petco often has a decent color assortment, also their employees are idiots and mix up what fish is in what cup. so you could very well find a HM in as cheaper cup other good thing about them is the stuck that they buy from is HM, but most of the fish are fairly young, so their fins may grow a...
breeder overseas use like half that size. however they do constant water changes and many commercial breeders use growth hormones in the food, which is a really crappy practice. using the growth hormones a betta that could with excellent care live to 4-5 may live 1-2 years. stress shipping and...
most bigger pet/fish stores sell cannisters or smaller packages of brine shrimp eggs. they are often hatched and feed for marine tanks so you may have to go to a store that carrys marine products. you can buy and order cultures of worms and such off aquabid, but I didnt really need to.
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my fav male mustard gas half moon
my fav girl marble gene- princess
mom of princess
some of the boys, left was a wild multicolor hm right was a green over half moon
female mustard gas half moon, never bred quite the crazy nasty little thing
I bred for a while, don't any more because of more then week long power loss in the winter and heat waves in the summer. I live way out in the boonies and the only alternative is adding central air and getting more generators..... not gonna happen. bettas are very hardy fish. but massive temp...