Best place to get a Betta from

[jwheeler22602]

Looking at buying a Betta but I have reservations about getting one of the ones in the bowls at a LFS


Suggestions welcomed

 

[Lakenvelderin]

To be completely honest, any betta you get is probably going to be improperly kept and/or heavily inbred. Local stores are usually better than chains, although some local stores have really questionable husbandry.

You could try looking online on places like Aquabid, though shipping stresses fish out and there's really no guarantee you'll get a healthy or well-cared-for fish. Good luck!!

 

[Myyyman]

Ask questions at the shop you're buying it at: Temp. of the tank, size of the tank it's in, filter flow, water paremeters, etc. Keep in mind that some more exotic bettas like feathertails or half suns have shorter life spans than crown and veiltail, etc, bettas.

 

[Rev]

I'd say aquabid but most sellers there are selling from thailand or vietnam so you have the hastle of importing. Ebay has some good sellers at good prices but a lot of them have paused selling at the moment with colder weather. If you want to spend more money on a high quality betta there's plenty of websites for breeders. If you just google bettas for sale you'll probably run across some. I'm half asleep or I'd find some of them, used to have them bookmarked but that got wiped a few months ago unfortunately. I can look some up in the morning if you would like some names.

Though honestly a lot of the bettas at your LFS will probably be fine if you take good care of them. Some of them are obviously in really bad shape so avoid them. They're not going to be in as good of shape as coming straight from a breeder, but not the worst thing ever.