lisie
Fish Herder
Just because you did something, doesn't mean everyone in the world should. Also, it sounds like you had an extraordinary pet store betta which made him worth breeding. Most run-of-the-mill ones aren't.Okay first of all my fiancee bought me "female bettas" from a pet store and well they are NOT betta splendens they are Betta Edithea (WILD TYPE BETTA WOW)
second of all it really depends on the fish I have bred pet store vts but thats cause the daddy was over 6 inches long before the tail . So really ppl calm down do you really want some one expirementing with show fish and if so volunteer yours common this is ridiculas
And you can find a lot of decent quality fish for just slightly more than the price of pet store ones, sometimes even the same exact price.
However, yellaboo, as long as you research enough, know what you're doing, and are sure that you'll be able to find homes for all the fry, I don't think it's too terrible of a thing to breed your fish. I know I would never be comfortable giving my precious babies to a pet store and not knowing what kind of homes they were sold to, but if you are, that's fine. After all, I think it's better for any bettas to be bred by someone locally who genuinely cares about the fish rather than some mass-producer shipping large quantities of fish from long distances away. That's my two-cents anyhoo.
Some females are more anxious and easily-stressed than others, yours probably being one of them. As far as I know, stripes aren't ever actual permanent coloring on a betta.ALSO my blue female has black stripes that are permanent they are horizontal and stay there I have had her for months and they will not go away. she is not stressed out or sick so dont tell me they arent part of her