Where to Buy: HalfMoon and CrownTail bettas (Siamese Fighting Fish)

spookymuffin · 03-08-2009, 09:26

Are there any breeders of these types of betta on here? Or has anyone ever seen them for sale anywhere? I've never seen anything other than red and blue VeilTail bettas in the pet shops here.

I really want to start breeding but I don't want to use the garden variety VTs. Has anyone got some HalfMoon or CrownTail bettas for sale? Preferably younger than six months old. Colour is not important, good finnage is what I'm looking for.
Or has anyone seen them for sale anywhere?

For reference here are pictures of the different tail types that I'm talking about:

Crowntail:

Male.

Females.

Half Moon:

Male.

Female. Note how she has much longer fins than other females.

And then here are the extremely common Veil Tails:

Male.

Female.

Don't get me wrong, Veil Tails make great pets but there's not much point in breeding them when the market is already saturated in them.

Thanks.

Wolfsberg · 03-08-2009, 09:50

You won't get them at 6 months old or younger as they are only saleable at around a year or year and a half.

spookymuffin · 03-08-2009, 09:58

That's the age that you often get the fish in pet shops at, yes. By then they've already been bred from and you'd be lucky to get a good spawn from them yourself.

On Aquabid.com they sell their Bettas at three to four months of age which is when they are best for breeding. I would buy from Aquabid myself if it wasn't for the legal issues regarding importing fish from abroad and the unbelievably high shipping fees.

03-08-2009, 09:26	#1
spookymuffin Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: Dublin Posts: 32 Adverts \| Friends	Where to Buy: HalfMoon and CrownTail bettas (Siamese Fighting Fish) Are there any breeders of these types of betta on here? Or has anyone ever seen them for sale anywhere? I've never seen anything other than red and blue VeilTail bettas in the pet shops here. I really want to start breeding but I don't want to use the garden variety VTs. Has anyone got some HalfMoon or CrownTail bettas for sale? Preferably younger than six months old. Colour is not important, good finnage is what I'm looking for. Or has anyone seen them for sale anywhere? For reference here are pictures of the different tail types that I'm talking about: Crowntail: Male. Females. Half Moon: Male. Female. Note how she has much longer fins than other females. And then here are the extremely common Veil Tails: Male. Female. Don't get me wrong, Veil Tails make great pets but there's not much point in breeding them when the market is already saturated in them. Thanks. __________________ "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science." - Charles Darwin

03-08-2009, 09:58	#3
spookymuffin Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: Dublin Posts: 32 Adverts \| Friends	That's the age that you often get the fish in pet shops at, yes. By then they've already been bred from and you'd be lucky to get a good spawn from them yourself. On Aquabid.com they sell their Bettas at three to four months of age which is when they are best for breeding. I would buy from Aquabid myself if it wasn't for the legal issues regarding importing fish from abroad and the unbelievably high shipping fees. __________________ "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science." - Charles Darwin

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03-08-2009, 09:50	#2
Wolfsberg Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Ashbourne Posts: 152 Adverts \| Friends	You won't get them at 6 months old or younger as they are only saleable at around a year or year and a half.