I have dont have any info sorry but it’s also been my dream to catch wild smaragdina Betta and Imbellis. Are you going to go to Chatuchak market as well? Very excited for you Please take lots of photos!

 

Don't worry about info. However I am an 11hr drive away from chatuchak. There are markets near here and some streams so I might be able to catch some. I will try and take some photos.
I just realised that the flag changes on which country you're in not what you're account's registered in.

 

Can’t wait to see photos good luck

 

Depends if my parents let me. There a bit skeptical about it so I just have to keep trying to convince them.

 

Wow your parents let you go to Thailand on your own

 

That’s pretty cool

 

R u going to betta markets?

 

Nah I'm with my family and I have asked around but I don't think many people know about bettas. I will just look on google maps for some creeks nearby though.

 

Ok good luck

 

Btw Betta in thai is “pla kad”

 

Yeah I looked but thanks. I might have found a place to catch some. Lmk what you think. My parents found it but I went to have a look my self so here are some pics. I am scared tho as it's a drug creek. There's pill bottles and syringes so if you know what that means than good for you. It also seems like there's some gourami or other fish so my hopes are higher. They are stripy but my camera didnt pick it up.

 

I think there probably would be Bettas but for your safety maybe dont look somewhere were that sort of stuff is happening good luck

 

If you do want to look there. Do you have a net? You will want too look in heavily planted areas

 

No I don't have a net but I uave seen people have some at the surf board hire place at the hotel. There are heavily planted places like 10m upstream so I might look today. As you said though I do just need to be very cautious and try to go in the water as little as possible. It looks saltwater but to my dissapointment and happiness there's duckweed just growing in it which confirms it's freshwater. I think I'm in southern or SE Thailand so I think that's Imbellis and splendens.
I will keep you updated.

 

The hotel has a few ponds and streams which have koi and some sort of African cichlid. However yesterday there was another fish too that had the shape of a betta but I wanna know if some wild bettas have a white or really metallic blue rim on their tail fin. The hotel also has 100s of cattapa trees everywhere.

 

It could be Betta pugnax which has a white ish tail. Betta pugnax were what were domesticated into the modern day fighting pla kad. Good luck with your search!

 

Yes. Good luck!

 

was it this?

 

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Yeah it had that shape but black and 2 white spots on the back. They all were the same as in they all had the 2 white spots

 

That is betta pugnax

 

Yeah it had that shape but I haven't seen one for a while. I'm starting to lose hope. But is there a betta species with a darker and broader body with 2 white spots on the back? Thanks for all the help

 

It sort of has a rice fish tail so idk.

 

I’m sorry i can’t think what that could be. I’ve been looking around Khao lak on google maps and i cant find anywhere that looks promising. Keep trying tho. Good Luck

 

All good I've got 2 days left. Thanks for all the help and I'll keep you updated.
Off topic though I went to the turtle sanctuary here yesterday and here's a couple pics. there were 6 month old ones and some that hatched that day. They were so small.

 

Probably not a betta. Very cute turtles. I hope you get some bettas!

 

Yeah thanks.