Green Beta, rare? where to find?

[ShadowBass]

http://www.streetarticles.com/fish/green-bettas-colors-and-genetics

Fish with more black will have a darker, more pronounced color of green in their scales and fins. Unfortunately, this type of green is very rare and difficult to breed well. For this reason, these fish are typically bought up quickly and a hefty price is charged.

Sounds like they're not all that easy to come by.

 

[Becca3766]

Man now I want one

 

[youseshan]

Oh man, that figures, she would pick the rarest form of beta out there haha


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[Fish Love]

Nice half moon. But this colour is very common in asia. Blue, green, red.. not rare at all. It maybe rare in your area?

 

[HungDang]

@HungDang you wouldnt happen to have a website for special ordering from Thailand would you? Or do you mean fly there? lol

there are some member of International Betta congress in Denver that import bettas from Thailand and sell them, here is there website http://www.ibcbettas.org/

 

[mr fishy]

I agree with the person who said they are not easy to come by it is very hard to get that color from breeding


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[HungDang]

I agree with the person who said they are not easy to come by it is very hard to get that color from breeding


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not easy to come by in US, pretty easy in East, South East Asia!

 

[lix.ma14]

wow

 

[jgordon]

That's sweet

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[ShadowBass]

not easy to come by in US, pretty easy in East, South East Asia!

It's the specific green that's hard to get due to genetics. It's a true green on on black.
There are other greens that are more common (regular turquoises are sold as greens even at Petco and not that uncommon - they do sometimes look green, so to speak).
I'd guess the rarer colors are easier to come by in asia because of the sheer amount of betta breeders as opposed to here, and the size of their facilities, plus they've been doing it a lot longer, but that specific color should still be less common than the other color morphs, even in asia, unless you're referring to a different green.

Unfortunately over here the quality breeders generally have much less stock and smaller facilities. Thailand has show breeders farming quality bettas in large quantities outside, and most of the people producing to that extent here are just the major suppliers in florida that sell regular veiltails and such through major retailers.
Most people buying bettas don't know anything about strains or color morphs, so it doesn't improve their profits to put more time, effort, and money into producing anything special.