A few more questions: Please answer!!! :)

[teeneythebetta]

I've seen petcos that take awesome care of bettas and other petcos that take awful care if bettas.

Look for a store that keeps the water clean.
Look for a betta that is swimming & active.
Look for a betta that is not laying on the bottom of the cup.
Not bloated.
Does NOT have it's scales sticking out like a pinecone.
Eyes are not overly large (pop eye)

[ccam7591]

Thanks, I will keep that in mind.

[OrangeAugust]

Petco always has the best variety of colors and tail types. They have veiltails, halfmoons, doubletails, delta tails, dragons, plakats, females, and babies.
And they always have shelves full of bettas. I went to a local fish store, and they ojnly had about 10 bettas and they were all veiltails. I recently went to Petsmart for the first time, and they only had a small area of bettas, and they mostly had veiltails, doubletails, and a few dragons. But they keep them in this bluish water that makes it hard to tell what color they are. Although it looked like one of the ones they had was a white cellophane delta tail. I wanted it!! But I don't have any more tanks!

[ccam7591]

I went to petco recently, and actually I found the exact same. As I said in my most recent thread, I had to force myself not to just buy a beautiful deep blue crowntail. Thanks!

[ccam7591]

Hello again! I'd like to thank everyone who answered the poll!! I'm getting my first betta tomorrow or Sunday!!!!!!!!!!! I'm going to post pictures on another thread when I get him, remember to view!! :)

[katydidmischief]

For me, Petsmart has the better conditions--the water is always clean and treated and I have yet to see one that's passed away on the floor--but I've gotten them from PetCo too. My longest lived was a petco baby.

Michael gets Aqueon betta pellets and freeze dried bloodworms. I upgraded him to a 5 gallon today so next paycheck I'm investing in a container of NLS Betta formula.

[lelei]

This is a great poll..and very interesting as well..I would of chose Petsmart except I haven't bought any bettas yet..lol..I have 5 but four are rescues..not from any Pet store..but my first was picked out by my daughter and he was from Petco..and he is our Sammmy and we love him dearly..and she said out of a lot of them, he caught her eye..with his Red white and Blue!! and whala..we have Sammy:)

[ccam7591]

Thank you very much....I'm going to get one today, sooo excited!!