When i am looking to buy a good breeding betta.....?

Question

I want to breed the half moon. What should i buy? Should i already get one that has a male and female together? A pair? Or should i buy the male and female serperatley? Where can i get good quality half moons at good prices? Thanks!

Answer 1

In terms of breeding bettas, sibling pairs are usually a good way to go as you have more homogynouzied genes between the two and have some degree of predictability of what you'll get but if you don't have any cares color wise than you can also choose 2 bettas from diffrent spawns of high quality.

The best quality HMs are usually available on aquabid but shipping can be expensive, don't expect to spend under $50 for two.  You can also try and find local breeders through betta forums to save on shipping.

Answer 2

I would go to Petco. You may not think of them as "high quality", but they have a huge selection! I have gotten many amazing halfmoon bettas from there. Last time i was there for a betta they had about 30 males to choose from! A halfmoon male costs about 6 dollars and a female 5. Male and female bettas are not usally kept together unless they are fertlizing eggs because males are very harsh to the females. Breeding bettas is very hard! Please do a lot of reserch before you try breeding them!

Answer 3

Aquabid.com is a great place but you will sometimes end up spending more on shipping than on the actual fish.

Buy a brother/sister pair if possible. They will be the same color/lineage/tail type and don't worry about inbreeding. It doesn't count with fish for the most part.

You can also try finding a local breeder (saves you shipping costs anyways) at http://www.ultimatebettas.com or http://www.ibcbettas.org/

Answer 4

Hi,

When i obtained mine, i contacted my local fish shop, he's a super expert, and I told him what i wanted and he ordered them.  Dues giving it took a about 3 weeks for him to track but he did it.  Your local pet shop would probably do this for you also.  The advantage to this is you get tobe specific.  You tell the size, colour, finnage etc.  If you order on line you may not get what you want as you cannot see then buy, you just buy then see.  

Hope this helps.

Answer 5

There is a huge section of halfmoon bettas for sale on www.aquabid.com.

There tends to be a lot of high-quality fish on there.

Good luck!

Answer 6

u cant put 2 betta fish together  because they will fight until they die so buy a tank that is seperated and they have one were it is seperated into 2 but the betta fish cant see each other so its good