The Best Betta

To become addicted to betta fish, you should have a good experience with them. Usually to have a good experience with them, you need a healthy fish. There are a lot of factors contributing to a healthy betta. Tank/aquarium size and what food it eats is part of it. But that's for later. Right now I will teach you how to choose a healthy betta. You can get your betta fish in:

• Petsmart
• Petco
• Walmart
• Bay Aquarium
• King Aquarium
• Your LFS (Local Fish Shop)
• Your LPS (Local Pet Shop)

I usually get mine from my LFS, but you can always get it somewhere else.

Signs of a healthy Betta

1. Swimming around the cup/bag/tank.
2. Flaring at other bettas or pictures of betta
3. Fins don't appear to be ripped or rotting.
4. Has both of it's eyes
5. Doesn't have any mold or fuzzy stuff growing on it.
6. No growths on on it's body.

Numbers 1-3 and maybe 5, you can fix. 4 and 6 are very hard problems to fix, and 4 is impossible. Unless you have a betta fish with superpowers. That would be awesome.

To sum it up, choose a betta fish that is active, flaring, and fins are mostly intact.