Meet Punk!

Ryefish

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I’ve had this guy a week today. I bought him as a birthday gift for myself :lol: He is a male Crowntail - my other Betta is a veiltail so he looks a bit more special lol.

I work in an aquatics centre and I have the job of sorting the Betta’s out in to their cups when new stock comes in every other week. I make sure their water gets changed at least once a week, twice if they are in long enough, because I just love them. I don’t really like the idea of them being in cups so I do what I can for them.

I saw this guy come in about three weeks ago. He flared as soon as I put him in the cup. Most of the betta’s generally give up after a few days and don’t do much (life in a cup isn’t fun) but he continually swam and looked beautiful. I have my spare 30L Bi-orb tank set up in my room for shrimp and growing out snail’s and wanted to add a fish because I plan on planting it up properly soon.

I bought this fish home and put him in the tank. Now, each time I enter the room he flares at me and within 24 hours he had built a bubble nest. He flares at everything and is really inquisitive. It’s still on debate but with his attitude I have named him Punk.

I tried to get some pictures but it's rather difficult.
He has black eyes and black gills. The photo makes him look a green colour but that's because of the flash.
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flare and glare! :crazy:
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attempting to show you how he looks in real life.
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I need to get his tank sorted properly. I have a better internal filter that needs to go in there and the whole thing just needs re-planting and cleaning.

I'll show a picture of his tank soon. I also have a video on my phone that I will upload
 
ah, i should add that he is my little secret at the moment. My mother knows i have the tank set up in my room but doesn't know it contains a fish :/ i'm wondering how long i can get away with it LOL
 
ah, i should add that he is my little secret at the moment. My mother knows i have the tank set up in my room but doesn't know it contains a fish :/ i'm wondering how long i can get away with it LOL

Now that sounds familiar :lol:

He's a beaut :wub:
 
my mum doesnt no about my shrimp tank lol i hid it behind my 110litre hehe
 
my mum doesnt no about my shrimp tank lol i hid it behind my 110litre hehe

:lol: My husband didn't know when I got my second Betta. I just went out and bought what I needed for him and stuck him in the divided tank. Took my son a whole day to notice and my hubby wouldn't have noticed at all if my son hadn't told him :lol:
 
My other Betta passed away last week. I was thinking about moving Punk to my main tank but he seems to be trying to attack the shrimp in his current tank so i think i will leave him be lol
 
Sorry to hear the news about your other betta. :sad:

It sounds like it would be best to keep Punk alone... :lol:
 
my mam discovered Punk the other day LOL! She says "i didn't know you'd got another fish!" and i ran into the dining room where my community tank is in a panic thinking i had accidently brought a fish home when i got some more cyprinids last week. But no, she was talking about Punk hahaa. oops :) she didn't seem too mad though
 

Here is a video I took a few weeks ago. I still haven't had chance to sort his tank properly. I bought a new heater for a quarantine tank that he will be getting but need to sort the output of my interal mini filter so he doesn't get blown about

ETA: in the video he had a crappy sponge air filter thingy from p@h as a temporary measure. He doesn't have anything atm but is getting frequent water changes (its only been a few days without so far though)
 
my mam discovered Punk the other day LOL! She says "i didn't know you'd got another fish!" and i ran into the dining room where my community tank is in a panic thinking i had accidently brought a fish home when i got some more cyprinids last week. But no, she was talking about Punk hahaa. oops :) she didn't seem too mad though

NEW FISH - NEW FISH
NEW FISH:fish:NEW FISH
NEW FISH - NEW FISH

"What new fish?"
"I have no idea what you're talking about."
"Where?"
 

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