Betta fishroom.

[Puffer Pita]

Cool!

[lohachata]

99% of all of the bettas in captivity have been kept in small containers for many many decades..never heard a single one of them complain.i have always kept mine in small containers also..non of them complained either.
most of the bettas you have ever owned were raised in small containers.
i don't much care for them crappy crowntails;but i don't go harangueing everybody that does.

[thebrick]

thats awesome. Do you sell them?

thats ALOT of bettas.

[mudskipper26]

yeah ur setup with the bettas is sweet. yeah i was wondering are you breeding em for sale or just to keep?? that is a sweet indoor pond also. Good Job on everything. why do posts about bettas always cause controversey?

[Christine]

Nice setup RC

mudskipper - probably because bettas are one of the most popular fish, often times the first or even only fish people have kept. Many people started out in fish by getting "just a betta for the desk". Also they have a tendency to be one of the most abused fish because they can be kept in smaller areas and their surface breathing. Then theres the whole gray area as to "what size is too small" to keep them. I think that part is what causes most of it.

[flamingo]

Originally Posted by mudskipper26 yeah ur setup with the bettas is sweet. yeah i was wondering are you breeding em for sale or just to keep?? that is a sweet indoor pond also. Good Job on everything. why do posts about bettas always cause controversey?

Because people are quick to attack others for what they feel, do know, or may not even have a clue about. I've notived that also- so have others, and it's getting annoying. Everytime I see a betta post i'm afraid to even look at it lol.

But puffer, i've seen white ones on aquabid ( in the us) but I don't think you'd be willing to pay 50 for a betta...

[mudskipper26]

people should just chill about bettas, if u wanna attack someone about keeping bettas go to any lfs that keeps them in un-filtered cups, i think RC knows what hes doin. haha i started out with mudskippers

[(RC)]

I think Bettas always get a response from people because we are like the fish we keep. We have to be kept apart or we fight It seems like every thread about "container size" for Bettas just can't end until someone gets banned. I thought I had ended it in the Betta area pretty peacefully, but I should have known better then post pictures here. Hopefully were save until June or July. The worst thing is if you go back into the old Betta posts I think you'll find the same pictures of "stupid little over priced tanks" for sale that were posted to start this the last thread.

I do once in a while have a few Bettas for sale, but most of my extras end up going to new IBC members by way of the Betta Pals program or get traded/given away to other IBC members. I gave 20 pairs to a new IBC member in England a few years ago who traveled here to pick them up.
I do try to make some stock available to fish forum members and should have a small amount of stock available this spring. Again I apologize to everyone here for letting the thread get out of hand.


RC

[manda]

i think your bettas, and your set up is very nice.
you have such great bettas and you seem like you know your stuff. way to go (RC)!!!

[(RC)]

Thank you. I've been at it a while and have picked up a thing or two along the way.


RC

[Puffer Pita]

Originally Posted by flamingo But puffer, i've seen white ones on aquabid ( in the us) but I don't think you'd be willing to pay 50 for a betta...

The only ones I've seen on Aquabid were either in Singapore, Malaysia or being sold by some idiot that sells dyed fish as well. And I refuse to buy from someone like that. If it were from a reputable US breeder, I'd pay a pretty good penny for a solid opaque white one.

[pleco_breeder]

I'll start by saying, "very nice barrack system". However, that's not the reason I'm posting. Attacks like this are very common on every forum, and not only for bettas. More often than not, the person complaining about fish being "cramped" is also the same person keeping the common pleco, goldfish, or redtail cat in a 10 or 20 gallon tank. They want to try using the old "one inch of fish per gallon" rule, but prefer to turn a blind eye that a 14 inch pleco will equal about 750 neon tetras when mass is taken into consideration because it gives a false feeling of responsibility. The fact that you've put the time into ensuring that your fish are getting very regular water changes and aren't constantly fighting with nutrients and metabolites in their water, and are obviously well fed and active based on the pics, speaks volumes about what you're doing. All in all I'll end by saying, "Ignore the nay-sayers, and keep up the good work". Maybe someday they'll learn what keeping fish really is about.

Larry Vires

[(RC)]

You don't find to many dyed Bettas, but you do find more then a few photoshopped pictures. You can be pretty sure if the whole picture has a purple tint then the fish might not be the color it looks in the photo.

[Puffer Pita]

No, no, not dyed bettas but jellybean parrots and such. I look at a seller's other stock, especially if they link to their off-Aquabid store. If I see stuff like dyed fish, I won't buy from them no matter how much I want it.

[Osiris]

Hey Larry good to see you!

RC, got any beautiful red ones? like crowntails