New forummember from Belgium

Hi all,

Since my German is good enough to have small conversations with you all, but not good enough (in writing) I am taking the liberty to present myself in English.
My name is Mattias, I am 44 years old, Dutch and living in Belgium, and have been involved with fish since early childhood. My very first "fishy" memory is of a tank of my neighbour in Jakarta, Indonesia, with all sort of fish he caught in the nearby ricefields. Lots of labyrint species there

The last 20 years or so, I have dedicated my tanks to Central American Cichlids and Lifebearers, especially of the genus Xiphophorus by the lifebearer group and Paranetroplus and Theraps with the cichlids.

At the moment I am shifting my attention a bit to wild Betta´s; in particulair Betta smaragdina, Betta mahachiensis (are there freshwater strains available?) and Betta imbellis ("Vietnam Black" are gorgeous!)
Problem is, they are hard to find, best to say, I can´t find them here in Belgium.
Posted a "wanted" add on other fora, they sent me to this forum, because the majority of this forum should consist of other "wild-form" lovers .

I have 15 tanks, of which 3 will be dedicated to small barbs, loaches and Betta´s. Tank-measurements are 125 x 50 x 50cm.
Should be able to keep at least 2 pairs in each tank (of 1 species of course, I "hate" hybrids) (???)

Can anyone help me getting my hands on good, pure bred, wildforms of the Betta species mentioned above? Preferably with good location details, since I used to that from the lifebearers and the Killyclubs.

Thnx in advance,

Mattias