How Old Were You When You Started Keeping Bettas And....

[Durbkat]

How old were you when you started keeping bettas and how many did you have when you started and were they male or female and what was their fin type? I was 12 when I started keeping bettas, it was only 1 male betta and it was a veil tail and it was a solid blood red. But it died.

 

[diademhill]

How old were you when you started keeping bettas and how many did you have when you started and were they male or female and what was their fin type? I was 12 when I started keeping bettas, it was only 1 male betta and it was a veil tail and it was a solid blood red. But it died.

I got a blue veiltail male for my fifth birthday. He lasted a couple of years in a 3 foot community tank.

 

[JoLtNbolt]

Durbkat how old are you now?

I think I got my first betta when I was 31? I'm not sure. He was a blue veil tail and I named him Ben. I'm 35 now.

 

[Durbkat]

14 years old

 

[JBN]

It seems ages ago since I first started keep bettas. I was probably in the 5th grade when my brother and I bought our first bettas which were male veiltails. Of course, at that time I was quite naive and wash my betta's container with soap and well, you know what happen .

 

[SandyMushCowgirl]

My first betta was a blue VT male with red wash. I believe I was around five or six, I'm now 17. My second betta was a pale blue/purple VT female. Around the same time, but after I had gotten the male. It's funny, I don't remember a whole lot of my younger childhood, but I do remember the fish. Weird...

 

[strawberry19]

I was 17 or 18 when I got my first betta. It was a male betta, he was a blue VT.

 

[afireinside]

9 I think. Got two VTs. My little sister named one Ashely, despite it was a he, and the other Neptune. Neptune was Cambodian red, and Ashley was violet. Sadly, Ashley died three days after I got him cause of some swim bladder disease. I had Neptune for at least 1 1/2 yrs.

 

[Ben]

I've been keeping Betta's for 14 years (on my 15th) now

DD

 

[happyannie]

Well, I guess I was about 52, just B4 my 53rd birthday. I still have Betta #1 Mr Wu. After the hormones started going away, I just don't have time for anything that's not fun or funny, that's boring, grave, serious, somber, chaotic or angst-ridden. I admire Mr Wu's sense of fun, cheerfulness and ability to rebound. He's friendly and always up for a chat and fits perfectly into the emotional ecosystem of my residence.

 

[severina]

When I was 5, my mom bought me a pretty blue male VT from Walmart, and we took it home..and I was so exicted to watch it eat, and my mom warned me that I might overfeed it. So I thought for a few minutes..."Toilet paper isn't food!" The poor thing was dead in an hour.

But...I guess I've been keeping them *alive* for 2 years now I've had other fish before then, though. I have a soft spot for white tipped VT goldfish.

 

[SPLiSH]

I was about 12 or 13 years old... I'm 14 now. My first betta (and first fish) was a regular multicoloured VT. His name was Charlie and he had the sweetest personality. Unfortunately I only had him for a bit over a month. He developed fungus after a freak tank accident.

He lived in Jerry's current 1.5 gal tank.