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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)