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from Diamond_Aquatic in Thailand
from Fantacy Bettas Thailand
from Diamond_Aquatic in Thailand
from Fantacy Bettas Thailand
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'Dear Lord,' the minister began, with arms extended toward heaven and a rapturous look on his upturned face. 'Without you, we are but dust ...'
He would have continued but at that moment my very obedient daughter who was listening leaned over to me and asked quite audibly in her shrill little four-year old girl voice, 'Mom, what is butt dust?' -
Without being too nosey, and I don't care for exact numbers, but what does a beautiful speicimen like that cost ..ball park?
They are magnificent...
CFTruth is the cement that holds the bricks and stones of a sane and civilized society together. Remove the former and the latter will crumble.Comment
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Aquabid.com prices usually start around $20-30 per betta with a "buy it now" option about $5 higher. I really wanted a Pineapple DoubleTail male but he started out at min $35 and buy it now for $40 so I bid the minimum and the next day someone came along and wanted it more than me. We got in a bidding war and I gave up at $99. So these 2 I did the buy it now option.Originally posted by CichlidFan View Post
Then it costs $5 each to ship them to a transhipper in the states who gets them past the Homeland Security people and rebags and ships them
You have 2 options for shipping. . .Express Mail (a 2 day delivery to your ZIP code), and Priority Mail (a 3 day delivery, but with no guaranteed delivery date).
Express Mail: Import fees @ $1.20 per fish $3.60 / handling @ $2 per fish $6 / care and feeding for 1 fish for 2 weeks $2 / shipping box $5 / heat pack $2 / Express Mail $37 / total $55.60
Priority Mail: Import fees @ $1.20 per fish $3.60 / handling @ $2 per fish $6 / care andf feeding for 1 fish for 2 weeks $2 / shipping box $5 / heat pack $2 / Priority Mail $22 / total $40.60
So these cost me about $65/ea It really is cheaper to buy them by the dozen.
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Last edited by PhishPhreek; 12-10-2009, 05:30 PM.'Dear Lord,' the minister began, with arms extended toward heaven and a rapturous look on his upturned face. 'Without you, we are but dust ...'
He would have continued but at that moment my very obedient daughter who was listening leaned over to me and asked quite audibly in her shrill little four-year old girl voice, 'Mom, what is butt dust?'Comment
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nice fishes. i really like the first one. good buy.Comment
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Oh....that's better than I thought....they really are quite impressive...
Good Luck with your new stock....
CFTruth is the cement that holds the bricks and stones of a sane and civilized society together. Remove the former and the latter will crumble.Comment
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Never seen such nice bettasComment
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Beutiful fish...and I am not a big Betta guy.120g - Tropheus Moorii Kambwimba
180g - Petrochromis Macrognathus Dine/Tropheus Moorii Namansi I
"Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has not heart; and any man who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has no brains"....Winston Churchill
"We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence upon those who would do us harm"....Winston ChurchillComment
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other than "Half-moon"...what is the hobby name given to those two bettas250gallon-Wild Angels, communityComment
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The International Betta Society does not recogonize Betta "names" such as Dragon, mustard gass or salimander.Originally posted by newb View Post
they recognize fin types and color vareiations (scrole to the bottom page)
The orange single tail male would be an A10 and the Red marble STM would be an A25
Last year I dominated the stm oranges and the DTF yellows and with a little luck I will do so again this spring;
Halfway through the 2009-2010 season I currently rank
HALFMOONS
A1 3rd
A3 4th
A11 3rd
A13 4th
A15 2nd
A17 6th
A20 2nd
A21 1st
A22 2nd
A24 1st
DOUBLETAILS
B3 3rd
B6 1st
B7 1st
My orange females have won best of show at the last two shows and with a little luck they will continue in the spring
I have a new spawn of crowntails x HM reds that may win in the C class this spring
but I do not raise Plakats (shortfined bettaqs) Class DLast edited by PhishPhreek; 12-11-2009, 02:29 AM.'Dear Lord,' the minister began, with arms extended toward heaven and a rapturous look on his upturned face. 'Without you, we are but dust ...'
He would have continued but at that moment my very obedient daughter who was listening leaned over to me and asked quite audibly in her shrill little four-year old girl voice, 'Mom, what is butt dust?'Comment
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woahhh
these look cool...
nothing like the walmart ones...=)Comment
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Wayward Betta flys from Thailand to Texas City in 40 days
and boy are his fins tired.
When shipping fish, not everything goes as planned.
I bought this guy on Aquabid November 9th. Through a series of fauxpas he managed to get sidetracked but he arrived today in good health. (The last 6 days he was in a priority box between Colorado and TexasCity). I think he could have made it faster if he had just swam/swum over. I gave him a warm bath and a big meal and he's already flirting with my girls.
I should have some lovely Red Marble Bettas for the National Convention This comming summer.
1st spawn 12/29/09Last edited by PhishPhreek; 12-30-2009, 11:36 PM.'Dear Lord,' the minister began, with arms extended toward heaven and a rapturous look on his upturned face. 'Without you, we are but dust ...'
He would have continued but at that moment my very obedient daughter who was listening leaned over to me and asked quite audibly in her shrill little four-year old girl voice, 'Mom, what is butt dust?'Comment
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very nice.250gallon-Wild Angels, communityComment
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Wow. Thank goodness he's a betta! That's a long time to be in a box.
He looks amazing.
"Millennium hand and shrimp!"Comment
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Burbon & Aquabid is an expensive combination
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Sky Hawk - a dark bi-color OHM betta splendens'Dear Lord,' the minister began, with arms extended toward heaven and a rapturous look on his upturned face. 'Without you, we are but dust ...'
He would have continued but at that moment my very obedient daughter who was listening leaned over to me and asked quite audibly in her shrill little four-year old girl voice, 'Mom, what is butt dust?'Comment
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