I bought a baby from PetCo in November. I don't know how old he was, but he was even smaller than the pictures others are posting of when they first bought theirs. Unfortunately, I don't know exactly how much he's grown because I don't have a camera so I can't compare pictures. He doesn't have stripes anymore, though, and his tail and fins are definitely much fuller.
I've had him/her for 13 days, 7 of which s/he has had free reign of my 29g sorority tank because s/he escaped out of the breeder box I was keeping him/her in and I just let it be. It's really cute because despite the small size, s/he is FEISTY and steals food from my other girls who are 3x the size of the baby! I love watching them interact.
S/he has definitely grown significantly, but I still can't sex him/her...sometimes it looks like s/he's a boy and sometimes a girl...the egg spot still seems to be there, you can kind of see it in the photo. Can anyone confirm or is it too early yet?
Last edited by carbonxxkidd; 01-09-2013 at 04:59 PM.
im assuming all these babys turn out to be veil tales and crown tails? is anyone gettin half moons, plakats, kings, double tails, elephant ears from the petco baby bettas?
im assuming all these babys turn out to be veil tales and crown tails? is anyone gettin half moons, plakats, kings, double tails, elephant ears from the petco baby bettas?
I managed to get a double tail for my first one.
At such a young age its hard to tell the difference between a lot of tail types, there are some you can tell are VT for sure, but then there are also ones that look iffy like they could be DeT or HM.
I dont have a petco in my area though, only get to visit once a month when I drive 2 hours away so I'm not sure if they have more variety than I know of
I just picked up a blue/green, black, and white marble CT (atleast I think CT, definitely not VT) today!
i got to my local petco every thursday when they get new fish in. Ive gotten baby a couple baby double tails, but mostly they turn out to be vt or ct. probably 80% of mine were female. Got a few nice marbles from babies as well.
i got to my local petco every thursday when they get new fish in. Ive gotten baby a couple baby double tails, but mostly they turn out to be vt or ct. probably 80% of mine were female. Got a few nice marbles from babies as well.
I'm jealous!!
I wish I could go every time they get new fish in!
I do that at petsmart most weeks, but I have to drive 2 hours to petco!
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