My Visit To A Betta Farm In Singapore

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Update (Dec 5, 2009) : I am hearing rumors that in this tough economy, Mr. Ho has decided to stop breeding bettas and concentrate on his landscaping business. If anyone has the skinny on this, PLEASE LET ME KNOW so that I can update this page for everyone's knowledge. He is located in Singapore at 78 Seletar Farmway 8. (Off Jalan Kayu).

Date : Jan 26, 2009

Hey all!
I finally made it to Singapore...
If you think houston is hot and humid.....let me tell you that Singapore is HOT AND HUMID! I'm pretty much getting my 6 glasses a day by simply BREATHING!

This weather is perfect however for B. Splendens breeding. The humid weather helps the bubble nests to hold together. Being on the equator, the weather is pretty much constant (i.e. hot & humid) all year round. This means that there is very little variation between monthly temperatures, allowing bettas to be bred outdoors, exposed to the native climate all year round.

I've been fish farm hopping all week meeting people and i came across "BETTA 26", owned and operated by the award winning Ho Soon Hai. Here's some results from his 2007 betta circuit run. He has winners in almost every category!
http://www.betta4u.com/cms/news.php?extend.70.6

Mr Ho was nice enuff to let me take pics. Many farms that i've visited were not so accommodating.

Anyway... without further ado.... here are some pics......

1. The place was pretty obscure, no flashy lights or conspicuous signage. Only a little sign of his award winning plakat is all the "advertising" he needs.

2) So we go to the "farm" ... nothing more than a wooden shack overgrown (on the inside) with ficus plants

3) He has a pinup poster by the door with all his award winning plakats.

4) Step past the door ... a betta fanatic's heaven...

5) So many bettas! I'm excited like a boy!

6) Oh God... i think i wet my knickers...

7) So I noticed that all the water in the jars were brown....

8) So he takes me out back and shows me his buckets of brewing Indian Almond "Ketapang" Leaves.

9) Size comparison of his "small" jars.

10) Buncha empty jars out back.

11) Championship betta food ....

12) Live Tubifex no doubt...

13) Guess where the culls end up...

14) Mr Ho lets me take a pic of one of his fine red plakats. The pic doesn't do it justice. These are some of the deepest reddest 8-ray plakats I have ever seen.

15) I grab a pic with the man himself. He asks me how i got to be so "big". I tell him it's the Texas beef.

PLUG

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