marine betta

[pfcreed]

Have any of you ever owned a marine betta. and how much have you been seeing them at the pet stores. the ones here in laredo are selling them for maybe 70 bucks.

[Gseclipse02]

I've seen them for as cheap as 40 high as a 100 60ish being normal Cool colors but very shy hide slot

[allan]

I picked mine up for 60-70 or so. From a LFH.

Can be tricky to eat, but as implied above, it had already lived in another's tank and eating.

By far one of two of my favorite fish at the moment.

[zaquanh_09]

whats the diffrence between this kind of betta and the ones you see in the lfs or wallmart or petco jw , diffrent kind of same species?

[allan]

The marine betta is a larger fish with brite white spots.

[zaquanh_09]

ahhh

[allan]

The marine betta is a larger fish with brite white spots.

[Gseclipse02]

ones salt the other is fresh lol

[Bill S]

Oh, and the fish's name is pronounced BET-uh. Not BAY-tuh. Betta is a fish, Beta is a greek letter.

[Flyride95]

I so call the fish Bay-tuh. Lmao

[OrionN]

Marine Betta or Comet is called Marine Betta because it shape resemble the fresh water Betta (the ornamental long tail variety). It is a very shy fish, reefsafe but will eat small tiny fish and shrimps. It can be train to eat frozen food easy. Often in a large tank with plenty of live rock, it will just hunt for pods in/on the rock. Very trouble free fish but for the first six months or so, in a large tank, you will not see it often. When you glims at it, it is an extremely graceful and beautiful fish dark brown with white and blue spots.
Best keep in larger tank with plenty of rock. They are slow and methodical hunter, and in tank with a lot of fast moving fish, it will not compete for food easy with these fast feeding fish.