New to Betta Paradise

My name is Annie and i have recently been overcome with the fighting fish obsession. I live in Cairns and I am very much looking forward to sharing this passion with others and this seems like a great place to learn more about my beloved bettas!

I look forward to sharing my collection with you all!

Welcome to Paradise! A good place to share and for information.

to the forum Annie. It's nice to have you all the way from sunny Australia

sunny Australia

Haha - seems to be a rarity in Cairns these days Nobody can give you unpredictable weather quite like cairns But the heat is aweful this year.

Thankyou for such warm welcomes. You have a wonderful site here

skullobsessed wrote:

sunny Australia

Haha - seems to be a rarity in Cairns these days Nobody can give you unpredictable weather quite like cairns But the heat is aweful this year.

Thankyou for such warm welcomes. You have a wonderful site here

HELLO and WELCOME nice to see i new face to share their bettas and advise, i know you'll love it here as i do, iv just seen your bettas wow you have a large beautiful collection ~Rocket is my favourite iv a soft spot for the lighter paler bettas.

Isnt it addictive the betta bug!

Wish we had the warmer weather here at the moment as where i am like most of the UK are suffering from really bad snow

Isnt it addictive the betta bug!

That is an understatement!!! My ex bf's mum brought me my first betta back in May for my birthday and the poor thing only lasted 3days. I got so upset i gave up entirely. But she has a collection of her own and after spending so much time with her watching hers it was only a matter of time before i got back on the horse. And when i did, i found that just one or two did not satisfy the craving!

HELLO and WELCOME nice to see i new face to share their bettas

It is so nice and refreshing to see a forum that is more about caring and breeding bettas. Everything ive stumbled on thus far has been about betta fighting and that just breaks my heart to see that people put the males together just to see them fight The lil buggers have a way of swimming into your heart and it would break mine to see any of my babies getting ripped apart.

suffering from really bad snow

Jealous! I have never seen the snow!!

I know what you mean about the fighting of bettas its so upsetting id rescued a betta from a petshop that had been taken in by someone that didnt want the male anymore but he'd been ripped to shreds as the person had made the little one fight!
The shop owner gave him to me for free i named him Ragga~Muffin he had big puppy dog sad eyes that looked up at me whenever id feed him.
I noticed strange behavour like swimming a full 360 but someone told me that some get trained to do that if they fight!
He died a while back now id had him about 3-4 months i gave him as much as i could but sadly he died

He died a while back now id had him about 3-4 months i gave him as much as i could but sadly he died

In that short period of time i believe you would have made up for the awful things the previous owners put him through

skullobsessed wrote:

He died a while back now id had him about 3-4 months i gave him as much as i could but sadly he died

In that short period of time i believe you would have made up for the awful things the previous owners put him through

I tried my best he was such a sweet boy too...it really frustrates me the mistreated fish/animals...grrr

it really frustrates me the mistreated fish/animals...grrr

I know, tell me about it ... and all for the fun of it, and perhaps a little money making. How can people be so heartless and cruel??!!

Hi and welcome to the forum. Bettas are so addictive so is this forum...xxxx

Hi and welcome to the forum. Bettas are so addictive so is this forum...xxxx

I'll say!! haha Thanks for the welcom Liz2