Reminder About the "Hold" Policy A reminder and clarification about our Hold policy, and why it is important to read the rules before placing a fish on hold.

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Betta of the Month, December 2008 - Nicebettas Chocolate HM Wrapping up 2008 with a good old-fashioned chocolate craving!

Macrostoma, the Treasure of Brunei From the land of Brunei in the northern part of the island of Borneo comes a truly remarkable wild betta with a unique history.

Choosing a Betta There are basically three ways of purchasing bettas. Buying them from a pet store, buying them from a breeder, or buying them online. I'll run through some important things to consider in each of those options.

The New Betta Read Dr. Lucas' review in FAMA magazine! ALso available in a cost-effective downloadable ebook version. Order it online here!

Betta Breeding Bloopers So what happens when your betta pair doesn't exactly do things by the book? Check out this hilarious pictorial!

Aggression and the Domestic Betta How much is too much? And does the typical breeder keeping bettas in captivity contribute to their hightened aggression?

Chocolate Bettas There seems to be a lot of confusion surrounding the so-called 'chocolate' betta popular among hobbyists today. What exactly is it? How is it made up genetically? What is the difference between the chocolate betta and the 'MG' or 'pineapple' betta?

The Giant Betta Where did the giant betta come from? Does it breed true? And how darn big do they get, anyway?

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John Xiong
What an awesome betta you have there!!! Where you did bought it from?
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James
Wow this is great article as well as most so far I have read on this site.
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Amy - need help!!!
I have a question about one of my male bettas. He is an office fish; however, I brought him home with me over Christmas since I would not be in the office for 4 days. Since I have had him home he has developed two conditions - he may have had them befor
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P.S. to my last email
The female cambodians I am looking for need to be halfmoon females.
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AJ
I have never been able to find a beautiful betta fish (Like shown above).. :(
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jasper
If he is a hm w/bf, then he will be my dream fish and goal to go after.
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Dan
I used to breed bettas many years ago and am getting re interested in the hobby. I see many bettas for sale that look to me like they are from breeding programs that breed anything male to anything female just to get more bettas. I see (in my opinion) low
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Jackie
I've just got two bettas yesterday. I have one male betta named King and one female betta named Queen. King will not build his bubble-nest. Queen is not in with him. How long will it take King to build his bubble-nest? Please HELP me out?
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Matador
This fish is just beautiful. However, my favorite fish is the plakat fighter because it is the original fighting fish.
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Sam
How much betta fry do you get when you breed them?
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