Petsmart in my area is pretty good, very clean with healthy looking animals. i shop there usually, other pet shops here are a bit "iffy". We did have a good breeder shop called dipnet, cheap and healthy fish but he sold out. So now i know to not look at color and just for "spunky". makes sense



interesting. i googled around and its definitly a debatable subject. Some have certain types of fish listed that are ok with betta's.

what do you guys think about bottom feeders like those small orange catfish ones with a betta. they dont move a whole lot and stay at the bottom, i had some before, they may help keep the bottom free of food debri?

i didnt plan at first to get anything except 1 betta. but my g/f is really bugging me with her opinion of lots of fish. so the idea of a small few others with the betta is warming up on me...it is 55 gallons after all, plenty of room but hopefully i'll stick with Plan A and not worry about it.