I found you recently! Your dedication to Betta conservation is inspiring! I love seeing their natural habitat, I had no idea! And they look so different after you acclimate them! Just stunning! I have two tanks cycled for Bettas, and now aliens are on my list!

[@kenjiro2676]

Wild bettas are so beautiful, its like appreciating your own native species of fish. They are underrated.

[@Pineanana]

Would love to see a wild betta habitat in real life but these videos are the next best thing. Thanks for all you do to conserve these beauties.

[@NavinRaiNicque]

As always an awesome video bro !! You not only produce the best bettas but also educate the hobbyists all around the world with your amazing videos. Thank you for sharing your experience with us all. Love from India ❤️

[@mrxiong2567]

I appreciate you bredding them and then releasing them back into the wild.

[@wktan6427]

Thanks Franks for showing us the habitat of Smaragdina Wild Bettas. It really helps to understand their environment. Great job 👍

[@muhdaminudin7357]

❤️I love wild betta because i love nature.When you gaze long into the nature the nature will so gaze into you.Thanks you Franks Betta for sharing this info on youtube❤️

[@GlitteryBugs]

Frank, thanks for sharing this! So incredibly cool. I had no idea this was bettas native habitat.

[@jenniferbaldwin7929]

This is so amazing to see the wild habitat!

[@turtlebaby3188]

Love seeing a more ecological approach. It's valuable to see how these fish behave in the wild to better care for them in captivity

[@Tim_3100]

Absolutely

[@johncrute27]

I also believe the opaline gourami and blue gourami must be taught to fight in self-defense aswell.

[@MahmudulHasan-nq6ov]

Thanks for your hard work to show us the natural habitat for these fishes, hope to get a wild betta one day :)

[@bethanyhill3883]

Love what you do! As well as your conservation work, teaching us betta enthusiasts about their natural habitat helps us to replicate their needs and enable them to thrive in captivity. My Frank's copper alien loves the biotope I created for him using your videos/information - I'm eager to set up another tank with hopes of adding one of your gorgeous smaragdinas!

[@ameerihsan3241]

Good job on maintaining the habitats, hope your new pond can help to improve the betta population

[@peter4963]

Hey Frank, love your work. It’s great to know where their habitat is and what kinds of plants they live around. Lots of great information here. Thanks, keep up the good work.

[@akashbiswas4979]

Amazing work like always, Frank. Always looking forward to your videos. Being a hobbyist it's fascinating to know how the fishes live in the wild...gives an idea about how to set up the tank to properly take care of them.

[@salinabliss195]

Wonderful glad I stopped by. Thank you

[@10stripmusic]

thank you for providing a safe place to breed these amazing fish in these times of clear-cutting the environment for stupid roads!

[@spencerb4656]

Would love to add one of these to my betta collection. Much love from America! Keep up the hard work

[@millcity9789]

Love watching your , how amazing!!! Keeep doing Great work to preserve these beautiful fishes!! Much love and respect!

[@skyoakes-nash8639]

So fascinating - absolutely gorgeous fish !!! I have a captive bred imbellis ( she is so sweet and cool - she behaves completely differently from my male splendens - much more wary and very fast ! ) . It's really interesting to see detailed footage of the natural environment , including plant species - and wild betta's in it . Thanks Frank and congrats for your little one too :)

[@monicasmith8683]

This is so awesome to see the bettas natural habitat and where they come from. I enjoyed watching this video so much and now I’m going to go back and watch your others. Thank you for sharing this.

[@Romeokonggo]

Thank you and your team for trying to save the fish.

[@matthewhenley783]

This is great content. Everyone can learn how best to look after their bettas by seeing their natural environment

[@nicholasdykes3095]

Finally, I absolutely love your videos. Thanks for posting

[@anniesaito7882]

This is a great way of showing how the bettas live in the nature! Many people believe they live in a small puddle and uses that as an excuse for keeping betta in very small cup’s and bowl’s, because the fish are already used too a small amount of water! Here they actually can see how the Betta’s have plenty of water to swim in!! Great video!!

