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posted by [personal profile] krait at 01:33am on 10/12/2020
Hi!

I totally forgot I had this comm on my reading list, but it's good to see a post pop up! (And your username is great - very apropos!)

I miss having bettas, but currently have enough pets to keep me busy without cleaning tanks and hauling water. Maybe when the youngest cat is older and less curious, I'll think about adding a fish to the house again. :D
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posted by [personal profile] molluscsandmonsters at 01:45am on 10/12/2020
Hi, nice to meet you!

Fun to look at other peoples' aquatic pets in the meantime, right? What sorts of bettas did you use to have? I mostly adopted from people who couldn't keep theirs, so I had a lot of typical blue and red veiltails, but those are still cool fish. I had a friend in college who was a breeder though, and she had all kinds of fancy bettas.
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posted by [personal profile] krait at 04:30pm on 10/12/2020
Definitely! I can enjoy other people's fish and dream about having more someday.

I had a crowntail betta once, and one female, but mostly I had plain old veiltails, usually blue. (If I ever get fabulously wealthy, I'd set myself up as a betta breeder producing blue-and-teal-with-black-heads bettas, because it's my absolute favourite combo. I always try to pick out the bluest ones with the least red in the fins and the darkest faces!)

That doesn't stop me from going on AquaBid and browsing fantastic fancy bettas I'll never own, though. :D (Check this guy out! And this one! Or this fellow!)
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posted by [personal profile] molluscsandmonsters at 05:10pm on 10/12/2020
oooo, those are some excellent bettas. My favorite patterns are probably... deep or steel blue with black heads, teal dragonscales with red or black fins, and koi patterns, and I like the short tails on plakats (and female bettas). Much to my former betta breeding friend's chagrin, I'm also genuinely a fan of blue with flashes of red on the fins. I don't think there are any betta patterns I dislike, to be honest.
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