the tail will recover back. but consume time. mybe u can put some medication to make it faster. usually, the medication was used to treat female betta after breeding.

here, at my place, they did sell somewhat that color. but not the long tail. short tail. but most of them are high grade. sell from rm 18, rm 35, and also 65.

Not a lot of work, just a lot of waiting time.
The smell of the "potato water" is like...wet socks.
But I prefer this over powdered food. It helps slower swimming fry to get enough nutrients.

HMs can have up to a 10cm diameter when in full flare. Super nice to see

Haven't tried breeding HMs and Crown Tails. But posting up all this photos makes me miss the old times of breeding them...
Dammit...Now I feel like going out and buying a few and revive the hobby once again. 

Not a lot of work, just a lot of waiting time.
The smell of the "potato water" is like...wet socks.
But I prefer this over powdered food. It helps slower swimming fry to get enough nutrients.

HMs can have up to a 10cm diameter when in full flare. Super nice to see

Haven't tried breeding HMs and Crown Tails. But posting up all this photos makes me miss the old times of breeding them...
Dammit...Now I feel like going out and buying a few and revive the hobby once again. 

Blissguy, 10cm is the maximum flare that I saw at one pet expo a long time ago. The fish was worth a few hundred. @_@ I once saw a normal HM at the aquarium sho for RM25 but its flare was about 9cm, but unfortunately someone had already booked it.

There's an aquarium shop I always went to when I was still staying in Rawang (like every week without fail). After the Rawang tol, turn left and go all the way towards Bandar Country Homes. The aquarium shop will be on your right beside a furniture shop. It's pretty huge and has a lot of stock. It once had Axolotls (The owner knows me so I got a discount. Hehehehe...).

There is another one inside Bandar Country Homes. It's a side corner house that became a aquarium shop. The owner is very friendly. Can't remember the name of the shop, but if you ask the locals, they're sure to know.

I got my bettas from those 2 shops. They seemed to have the best quality, especially the aquarium shop the road.

Fionayee, most of those that I bred were the RM2 types. It started off with those and then the HM and Crown tails.

You know what....after CNY...I just may restart this hobby..
sheeeeeeeeeeeeet~!!

excellent breeding caresheet,I think I'll be going with the infusoria as feeders but I'm thinking to get microworms while my infusoria is growing.Do you know where I can get some microworms?
Will definitely add some water lettuce for my breeding pair in the morning

Yup
I thought that I should share my knowledge with you guys. I had all the photos, so I just put them together.

And it's making me want to restart the hobby even more... 
After CNY!! Must wait till after CNY or my parents will kill me, for sure..

And this time, I wanna experiment with more colours and finnage type (perhaps the HM and crowntail)

Hahahahaha..I was going to tell you to stop calling me "bro", but decided to see how long till you figured out.
I know a lot because my parents weren't and still aren't into my fish keeping hobby. During the period of my betta breeding, they have said things like:
"I'm going to cook all your fish (my mom)", "I'm going to pour them into the drain", "I'm going to send (not even sell...) them all to the aquarium shop. FOR FREE! (my mom and dad)" and the worst "I'm going to throw away all your aquariums (my dad)". 

I think the harder you try to keep you hobby alive, the more you learn. Dude, I dunno if you're a breeder, but trust me, when your little babies hatch, you'll be so so happy. And when they start growing up, producing nice colours and fins, you'll be going  Nothing beats that.

If you find any nice ones post pictures of them!!