My First Betta!

[carla85uk]

saw him in the shop today and just couldnt resist, i have added a pic i have taken and one of which is very similar to my fish as i could not get a decent pic of him!

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[BethK]

You've got a veil tail and that photo is a halfmoon (I think)

Beautiful fish, welcome to the betta world

 

[stubert]

looks like my first betta, little lighter though

bettas are sick fish absolutely love them, have 2 now

thing i like is if they are at the back of the tank and you go to look they will normally steam towards you to look back, and i dunno why they just make me laugh some of the stuff they do

 

[BethK]

Yeah, they are funny little things. My very first female, who i;ve only had a week, follows my finger on the tank glass, she is very adorable.

My male VT is always up and greeting too x

 

[silverrabbit]

Very gorgeous boy

 

[carla85uk]

well unfortunately we have taken him back today, he had a run in with one of my mollies, hes a black sailfin molly and thinks he owns the tank, he was nipping at his fins so i thought it best to remove the betta. such a shame though as he was a lovely fish and would have loved to have kept him.

 

[BethK]

Oh no! Bettas don't tend to get along with mollies and other fish like that, too many tails floating about lol

 

[carla85uk]

i was quite mad because i am new with fish and my pet store reassured me he will be fine with my mollies! never know what to believe!

 

[lilfishie]

dont listen to pet stores, they will tell you anything to make a sale, last time i brought a female betta they tried to make me buy a male so she 'wouldn't get lonely'.

best advice is to come here and ask any questions before you buy

 

[carla85uk]

this was from pets at home so probably why! i usually use another shop that are very good so will just stick to them in future

 

[lilfishie]

same shop that told me that then they get some nice fish in near me but advice is rock bottom, i love how they make you fill out those forms now, you can tell them anything and still get what you want

 

[BethK]

One LFS told me that red tailed sharks and a male betta would live happy together...............go figure