FISHIES!

[tikibirds]

To me, they both look the same but its the Smaragdina. I think she got them from the IBC, they had some kind of program where breeders will send you a pair and you have to bred so many for sale or something like that.

I had 24 at one time. Males were in divided 10 gallon tanks and about 6 females were in a soriety in a 20 gallon.
There are the two I have now. The girl (Erza)  now has this whole tank to herself and the guy (still unnamed) has been relocated to a 5 gallon. She kept sneaking into the other side and I also don't have space for hundreds of jars filled with bettas. Maybe someday.

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[pyrodarknessanny]

ah yep'

they are  different  i did find a neat little reference thing  when i was surfing the net before that shows the difference between the species.

Spoiler

http://bettasource.com/forums/topic/751-how-to-identify-wilds-from-the-splenden-complex/

note. not the best photos tho some of the fish look stressed in the images (washed out colours) 
but it's still a handy guide that shows what to look for.

I got all of my original wild types off of Auqbid.com   as well as a number of  various  show type  splendens
mostly   half moon dragon plakats  , half moon dragons , some nice crowns etc.

I remember some of them were very expensive back then  well over $50 per fish for the  fancy splendens and  something like $70 or $80 per pair for the wild types .   this is of course  including all the import fees and such.
mind you tho this was quite a few years ago now,  more than 6 years easily.

I know of the IBC ,  the  guy who owns one of the Aquariums in town here has involvement with them  i think'
hes quite passionate about  wild types and show bettas.

[hathorcat]

Ooooh! Lovely

[tikibirds]

I though of joining the IBC but I think it may be overkill for me, I'm not a breeder and I don't have any thing that would qualify for those "betta shows." Plus I like Veiltails the most and I know they are looked down upon in official circles. Most of mine come from walmart or petco but I do like to look the ones on aquabid.com