I have baby bettas!!

[joepythons]

A few years ago, one of my nieces started breeding betas for a school science project on genetics. It didn't take long for her grandma (my mother-in-law, whom they live with) to get caught up in it and it turned into a project that lasted about three years. I remember visiting and the entire wall-length fireplace mantle and every available tabletop would be covered in cups holding young betas, and many different tanks with mating pairs and bubble nests and baby betas. They would sell the young to pet stores. Eventually it got to be more trouble than it was worth and they gradually worked their way back down to two standard fishtanks and no betas at all. It was always a lot of fun scanning through the stacks of cups looking at the beauties they produced....they were WAY nicer than the pathetic little creatures you usually find at pet stores.

O my god .Yea i can see them getting over run with bettas easily .I agree with you on the quality of the ones in pet stores.I was looking at some on a fish auction site from Tiawan(spelling) and thier is no way i am going to pay $20 plus plus shipping for a sweet looking beta .Until i can get back into breeding snakes i guess this will have to do lol.

[Ladydragon]

lol... I did order some of those beauties from Taiwan and bangkok.. but it was so worth it to watch them swimming around. There are a few usa breeders on that auction site so it may be cheaper all around.

you can also check out this site and register with them for lots of good info on keeping/breeding/raising bettas http://www.ultimatebettas.com/index.php?showforum=62 I'm registered there as well.. same screen name have fun with your fry and I look forward to seeing pics soon. My new guy already has a huge bubble nest going.. guess i gotta get a female for him.

[joepythons]

lol... I did order some of those beauties from Taiwan and bangkok.. but it was so worth it to watch them swimming around. There are a few usa breeders on that auction site so it may be cheaper all around.

you can also check out this site and register with them for lots of good info on keeping/breeding/raising bettas http://www.ultimatebettas.com/index.php?showforum=62 I'm registered there as well.. same screen name have fun with your fry and I look forward to seeing pics soon. My new guy already has a huge bubble nest going.. guess i gotta get a female for him.

Cool thanks for the info .Now the thing that kills me about getting one from Taiwan you pay him like $5 to ship it to his people in the USA then you have to pay them to ship it to you .Then you end up with a $40 plus betta ,not me

[wolfy-hound]

oh yeah! I paid about $50-80 each for a few of my bettas back when I was breeding to show. The shipping kills you, but I got some from this canadian breeder that was AWESOME in her stock.

I'd love to have another really nice half-moon betta, but can't seem to find any locals willing to sell me one.

[joepythons]

oh yeah! I paid about $50-80 each for a few of my bettas back when I was breeding to show. The shipping kills you, but I got some from this canadian breeder that was AWESOME in her stock.

I'd love to have another really nice half-moon betta, but can't seem to find any locals willing to sell me one.

Have you ever looked here? http://www.aquabid.com/

[joepythons]

My god the half moons are sweet . http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/aucti...shm&1249344009

[Ladydragon]

lol.. you should look on ebay too...

http://cgi.ebay.com/AQUA-BUTTERFLY-O...d=p3286.c0.m14

http://cgi.ebay.com/RED-HALF-MOON-PA...d=p3286.c0.m14

http://cgi.ebay.com/Live-Beta-Betta-...d=p3286.c0.m14

this last one.. this guy usually has some really nice bettas for sale, even females with lots of color.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

[joepythons]

lol.. you should look on ebay too...

http://cgi.ebay.com/AQUA-BUTTERFLY-O...d=p3286.c0.m14

http://cgi.ebay.com/RED-HALF-MOON-PA...d=p3286.c0.m14

http://cgi.ebay.com/Live-Beta-Betta-...d=p3286.c0.m14

this last one.. this guy usually has some really nice bettas for sale, even females with lots of color.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

The second one is sweet

[joepythons]

Well for some reason unknown to me they all died .So no babies for now.

[ev477]

That's a shame

With such a large quantity of babies, the loss has to be that much greater.