The decline of VTs?

[Abby]

Originally Posted by kdunkerl

All of the yellow bettas I've seen are beautiful. And the orange ones too, for that matter. All mine are only blue and red, with the exception of one female that is pearly peach kinda, it really is the abnormal colour in the pet store that makes me want to take the little guy/gal home but the great colours are soooo rare!

hmm lets see:
dastan: red blu purple vt
Nero red cambodian 4 ray ct
benny: dark blue and white vt butterfly
Melvin: metalic blue and white vt buttercfly (multi specked head)
Louie: white 2 ray ct with red splashes and his fins range from see through to aqua blue
Sponge bob: yellow with iridescent blue rays vt
004: gold with red fins sdxhm
agent 11: metalic sd x hm purple and black butterfly
Pippin: masked red cambodian butterfly vt
Charz: steel blue 4 ray ct

Agent 88: silver metalic sd xhm
bronxie: silver plum metalic sd x hm
Cinder plum silver metalic sd x hm
Lexi: silver/bronze with red trim metalic sd x hm 4ray ct
Ailie: silver metalic sd x hm 4ray ct
Caela: silver bronze metalic sd x hm 4ray ct
Rayne: yellow metalic sd x hm 4ray ct (fins are seethrough developing purple metallic patches)

[kdunkerl]

Yes, I live a very sheltered fish life. All your fish sound amazing Abby!

[Luimeril]

that's why, when i go to the pet store on Tuesdays, they usually only have red Veils, or blue veils. because those are the most common ones, and everyone grabs up the cool-looking ones, like the yellows, orange dals, butterflies, ect. poor red and blue guys. D:

[kdunkerl]

Moment of silence for the red and blues...

[Luimeril]

good thing about my local pet store? they look just as healthy on day 7, as they did day 1. they look just as healthy on day 14, as they did day 1. they take amazing care of their bettas.

[kdunkerl]

That's fantastic! I bought a female a while back and she died the next day. When I went back to get another fish, the salesperson told me I didn't have to worry this time because they had just cleaned up and changed the water and removed the dead ones.. I'm really careful now and look for smaller hopefully younger and newer fish.

[Luimeril]

i haven't seen a dead fish in there in forever. o3o i've not even seen any sick ones! :d they sometimes let the veils live in the tanks in back until they get sold. o3o

[kdunkerl]

That's a store that seems to actually care. The bettas in my local store are shoved on three narrow shelves and you have to dig to see them all. Everyone gets bumped around and pushed up real close in their tiny little cups :(.
There's another store farther away that displays on their plant tanks, which is pretty but they never have a big selection so I never make the trek there.

[Luimeril]

Pet Lover's has theirs on this cute twirly shelf thing, kinda like a spice rack. no one is too close to anyone, and they're all displayed at once. :3 it's really cute. also, they're right next to the register, so the staff can keep people from fighting them!

[Abby]

lol thanks.