Aussie_Dog
Fish Fanatic
So I finally got a Betta on Monday night, did one day of searching and fell in love with one (well, technically two, but I wanted a red so I could call him Sweeney, and the other fish I loved was a huge blue marble. I tried to go back for him the next day, but someone else bought him 
). I love the butterfly coloring/effect (maybe I have the terminology wrong, but I mean the white/transparant coloring at the edges of the fins). Plus I liked the quality of his fins compared to the other bettas (short and cute, lol). He's so cute and energetic and I'm having a blast watching him, watching his personality come through. He was shy the first day, but now he's flitting through his plants (he loves them, I can tell, loves looping around them like they're caves). I put one of those makeshift (plastic bottle) filter killer things up, but whattdya know, this guy likes going for rides 
. Goes into the tunnel through one end, goes sailing out the other end, and just hangs there and looks back. Then he goes for another ride. Weirdo. lol. No bubblenest yet, but this morning he actually came up to the front of the tank when I walked up, and didn't scurry away when I lifted the lid and my ever-scary hand hovered up above with food.
It's a bad pic, as my battery charger apparantly is on the blink, so I had to use my sister's camera phone. I think this shows his tail well, though.
I really don't know enough about Bettas to know if this guy is young (he's pretty small, at least compared to that big blue marble that I liked) or that he's a fancier veiltail that just still needs to grow. Or maybe he's a fin nipper (I did once see him spin in a circle, trying to get at his tail, and he did, though that was not long after I brought him home). Or heck, maybe the ammonia in his little betta cup burned his tail *shrug*. Personally, I can't tell the difference between a Delta and a Super Delta, but I think he kind of looks like one. Really, I wouldn't mind getting insight from more experienced Betta owners, but whatever he is, it doesn't matter. He's cute and fun to watch, I just want a name or term that I can call him.
He's in a 3 gallon, but I have a 5gallon that I was going to move him into until I changed my mind when I saw him flitting around so happily in his 3gal. So the 5gal will wait for the next Betta (BTW, y'all are right: Bettas ARE addictive. I was surprised to feel so BUMMED when I found out the blue marble Betta was gone)
). I love the butterfly coloring/effect (maybe I have the terminology wrong, but I mean the white/transparant coloring at the edges of the fins). Plus I liked the quality of his fins compared to the other bettas (short and cute, lol). He's so cute and energetic and I'm having a blast watching him, watching his personality come through. He was shy the first day, but now he's flitting through his plants (he loves them, I can tell, loves looping around them like they're caves). I put one of those makeshift (plastic bottle) filter killer things up, but whattdya know, this guy likes going for rides . Goes into the tunnel through one end, goes sailing out the other end, and just hangs there and looks back. Then he goes for another ride. Weirdo. lol. No bubblenest yet, but this morning he actually came up to the front of the tank when I walked up, and didn't scurry away when I lifted the lid and my ever-scary hand hovered up above with food.It's a bad pic, as my battery charger apparantly is on the blink, so I had to use my sister's camera phone. I think this shows his tail well, though.
I really don't know enough about Bettas to know if this guy is young (he's pretty small, at least compared to that big blue marble that I liked) or that he's a fancier veiltail that just still needs to grow. Or maybe he's a fin nipper (I did once see him spin in a circle, trying to get at his tail, and he did, though that was not long after I brought him home). Or heck, maybe the ammonia in his little betta cup burned his tail *shrug*. Personally, I can't tell the difference between a Delta and a Super Delta, but I think he kind of looks like one. Really, I wouldn't mind getting insight from more experienced Betta owners, but whatever he is, it doesn't matter. He's cute and fun to watch, I just want a name or term that I can call him.
He's in a 3 gallon, but I have a 5gallon that I was going to move him into until I changed my mind when I saw him flitting around so happily in his 3gal. So the 5gal will wait for the next Betta (BTW, y'all are right: Bettas ARE addictive. I was surprised to feel so BUMMED when I found out the blue marble Betta was gone)
/youtube.com/watch?v=uGXIocE07Xk
