Links To Betta Stuff

From The Betta Forum
 
Posted by: Mushi
 
Homepage of the International Betta Congress (invaluable to anyone who is even slightly serious about bettas):
 
http://ibcbettas.com/
 
***General Betta information(almost anything you could ever want to know on these sites - you can buy bettas from most of them, too):
 
http://www.bettastarz.com/home.htm
http://www.bettatalk.com/
http://www.bettasrus.com/
http://www.bettacave.com/
http://www.webvortal.com//bubblenest/index.html
 
****betta-specific forums/message boards/email groups:
 
Advanced Bettas - a fairly active MSN group which can be viewed as a message board or an email list.  lots of breeders here - and a lot of canadians  very, very informative group, especially for those interested in betta breeding and genetics -http://groups.msn.com/AdvancedBettas/_whatsnew.msnw
 
Betta Mania - A Yahoo groups email list, small number of members but very active.  not as "professional" as some of the betta groups but informative and friendly, great for betta "newbies." - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Betta-Mania/
 
Betta Splendens - a HUGE yahoo groups email list - lots and lots of useful information.  lots of respected breeders on this list - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bettasplendens/
 
Betta Breeder Forum - a delphi forum for anything and everything having to do with bettas.  also has a specific board for finding breeders in your area - http://forums.delphiforums.com/bettabreeders
 
The Bubblenest - Forums for nearly everything having to do with bettas - http://www.bubblenest.com/
 
Betta Benevolence - a less active but informative MSN group.  Also has a specific forum for veil tail lovers -http://groups.msn.com/BettaBenevolance/_whatsnew.msnw
 
The Betta Obsession - a less active but still informative MSN group - http://groups.msn.com/TheBettaObsession/
 
Betta Starz Forum - message board but also has a neat thing called the "spawning school"  people spawn their fish in "groups" and record/talk about how it's going.  great for first time spawners - http://www.aimoo.com/forum/login/login.cfm?id=332855
 
****betta breeding information:
 
http://www.bettasrus.com/bcorner/index.htm  
http://www.bettatalk.com/breeding_bettas.htm
http://www.bettastarz.com/spawning.htm
http://www.bettas-jimsonnier.com/spawning.htm
http://www.bcbetta.com/spawning.html
http://www.bettacave.com/Spawning.html
http://www.bettalabs.com/Spawning.html
http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Lagoon/1517/breed.htm
 
****raising betta fry:
 
http://www.bettasrus.com/bcorner/fry_juveniles.htm
http://www.bettatalk.com/rearing_the_fry.htm
http://www.bettas-jimsonnier.com/raisingyoung.htm
http://www.bettalabs.com/RaisingFry.html
http://www.bettastarz.com/frycare.htm
http://www.bettacave.com/Raising.html
http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Lagoon/1517/breed.htm#Raise
 
****betta diseases:
 
http://www.bettastarz.com/diseases.htm
http://www.bettatalk.com/betta_diseases.htm
http://www.bettasrus.com/disease/index.htm
http://www.bettalabs.com/BettaDiseases.html
http://www.siamsbestbettas.com/diseases.html
http://www.nazarenenexus.com/betta/betta_m_d.htm
 
****betta supplies:
 
http://www.kensfish.com/ (excellent betta food (.5 lb, 1 lb and 5 lb sizes) at extremely competitive prices.  also has mini-pellets and crumbles for smaller bettas.)
 
www.mreed.com/fryfoods.shtml (specially formulated betta fry food - i haven't tried this yet but have heard great things about it)
 
http://www.orca888.com/beaniecases.htm (beanie cases - the top-loading style is perfect for betta fry tanks)
 
****betta misc:
 
http://www.waynesthisandthat.com/bettas.htm - weird betta experiments, a must read for those with incurable curiosity, very very interesting (and weird)

Wow!!! What a list. This'll keep me busy for a long time. My boyfriend has different ideas than I do about their care (and of course, I think I'm right LOL), so it'll be nice to check out expert information.