Yellow Betta - Rare?

[patoloco]

I saw a white betta (would call it albino, but it has black eyes) in a LFS where I can be seen lurking around from time to time. The LFS employee, who is a old time friend o' mine, has another white in his house.

 

[phises]

if you want to know about the yellow betta

http://www.bettysplendens.com/articles/page.asp?articleid=965
member of the IBC www.bettysplendens.com go to the color and tail pattern and you will see all the color bettas available out there including the rare green betta

 

[Roan Art]

FWIW I know Mark isn't a yellow betta in the true breeding sense of the word, but he's still yellow for the most part and looks pretty cool

BTW when I got him he was off-white. He yellowed up with good food and good water. THe redsand blues came out when I put him in the 36g community tank. He must be enjoying himself 'cause iMO he looks pretty healthy.

Roan

 

[fishman1979]

i saw one in walmart last week, until then i have never seen one other then in a pic. however he was dead, but he would have been a beautiful fish if i could have gotten to him before his demise

 

[Larissa]

FWIW I know Mark isn't a yellow betta in the true breeding sense of the word, but he's still yellow for the most part and looks pretty cool

BTW when I got him he was off-white. He yellowed up with good food and good water. THe redsand blues came out when I put him in the 36g community tank. He must be enjoying himself 'cause iMO he looks pretty healthy.

Roan

Roan, I think Mark is lovely. I know exactly what you mean about them coloring up with good food and clean water. I have a darling cambodian female that I bought at Wal-Mart complete with brown water(yuck) at no extra charge. I didn't realize how attractive she was until I brought her home and put her in clean water. She colored up really good by the second day that I had her.

 

[RockabillyChick]

poor fishy! make sure to add some melafix to his water and keep it extra clean to help his fins grow back. i bought a crowntail that had a damaged tailfin and its grown back, but the rays never split into the "crown" shape. he's still pretty though ^_^

and roan, i think mark is gorgeous. i love his color with the nice streaks of blue and purple.

 

[mykidsmylife]

WOW!!! That was so great of you to rescue that fellow. I imagine most people who looked at him thought "Yuck" and never gave him a second thought. You saw his real beauty. What a lucky guy.

I don't know if yellow are rare or not.

Roan-Mark is GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!! Is he the guy who lives in the cool little tank with the budha type dude? I love that tank.

 

[Roan Art]

I think it was pretty cool of you to rescue the betta, too.

Thanks for the comments on Mark, guys He's actually my daughter's betta and she picked him out at Petsmart.

Roan-Mark is GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!! Is he the guy who lives in the cool little tank with the budha type dude? I love that tank.

Thanks

Unfortunately, Jakers, the betta that lived in the budha tank, passed away from complications that developed after a very severe bought of ich.

He seemed fine after treatment, but didn't have the same old "zip" and attitude. He began wasting away and nothing I did helped. I ended up euthanizing him.

Now, of course, after seeing how Mark is in the 36g tank, I can't help but wonder if Jakers would have recovered better in there instead of in the 6 gallon he was in.

Roan

 

[Myka82]

Thanks for the comments guys! I just took a close look at my betta, and I can see that his fins are starting to grow back already! Oh, and I followed that link for betta colors, and my guy isn't that kind of yellow at all - he's not transluscent. He's going to be put into a new tank today, so I'll see if I can get a better photo of him to show his color better.

 

[rosita]

Here's Mark:

Roan

Roan, not only is that an outstanding photo, but that is one of the most handsome bettas I've ever seen! Thanks for sharing! :clap: