A little vain when it comes to betta's

[ChoclateBetta]

From what I have heard they are averaging 1000. They are a lot harder too breed too.

[SnowySurface]

After Snowy I don't trust a white to stay white. I would never pay anywhere near $1000 for a color that has changed multiple times in my experience. Grant it, Snowy was a pet store betta with no known genetic past, but I no longer trust that color to be stable. XD

[ChoclateBetta]

Albino is not white it is no to little pigment. There terrible vision makes breeding hard.

[SnowySurface]

Oh....never mind then. I'm used to albino meaning all white with red eyes in the mammal world. I guess I shouldn't be surprised that it's different for fish.

But my initial reply is still true. I wouldn't pay $1000 for a white betta. XD

[nel3]

same here for paying 1k for an albino fish. im not that far into the bettas to pay such a price.

[ChoclateBetta]

I would pay 2Gs for 2 to breed them.

[SnowySurface]

I think I'm looking at it from the perspective of being a pet owner instead of a breeder. If a breeder wants a pure line of something rare, like albino or pure white, then it wouldn't surprise me if that breeder would willingly pay 2G for a breeding pair.

However, as a pet owner I wouldn't go that far. I don't need a pet fish that is breeding level. I would get a fish from s place like Aquabid or a LFS to garuantee the fish was raised properly from hatching to selling. That makes my cut off about 30 bucks. XD

[ChoclateBetta]

Albino Bettas dont make good pets anyways.

[Myates]

Albinos do... I have a pure white blind betta and I love him :)

Just a little bit of extra care is needed, some patience, and you have a good friend just like any other betta.

Albinos sometimes can be blind, but they aren't any less of a betta - in fact, normally they run for hundreds of dollars when being sold :) But overall, yes, albinos make excellent pets!

[ChoclateBetta]

White and Albino are different. Albinos are less hardy and go blind very fast.