Wahoo!!I hit the betta jackpot!

[ty6464]

This evening I went searching for a betta to put in my 5 gallon hex. I entered my local PetCo (I love my PetCo!) and went straight to the bettas. The first betta I saw was a beautiful White Opaque Crowntail! I was amazed, they never have anything other than veiltails so I was very excited. So, of course this was the one I bought. I ended up naming him Thorleif (after my dear great grandfather that I love and miss) a Norwegian name. I also came away with 2 free ghost shrimp so all in all it was a wonderful buy. This has made me fall in love with my PetCo who has my business for a long time.

 

[fishdude07]

good grab...any pics? im suprised petco had a crowntail...not to mention an opaque one. ive never seen anything other than veiltails at my nearest petco. i dont really like opaques...but hey, a crowntail is a crowntail, right? does he have nice fins?

 

[CatsFishes]

wow, i do like opaques, and a white one at that
<<<<drooling

 

[MrMup04]

Congrats on the great find, I have a petco thats 10 minutes away from where I live and they never seem to have anything but veiltails. Although I don't like bettas much anymore, I surely do would like to find and buy a nice crowntail to remember the past when I used to keep a lot of bettas.

 

[ty6464]

Sorry no pics...don't have a digital camera. I'll see if I can maybe borrow a friends. Yea, hes got great fins. I came right after there shipment had arrived so I got the pick of the crowd. They had some other really good looking veiltails but I had to pass em up....no fish tank for em. Next time I'm there I'm planning on asking them where they get there stock from. Also, I plan on asking them for more free ghost shrimp if they have any. This most be a special PetCo, with the crowntails and free shrimp and all. The staff is extremely nice and knowledgeable at this one so I am lucky.

 

[Lotus]

I've heard stories of some nice bettas in chain stores before. They buy bettas in bulk, so it depends on what the fish farms have that week, apparently.

Congrats on the nice find

 

[Darkside]

Nice I just went to my Wal-Mart today they also had a opaque one. Too bad I loved the colouring (kinda) but I already have a betta soo yeah...

 

[ashleigh]

holy cow- white opaques are not common. Cool. I like his name.

 

[daveheard]

I plan on getting a betta soon, my LFS stocks veiltails and crowntails so i was thinking of a crowntail..
You,ve just made that decision easier..

Perhaps i'll try for the free shrimp aswell..LOL

 

[ty6464]

I'm not quite sure if it is a white opaque or a holy grail though. I am relativley new to bettas but I know for sure that it is a crowntail. It is white but has kind of a pinkish tinge when the light hits him right. He is solid white though with no other colors. I really loved my great grandfather a lot so I decided to honor him by naming my fish after him. The name is also my middle name so....