I can't contain my excitement!!!
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How about Pandurata?
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Actually, I won him in an online auction. I've been looking for a fish like him since I started visiting those auctions 4 months ago, so I basically got lucky finding a betta like this one, but they have loads of spectacular crowntail bettas for auction on the site. I was just being very picky in getting one like him.
Can you believe the shipping will only be $5?? It's because he ships in bulk to a transhipper, so the shipping prices are low. So I'll be paying roughly $20 total for the betta, to my knowledge. I was offered a female for an additional $12, but I know how hard it is to breed bettas... I'll be happy just to have him!!!
The guy I am buying from has had nothing but positive feedback. All his buyers claim they received the fish live, large, healthy, and in spectacular color and condition. I expect nothing less.
I'll let you guys know how it goes, how much I end up paying, and how he looks when I receive him. That way you'll know what to expect if you decide to try buying bettas at auction.
Can you believe the shipping will only be $5?? It's because he ships in bulk to a transhipper, so the shipping prices are low. So I'll be paying roughly $20 total for the betta, to my knowledge. I was offered a female for an additional $12, but I know how hard it is to breed bettas... I'll be happy just to have him!!!
The guy I am buying from has had nothing but positive feedback. All his buyers claim they received the fish live, large, healthy, and in spectacular color and condition. I expect nothing less.
I'll let you guys know how it goes, how much I end up paying, and how he looks when I receive him. That way you'll know what to expect if you decide to try buying bettas at auction.
This is the tank-style I was thinking of. Keep him in one and the white halfmoon in the other and butt them up together to create a half-sphere on my counter top. I could keep them both in one divided tank, but I think that they would eventually grow bored with fighting each other and wouldn't flare as much. Plus if one got sick, it might spread to the other. I'll keep a black divider between the two tanks and only let them flare at each other every now and again.
http://www.thatpetplace.com/pet/group/14349/product.web
I'm definitely going to be getting another betta, so perhaps a pair of names?
So far, my friend suggested 'Damien' and 'Gabriel', Damien being this fish and Gabriel being the white halfmoon.
What do you guys think?
http://www.thatpetplace.com/pet/group/14349/product.web
I'm definitely going to be getting another betta, so perhaps a pair of names?
So far, my friend suggested 'Damien' and 'Gabriel', Damien being this fish and Gabriel being the white halfmoon.
What do you guys think?
I like that... maybe instead of corner tanks, I can do two standard tanks and then go have custom backgrounds laminated for them at my local Mail-Mart.
I was also thinking the Mini-Bow tanks would be neat if I didn't do the corner tanks. That'd also help me save a few dollars as the Mini-bows aren't as expensive. I could do teal or blue for the white one and red or black for the betta that's coming in.
I have a 5 gallon Hex Eclipse for my betta and his shrimpy friends. It is nice and quiet but I don't like the angles on the hex - it throws your views off depending on what angle you look at. The corner one would be nice since it is a bowed front.
