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A couple of weeks ago while I was picking up a couple of items in my lfs I perused their male Betta selection while waiting in line to check out.... I saw 2 BEAUTIFUL, all white male Bettas - which frankly, I would have bought in an instant if I hadn't been in a "time crunch" at the time... I did go back to the lfs as soon as I could - but of course, these 2 Bettas were gone ..... I'd never seen pure white males before and my lfs hasn't gotten any in since then (although I did place a special order request)..... So I was just wondering - is all white a rare color for male Bettas? I've seen white female Bettas - even have a couple... But NEVER males! Boy oh boy! Would I LOVE to get one! They are gorgeous!!!!


To thine own self be true...

They are uncommon and are also known as Cambodian.

I've seen alot of pur white male and female bettas around here just lately.

Sure wish I lived where you live!!!!! But alas! Australia is just a little distance for me, being in the US! LOL! I am REALLY hoping to get at least one of these beauties!

To thine own self be true...

Dreamweaver, look for OPAQUE.



[span class="edited"][Edited by Callatya 2004-07-18 08:28][/span]

For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett

whites arent known as cambodian. Cambodian refers to a light body color that gets darker towards the tips of the fins. Whites are known as opaque.

I have seen some of the BEST looking fish at Petsmart. All kinds of colors and one was all white with a tint of green and he had the Crowntail too. I think more and more we will be seeing fancier bettas in pet stores. It use to be all we saw were blues, reds, and greens.

I AM SOOOOOOO EXCITED!!! :%) I should be the proud owner of an all white (opaque) male betta sometime tomorrow afternoon! It will probably be a Splendens --- as that is usually what Jack's Aquarium (my lfs) stocks.... I'd had our local store submit a special order request for my dream betta - then emailed the corporate office to gather information on the chances of receiving this betta.... Much to my delight I received a response earlier today - stating that they'd picked out a white male betta for me, along with 6 African Dwarf Frogs (which I'd also requested).... They told me to call the local store tomorrow and pick up my fish!!!!! Can't wait!!!!!!!!

To thine own self be true...

I just got a white male ,BUT he has like 2 stripes of blue on his tail fins, his name is archie,
I have and ALL white female betta, her name is pixie!

Just this weekend I went to ThatFishPlace's store. They had 2 all white males and 3 almost all white males. I was very tempted, but I was looking for a female, so I controlled the urge to buy any male.

Well done dreamweaver
Now all you need to do is pick a name for him

whites/pastels aren't rare but a all white fish is at a lfs. however i did find 2 pairs of white mask bettas at a big fish store.

try looking online there are alot of white and white mask bettas.