AuroraBettas
Aquarium Advice Activist
Yeah, my LFS is excited at the prospect of a local betta breeder, too. And she has been getting in fancier males lately, like doubletails and dumbo ears. However I am trying to avoid any new fish or tanks at the moment, since I am moving across town later this month and the tanks I have will be enough of a pain to move. But in the new place I will have a dedicated fish room! Mostly dedicated to betta breeding. I think my next spawn will be my black hmpk Ninja with my red crowntail. I am planning to work towards a ctpk line, so I will be playing with colors for now so I can work the best looking ones I can make. Once I get set up in the new place I want to add more breeding males. As of now I only have one that I want to breed - the other two I adore but they are "mutts" without qualities I want to work with.
My LFS hasn't mentioned the want for a breeder, probably as they can order in crown tails and Halfmoons. Once I move onto show quality bettas and retire the veiltails, I'll ask them I they are interested.
My "fish room" is our basement. It's unfinished with a concrete floor and bare drywall. Perfect for endeavours with water! No worries if wrecking too much!
A bunch of our buddies stuff is down there and one side is a tool bench for all of my mans projects.
It would be nice to have a fish room, but for now I'm happy. I just need another shelf for my 30g, and a better water source than having to unscrew the line to the washing machine every single bloody time I want to do a water change. My man is going to look for a Y to be able to split the water.
The BEST part is that there is a drain in the middle of the floor that leads to the sewer so I can just siphon right in there! It's so nice!