petco elephant ear betta???

[chrissylee13]

so i like to check the petco online to see what bettas they usually carry. well i came across elephant ear betta... never heard of it before! here's the link!!

http://www.petco.com/product/117912/...ttaHPLiveBetta

[dew]

I've never heard of that before.

[Olympia]

$50 is kinda a joke for those.. any fish labeled "big ears" on aquabid is the same type. :p
The 2nd picture on this ad has probably the most impressive big ears I've seen:
http://toronto.kijiji.ca/c-pets-live...AdIdZ346374747
I still think they're fairly new to the trade though.

[AngelicScars]

Awww I was hoping this wouldn't become a trend. It's hard for these bettas to swim.

[Olympia]

Originally Posted by AngelicScars

Awww I was hoping this wouldn't become a trend. It's hard for these bettas to swim.

^^I totally thought the same thing when I first saw them. That said, they'll prolly be more suited to smaller (2-5gal) tanks, would they not?

[AngesRadieux]

I wouldn't worry about the trend lasting for very long, honestly. For the average person who walks into a Petco looking for a betta, $50 is way too expensive. They probably won't be able to sell too many of them and end up giving up on stocking them.

[Laki]

They look like they could be a fad, I think they look cool but caring for a 50$ betta would be lethal for me. I would just fuss over every little thing!
Anyway, poor things, everything is getting bred into them.

[Olympia]

Probably more for a die-hard betta fan who'd get the fish from a good source than a "OOH FISHY IN SMALL HOME" person. Bad idea, petco. xD

[PaintingPintos]

I feel bad for those fish. Isn't it hard for them to swim with those huge fins? They can't even nip off the ends to make them smaller *sobbing on table next to betta fish tank, thanking God that Omelette is okay* I hope, like many others, that it doesn't become a trend. But 50 bucks is a joke. Just wait a year when there'll be hundreds on the amrket and the price will go down to 15 bucks. Even then that's still a lot to ask for if you're buying a potentially diseased, health-problem-filled fish in a tiny plastic cup from a store that's known to churn out unhealthy betta fish.

[betta lover1507]

pretty, but not worth it >.> especially from bad conditions from petco