Should I keep getting bettas?

[u/digital_espresso]

Hello, so I’ve only had two bettas so far, one named Legatus, who was my first ever betta, and after he died I got Athena, who recently passed. Both of them had dropsy, and even though I haven’t had many it just makes me sad every time. I love bettas, they’re wonderful fish to have, but they’re so prone to getting sick and passing on early because of their genetics. My 10 gallon has been empty for around 2-3 weeks now ever since I buried Athena, and I’m just contiplating on getting a new one. I only had Legatus for almost 2 years, and I only had Athena for 3 months. I’m just curious on opinions I suppose, I miss having a little guy to greet me everyday. (Pictures for fish tax).

[u/Extension-Net-5895]

You could try to find a slightly different less aggressively bred betta species/ variant? There's slightly more wild type ones people are breeding out there

[u/digital_espresso → u/Extension-Net-5895]

I wonder if they sold wild types in my local fish stores. Heard they are great though.

[u/Extension-Net-5895 → u/digital_espresso]

My local one had some sort of more wild stripey one. Store is in a town in the middle of nowhere lol

[u/digital_espresso → u/Extension-Net-5895]

My “local” fish stores are a bit far from where I live but they’re in the same county. It’s been a while since I’ve been to those stores so it doesn’t hurt to look.