Historical Facts About Betta Fish

Did you know that bettas have been a fascination for over 150 years now and this fascination originated in Siam...

Bettas in Siam all those years ago where known as Siamese Fighting Fish.

In Siam the siamese people used to fight bettas against each other for gambling purposes... The people of Siam would wager everything they owned including their homes and even their families.

The fighting bettas back then where actually quite dull and boring to look at unlike the colorful beauties that we see today in the fish tanks and aquariums around the world.

In fact, the bettas in siam 150 years ago used to hang out in ditches, puddles, slow moving streams and rice paddies.

Due to the living conditions back then the original wild betta back then had dirty green or brown fins.

As time went on, some of the prized fighting fish where handed on to other people and evolved under different living conditions.

Eventually some where shipped to Germany and the US where they really evolved into the beautiful specimens we see today.

It is really for the last 80 years or so that betta fish have undergone a total transformation that we see today.