Favourite colour of betta?

[Arcteryx]

Yes. All my halfmoons and deltas eventually chew their tails. I honesty think that they don't like the weight of the tails. I have had 3 crowntails and none of them ever did that.

Um wut. That's really not something to look forward to on mine...

[Morainy]

Oh, my gosh! How bizarre and tragic!

Yes. All my halfmoons and deltas eventually chew their tails. I honesty think that they don't like the weight of the tails. I have had 3 crowntails and none of them ever did that.

[Atom]

Um wut. That's really not something to look forward to on mine...

Oh, my gosh! How bizarre and tragic!

Maybe it was just mine, but they hated me for some reason. My platinum white halfmoon I got off aquabid that cost me an arm and leg particularly despised me. He would heal and then start biting again. Seriously it was always the halfmoons. I think I have had 6 deltas/halfmoons. Not one left their tails alone. It usually happened a few months into our relationship .

I'm sure there are plenty of people that have had success with halfmoons though. Don't be discouraged.

[Diztrbd1]

Wow, John, your bettas are AMAZING!!! Do you take them to competitions?

I tend to pick my bettas by their personalities (as I perceive it, based on the way they roll their eyes) and have ended up with some fairly raggedy specimens that I love anyway.

When I first discovered BCA I had just picked up a betta named Joe, my first betta in years, and it was in an 8 inch cube jar with a plant. I put a photo on the forum. Everybody was really nice and nobody was critical about his small living quarters (I was afraid to put him into my 30 gallon). Within 2 weeks, though, he had his own 5 gallon corner Eclipse, planted and everything, with a heater and a view of the street.

Sorry I missed this Maureen, Thank you very much! Unfortunately they have both moved on to the great rice paddy in the sky. The CT drowned ( hard to believe you can say that about a fish lol) He got tangled up in a big Java Fern's stringy roots in his tank, lesson learned there The HM had a cyst or tumor on the side of his head that I suspect, led to his demise. never thought of putting them in any contest, but then again posting pix of them on here and getting kind, wonderful comments from the awesome members on here is better than winning any contest
Hearing about Joe , makes me think of the Jeffersons theme song lol. Sounds like he is living the high life in his huge heated condo with a nice view

[Morainy]

Well, I did pick up a new betta a week ago, a gorgeous blue half moon from Aquariums West. He's smaller than our previous betta. My son named him Charles. I thought that was a good name, given how much Charles from Canadian Aquatics has helped me with my fish tanks. So now, Charles, if you're reading this -- there's a blue betta with your name on it. He's got a 6 gallon rimless Aquastyle to himself, and a room with a view. :-)

[InfraredDream]

Sounds great. Congratulations! Post pictures when you can