Has anyone had any luck with the Petco “baby bettas”?

I’m just wondering because I’m weighing the pros and cons of POSSIBLY getting a Petco baby betta when I’m ready to try another betta in my 10 gallon. I definitely will wait at least a couple months, to recover from the loss of two bettas in two months, and to focus on my 30 gallon and ecosphere/ planted fish bowl I’m going to make today with some extra materials I want to use. But, when I’m ready again, I think it would be kind of fun to try a baby betta and watch him/ her grow up in my little 10 gallon. Have these little guys worked out for anyone, or are they just too small/ sickly?

 

Had one a year or two ago, no different from the regular bettas except raising them.

 

I had a baby girl betta. Had her for a goid while til i got suoer busy for a stretch and couldn't keep up on water changes. But she was plenty healthy before that.

 

I only buy pet o bettas. I’ve had to many fish get sick and die from their competitor (y’all know who it is ). Idk if it is just the stores in my area, but Petco has not done me wrong yet. My last fish died because of me, I think. I had him in a small 3.5 gallon (it was a classroom pet and that was the max amount of gallonage I was allowed by the district). He lived in the 3.5 gallon for a year before he started showing signs of what I believe was fin rot and ammonia poisoning. His fins were red throughout and started to just waste away. He began being lethargic and eventually I brought him home and upgraded to a 5 gallon. Unfortunately, I may have been too late in upgrading. That said the school year prior I went through 4 competitor of Petco‘s bettas, including babies. I bought the babies thinking the other were old. Even though I believe my 3.5 gallon was not suitable for the betta, 4 in one school year compared to 1 the next, and all I did was change stores where I purchased the fish. Photos: bumble bee betta RIP; orchid betta doing fine in 5 gallons.

 

the baby bettas are usually unremarkable colors - like the drab purple red color - at least by me locally.

I've purchased a few, 3 were such colors, 2 others were crowntails. all but 1 were females.

Crowntail females have shorter bodies and it's very easy to overfeed them. I am not getting a female crowntail ever again. my current 1 causes me head aches. She's Archie Bunker with a beer belly in a fish tank *eye roll*

 

the baby bettas are usually unremarkable colors - like the drab purple red color - at least by me locally.

I've purchased a few, 3 were such colors, 2 others were crowntails. all but 1 were females.

Crowntail females have shorter bodies and it's very easy to overfeed them. I am not getting a female crowntail ever again. my current 1 causes me head aches. She's Archie Bunker with a beer belly in a fish tank *eye roll*

....assuming i am not the only one to get the Archie Bunker reference....though many sure won't!

 

I have no experience with baby bettas, but I got my betta from Petco as well.

Most of their betta stock looks very healthy.

 

I have a baby betta right now! I don't think it makes much difference to caring a adult betta. However, you can look at the growth! That is very exciting. I don't really know if it's just me but the one I'm caring right now isn't really aggressive. Here's the Pic.



This is the betta when I bought the first time:

 

I've had mine for almost 2 weeks now. It was labeled as a "baby boy" but I'm pretty sure it's a girl. Baby Mountain Dew is in a 10 gallon tank that I just added 1 peppered cory and 7 or so cherry shrimp to. It looked energetic and healthy from day one and has a fun personality. Aside from the mislabeling, I love this fish. And I just started noticing small blue specks coming in. I wonder how it will look all grown up.