Betta shows

[uabassoon]

It wasn't until joining here that I learned bettas could be shown. Now I'm really curious, how does a show work? Is there a website where I can see if there is a show near me? I'd really love to see what a Betta show is like.

 

[wuvmybetta]

Here ya go,
http/www.ibcbettas.org/
Click on shows and events, I didn't see any in AZ but sometimes you've gotta travel. I'm driving 5 hours (10 back and forth) on Sunday to go to an auction and a couple people from my club are driving that far to stay the entire weekend.

Basically, people from all over the world send their fish to a certain destined area (varies and they're hosted by local clubs). They're displayed,classed and judged, then the breeder is awarded show points & awards for their winning fish and their fish are sent home to them or auctioned,and at the end of the year they have a champion for the one who accumulated the most points over the year and a runner up and so on.

 

[slamster17]

in may i will be travelling to lancaster, only 2 hours away, for a betta show at a 100,000 square foot pet store with 500 fish tanks hopefully ill have some wild abies to show by then.
it is deffinately worth it to travel to the shows tho

 

[uabassoon]

That sounds really cool. Maybe if there is ever a show within reasonable driving distance I can go to see one.