Wanting MORE!

[JoBodude]

ok, i have had bettas for a few years now...what a rollercoaster lol i wont go into detail , ANYWAYS....i have 2 males and a female right now, they are doing great! but...but....I WANT MORE....NOW! lol i dont know why either! i know about being like obsesed with fish (cuz i gots lots!) but like i went to my LPS and they had over 100 betta jars!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! they were like all in GREAT condition! and all kinds too! omg i wanted like every single one!, i am thinking about getting maybe 2-3 more! from there! i was thinking a male crown tail and maybe if i can find 1, a round tail male! yay! the crowntails there are beautiful! lol sry for such a long post! lol i will update you on getting more if i do!

YAY!
lol


~JoBodude~

 

[jkun17]

My first piece of advice is not to buy from chain stores. Don't buy from chain stores unless there's a particularly good reason to. Most chain stores don't keep very good care of their bettas and so buying from them would not only give you a lower quality fish, but also you would be patronizing a company that doesn't treat its animals well.

My best advice is to go to a localy owned or mom & pop shop. Just about any independant fish dedicated store is better than a chain.

 

[White Whale]

Speak to FreshMike about your 'condition'.

 

[Seahorse]

Heh, yeah unfortunately this "infatuation" just continues to grow.

We only have two places to buy Betta's (in a neighboring town) - Wal-mart and a mom and pop shop. The Wal-mart here takes decent care of their tanked fish, but their Betta's are another story... I rescued a male from them two weeks ago (rescuing fish is just a bad idea but sometimes I have no self control).

The mom and pop shop is ran by one woman and honestly, she can be a bit clueless... she had a female Betta in a tank with mollies and two comet goldfish (?!)

Wal-mart has about 20 Betta's at any given time, all veiltails and rarely any other color than the common teal/green, except for the red boy I rescued (he turned out to be wonderful). So needless to say, I am envious.

 

[flautist]

How does one go about finding breeders? I'm in a college town, and I know there's at least one, but I don't know how to find them, and the only places I know of that have bettas are Wal-Mart and PetCo. (PetCo is where I got mine.)

 

[jkun17]

How does one go about finding breeders? I'm in a college town, and I know there's at least one, but I don't know how to find them, and the only places I know of that have bettas are Wal-Mart and PetCo. (PetCo is where I got mine.)

The best place to find breeders are at a mom & pop shop. Most small independantly owned stores breed their own bettas, and if they're a good store, they'll tell you where to find some decent breeders.

The one I go to specializes in half-moons. They even gave me a breeding pair when I told them I was interested in breeding.

 

[flautist]

How does one go about finding breeders? I'm in a college town, and I know there's at least one, but I don't know how to find them, and the only places I know of that have bettas are Wal-Mart and PetCo. (PetCo is where I got mine.)

The best place to find breeders are at a mom & pop shop. Most small independantly owned stores breed their own bettas, and if they're a good store, they'll tell you where to find some decent breeders.

The one I go to specializes in half-moons. They even gave me a breeding pair when I told them I was interested in breeding.

I should rephrase... how does one find a mom and pop shop?

 

[Sandusky]

You can find a Mom and Pop shop online, through the phone book, through calling around, ads in newspapers ect.