[@fajrdn]

It's nice to see somebody doing the same thing like I do. We breeds B. splendens, B. picta, B. smaragdina, etc. for decades initially as hobby and eventually become conservation.

[@GiovanaSimmer]

Oh, wow, Frank! I love the work you (and all of those who help you) do! It's such an amazing legacy you're leaving out there... (I'd love to win that wild betta, too. I've got a 20-gallon long cycled and ready!) :D

[@Yolnahkriin]

Great seeing people helping the environment in their own way

[@Dewclaw83]

I always absolutely love these videos - makes me want to come visit Thailand! And/or go snorkeling around here, but it’s too cold for that right now 😅

[@Franksbettas]

Remember to go watch part 2! Link here! kzbin.info/www/bejne/fmK9oJyDft6arZo

[@jaimebaylor9177]

Wow, they are beautiful! Thanks for sharing, and congratulations on the new baby!

[@nanbero3148]

I love watching your Videos of how Bettas really live and where they come from! I never knew before so thank you for the education!

[@tiny_m0w]

new to the channel and let me just say, it is amazing to see someone truly care about these fish. you’re incredible and the world needs more people like you!!! it seems like far too many people abuse these beautiful fish. i wish they realized what a gorgeous place bettas normally live in. so many get crammed into tiny little glasses with no heat or clean water. your passion makes my heart so happy. i absolutely adore your work.

[@parudaee3615]

Don't know a lot about bettas but it's good to see an actually good fish owner, caring about the condition of the bettas and their habitats. Shows that you actually care about the species and their survival and that's pretty cool. Love to see more vids from you 👀

[@itsatrapp0187]

The color on those wild bettas are incredible. They have such an attitude to them too!

[@Piepslette]

Thank You for your great breeding, conservation and educational work on this little guys.

[@krishabbiswas9104]

Thank you for such amazing content Franksbettas...you earned a new subscriber in me today.. looking forward to more such amazing insights 👌🏻

[@ignacioaguilar7524]

I use to think wild bettas would be ugly until i saw your videos they are so beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

[@ACUARIOURBANOOK]

Amazing content, its hard to find this kind of videos of bettas in naturall habitats, all the best you you

[@lunarlohr1543]

This is a very great video and the fish are STUNNING! The colors look so pretty

[@evita1643]

Thank you for sharing your adventures. Very inspirational!

[@markdougherty778]

BEAUTIFUL COLLECTION OF BETTAS....GLAD I FOUND YOU

[@Styleb4all]

New favorite betta channel. Straight from the freakin source! Hope I'm not too late for the contest!

[@YK_B253]

This is how it must’ve looked like when my dad and his friends used to catch wild bettas in Thailand as kids!

[@aquariummama6453]

I just came upon rescuing betta and looking to find someone educated! Glade I found your channel! I subscribed and rang the bell lol. Going to definitely stick around I’m mostly on Instagram so I followed you then.

[@jordanirons8948]

Givin it a watch now as I sit with my tanks, love your videos and love what you do for them. Can’t wait to get one of them eventually, amazing quality.

[@lirael423]

I'm so happy you're on KZbin now!

[@loricsiki4836]

When I first met with bettas, I taught the red veiltail betta is the one, which is living in the nature. Then I saw the halfmoons, and at that point i realized that, those fishes are not that healthy. And than I found you here, and I am so happy for that. The wild bettas are much more beautiful, however they don't have that big finnage. Their colouration is much more natural, and more impressive. Thank you, for beeing this helpful, by uploading videos, to see their natural habitat, and everything what we need to know about them❤🥰

[@nicolstocchetti7664]

This kind of information about natural habitats is SO important! Especially for Europeans or North Americans, who live in much different lands with other kinds of climate and water quality and don't have first hand experience of how bettas and other tropical fish should live!

[@realfishscience7842]

Love watching these videos with a joint in hand. These buggers are so gorgeous

[@kierynkelly7374]

Great to see you back mate, and congratulations on the baby :) Always love seeing natural habitats of different fish :)

[@petercost2295]

Thanks Frank for this video and to partage your passion...