Recreating a Wild Thai Swamp Aquarium

​We explore the aquascaping process behind my Thai swamp biotope aquarium, home to the stunning Wild Betta imbellis and the incredibly rare, once thought extinct Somphong’s Rasbora 🐟 SPECIES FEATURED: • Wild Betta imbellis (The Peaceful Fighter) • Somphong's Rasbora (Trigonostigma somphongsi) 🌱 PLANTS FEATURED: Hygrophilla Carymbosa Murdannia keisak Cyperus helferi Colocasia esculenta Cryptocoryne cordata var. siamensis 🍂BOTANICALS FEATURED Lotus Pods Catappa Leaves Bamboo Leaves Coconut Fiber Mango Leaves Badam Pod 🎨 LIGHTING & TECH: • Chihiros B-Series LED (Configured for natural "God Rays") • Oase Filtosmart 100 - https://amzn.to/4vmjOzw 0:00 - The peaceful One (The Teaser) 0:25 - An introduction and Mapping the Malay Peninsula 2:45 - The Hardscape 5:15 - Planting the native Plants 8:05 - A selection of native Botanicals 9:30 - Introducing the fish 11:20 - Conclusion #betta #bettafish #biotope #aquascape #aquascaping