Bought my lil' sis a betta!

[geKo]

I went to walmart and bought a small 1 gallon aquarium with Light, UGF, Pink gravel, and one fake plant. I normally don't buy fish from walmart but this betta was so pretty and in good health from what i could tell.

I brought everything home and set it up. I added water from my mature 29gal and acclimated the betta for about 30 min. Its been 2 days and its still doing good hehe this is actually my first betta. I have been in the fish hobby for along time and owned everything from community to cichlids but never a betta so this was just as fun for me as it was for my six year old sister

Anyways, I just thought i would share and report that yet another walmart fish is not being flushed down the drain I love saving fish from certain death!

 

[twoluvcats]

COOL!! I have a compulsiopn for liberating bettas from walmart...be careful...its addictive LOL

 

[geKo]

Originally posted by twoluvcats
be careful...its addictive LOL

I have found that out fast lol. Right after i set my sisters tank up and saw that betta floating around with those beautiful fins i knew i had to go back and get me a 1gal aquarium to set on my bed side table lol. I'm getting mine tomorrow but with black gravel and a blue betta

 

[Iggy]

Addictive.... really.... geeze I only have 240!

 

[geKo]

Originally posted by Iggy
Addictive.... really.... geeze I only have 240!

Omg i just now saw your sig lol!!!

Do you breed for colors, or to sell, or...?

 

[Iggy]

I breed mostly for hobby, to trade for store credit. My first batch was well over 300 fry!

Here is the whole thread about my betta breeding...
http://www.myfishtank.net/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11888

My first pair was breed for color (pure red) mostly... nothing in particular.

 

[geKo]

Very nice

Since your so experienced in breeding bettas would you happen to know some links to informative betta breeding websites?

Any general info on breeding bettas would be nice if you could supply me with some of your knowledge

 

[ashleigh]

I know you weren't asking me but betta talk is pretty comprehensive, it takes a long time to load though.

 

[Iggy]

www.bettatalk.com - pretty much the best site I have seen for breeding instructions.

I also found a local breeder and visited their setup. That was probably more helpful than browsing dozens of sites because it gave me ideas and showed me the reality of taking care of hundreds of fry.

 

[Barbie]

I know what ya mean about saving wal-mart fish. Both of my bettas are from wally world, my first didn't look too good at all, and after a week or so I was rewarded with a more beautiful betta that would have probably died in his little cup and be thrown out. (When I was getting him, a customer told the fish man about a dead one and he said he was just sleeping those lying wal mart employees!)

 

[xXMrBonesXx]

i have also fell victum to the wal mart bettas i was looking in 1 of the tanks and i saw him stuck to the filter so i thought it was dead but i took a step and saw his head turn and he wouldnt stop looking at me, if i had teh money i would have saved them all but i didnt and he was the only 1 stuck