"Tynk" wrote in message
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Nikki wrote:
"IDzine01" wrote in message
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I don't breed bettas I just keep them... love too, but I don't ...
That's all Tynk.

I have never breed betta's, but have raised guppy fry which turned out
very
pretty (not that i had to do much, but i'll take credit for it anyway)
but i
have tried to get a female betta, ...so i found a place that breeds all
kind of neat fish
and they are going to order them for me, i figured i may be better off
with
my own instead of buying them sick from the store around here.
Nikki
Hi there Nikki.

no local pet stores carry them... said
they are ungly...hmm

Anyone who claims that female Bettas are ugly is a fool and doesn't
know squat about Bettas!!!!
Oh this one makes me as mad as when people pronounce Betta as "bait-uh"
(it's Bet-uh of course).
I would like to email you some pics of female Bettas and you can tell
me how *ugly* they are, LOL.
You see....
In the shops most females will show *submission coloring*. This is
simply because they've been tossed together with other strange females
that they do not know. They do not have a hierarchy established and
that means everybody is a little freaked out.
Their submission coloring is when they blanch out their coloring and
show horizontal barring. Once in their estrablished new home, they
quickly color up.
Of course may times in the shops you will see lovely colored females
all in one tank.
They are either spawn siblings and have had their pecking order figured
out since they were babes, or they have been sitting there a while and
have established their hierarchy already.
So drop me an email to remind me to send you pics of my personal *ugly*
female Bettas. = )~
Ugly....sheesh!
More like ignorant employees.
I will add one more thing too....do NOT even think about spawning
Bettas until you have a lot of experience in Betta husbandry, and
become well educated in Betta body language, proper care, and the much
needed research on how to raise Betta fry. These babies are almost too
small to even see when hatched.
I'm talking get out a magnifying glass until they're a few days old.
Because of their tiny size, they need special size foods and even the
tank conditions need to be just right or they all die off.
You know how large your live bearer fry were. Those are huge monster
babies compared to Betta fry.
= O ---- you're making this face right now, aren't you. = )


No, not at all, I like all the info I can get, your right I have only been
keeping betta's for a short while, but really do enjoy them, I have read a
lot about breeding them, every thing I could find off the net anyway, but I
am aware doing it is much different, but I would not do it until I was a bit
more confident in keeping mom & dad alive first.
But I am getting a few females now, I also have seen a lot of pretty female
betta's, I have a breeder ordering them for me, I ask one of the fish stores
around here first and she said she can only get them six at a time, then no
one wants them because they are ugly, so she is stuck with them, I did
offered to get all six, but she said no its a hassle, I called some of the
other places and they told me the same thing, every one wants the males
because they are pretty, they said when people see the female they are not
want they want because they are not pretty like the male.
So yes I agree with you and don't think they are ugly, however if you think
about some of the reasons people get bettas, they see them and think they
are pretty and easy to take care of, for a first fish for their kids, they
usually don't get taken care of well, most of the time no filter or heater,
that's even if they are ok when you buy them, I have got four, three were
sick that same day, which is from being left in cups at the store, the blue
ones I just got, there was a film over the water when I got them, and really
how hard is it to change water in a cup.
Anyway before I decide to breed them I will have had figured it out, until
six months ago we only had "big fish" we kept Oscars, paccu piranha's, we
did have a few jack dempsey's, but mostly big fish which were easier to take
care of in the sense they did not get sick as often, and they lived a long
time.
anyway thanks for the info
and remember to send the pic of your female betta's