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Post by nataliey on May 24, 2011 16:11:44 GMT
I dont know if anyone is like me but i look all over the place for bettas...yes im obsessed, lol!
I regularly look on ebay but my favourite place of all is Aqua Bid, iv never bought from there but i know some of my friends have.
So was wondering if anyone else has looked and wondered what their 'dream betta would be...
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Post by Roxane on May 24, 2011 17:29:39 GMT
I have looked and actually have a selling account but haven't had the chance to list bettas on their atm. The problem with Aquabid is that most of the bettas are abroad and in order to get the bettas to you they need to be imported via a transhipper. In addition, breeders in Thailand, can only ship boxes of bettas of 100+ in order to make the shipping costs worth while. To ship 100 bettas cost $400 USD or £250. It is pretty much the same to ship 1 or 100, so to keep costs down they groups losts of orders to the same country together and ship on 1 specified date. Some breeders will group together and share 'cargo boxes' in order to meet the minimum numbers. Once the bettas arrive in the UK, they then need to pass through customs - this is a minimum of £300 per box (including VAT, etc). It's a costly process to import bettas. However, as i've mentioned before, i plan to make a regular import of once a month. If you find a betta you like on Aquabid, let me know and i'll see if i can have get it in with my shipment to keep your costs down.
Roxy
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Post by nataliey on May 24, 2011 19:27:09 GMT
I doubt il ever get anything from aqua bid due to the extra costs but i love to look and wondered if anyone else looked. I was on earlier came across this little guy so yellowy!  He's so yellow! |
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Post by charliem177 on May 25, 2011 11:20:10 GMT
im on aquabid quite regularly - really just window shopping and seeing whats out there. although im not a fan of the price im still liking the platinum white pair that was on for just under $300 i think they are really nice looking fish. I really need to sort my betta barracks out and sell a few of the halfmoons i have before i can get anymore fish! its going to have 28 insividual tanks, 4 larger female tanks, 2 55litre breeding tanks and a large sump all conected up with a uv steriliser etc. I also need to get on and picture those hmpk's ive got at home and move a few on ....
charlie
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Post by nataliey on May 25, 2011 20:18:40 GMT
Sounds like a plan Charlie...oh and how's those plants doing for you?
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Post by fuzzynicki on May 29, 2011 14:56:12 GMT
Wow,- that's yellow! Not seen one that colour before! I don't look on aquabid as I know I can't have any of them! I can't believe how many different colour varieties of bettas are available,- it's amazing! they are all so gorgeous. My dream would be that males could live together and then i could have dozens hee, hee.
Look forward to seeing pics of your available hms Charlie!
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Post by charliem177 on Jun 1, 2011 17:56:06 GMT
the plants are doing amazing thank you so much nataliey, they are just starting to propagate so hopefullly there should be loads in the next couple of months  ill get some pics up in the next couple of weeks, along with my hmpk's that will be for sale - theres about 30 in total so there'll probably be about 20-25 fish ready for sale by mid june. |
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Post by nataliey on Jun 1, 2011 18:44:43 GMT
the plants are doing amazing thank you so much nataliey, they are just starting to propagate so hopefullly there should be loads in the next couple of months ill get some pics up in the next couple of weeks, along with my hmpk's that will be for sale - theres about 30 in total so there'll probably be about 20-25 fish ready for sale by mid june. Thats really good about the plants The HMPK's you have are there any females? will be looking to add more females to my sorority. |
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Post by nataliey on Jun 1, 2011 19:00:07 GMT
This pair is stunning id love a matching pair like these...   after my daily look! |
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Post by fuzzynicki on Jun 2, 2011 9:57:14 GMT
oh yummy Nat,- they are super!
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Post by nataliey on Jun 2, 2011 19:10:52 GMT
oh yummy Nat,- they are super! He he i always love to see what i cant have dont fancy buying anything from aquabid but i love to browse! Il need my daily look today at some point wonder if there is anything that takes my fancy, lol! The fry that im keep looks a little like the female above but the finnage isnt as intense red on the fry! |
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Post by hutch828 on Jun 3, 2011 10:04:15 GMT
The yellow one is beautiful.
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Post by charliem177 on Jun 3, 2011 12:15:36 GMT
im a big fan of hmpk's personally i prefer them to hm's and those red dragons are lush
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Post by nataliey on Jun 3, 2011 15:18:13 GMT
Well Charlie since i bought my first ever HMPK 8 months ago iv loved them ever since, they are tidy bettas where as i find the HM tail is very fragile and hard to keep perfect! I had a RTHM he was stunning il try find a photo of him but after i had him a year or so he got sick and eventually died of dropsy he lasted well but his finnage/tail was stunning but eventually got raggy. This was Haku my RTHM when i first got him just stunning:  |
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Post by Roxane on Jun 4, 2011 7:36:47 GMT
Hi guys,
I've got some HMPK Dragons. Not sure if they're silver-red though. I've got a real nice silver-mustard though. I'm desperately trying to get them listed over the weekend.
Roxy
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