So I was walking through the Walmart near my house after dinner today. I was going there just to buy a bag of sand and a bag of aquarium salt. But then it happened. I saw the betta selection. I know I shouldn't have, I mean it's Walmart and they have horrible water conditions, but I saw him. I walked over and saw a beautiful male betta swimming in about 1/2" of water. He couldn't even fit his body straight. He looked at me and flashed, "take me home! I can't stay here much longer!" he pleaded. I thought about it, there was the 2.5g tank that I had. I have a filter, all I need is a heater. I picked up his dish-thing and he started swimming in circles almost like saying "haha suckers I got an owner". So I may have brought home yet another betta.:angel:
I still need to buy a heater, but I'll do that tomorrow. I believe he is a halfmoon with a little fin rot, or maybe a crowntail with a really full crown. Hopefully you can tell me. Also, his name is Benjamin (although I thought Fabio would be better...)
Aww..congrats on your new fishy..You can see his is very happy in his new home!! Lucky lil guy..He's a HM they probably marked him as CT because of the (spikey's) that are at the end of the tail, kind of like our lil guys tail, in Avi..
Yeah, I'm glad I found him! He's turning out to be a little on the shy side but I think that adding a few more plants to his tank will help with that! I think that's why they put him as a crowntail as well, but I'm not complaining
Thank you! I'm about to start him with a little salt bath for his fins. I'm just going to put 1/2 of a tablespoon in the tank, hopefully that'll help him out! He seems to be a fighter so I don't doubt he'll heal quickly!
I think his fins will become more blue that grey when he's settled in! Generally, when bettas are ill/unhappy they lose coloration but I'm sure he'll recover!
I'm sorry if i'm not allowed to post on here!! I read the rules, and it said that this has recently been commented on so yeah
Sadly my fish is a bit shy, I got him yesterday so he's still getting used to me, but he's very pretty, he's black, electric blue, purple, turquoise and red. Wow I didn't even know I could get that many colors in one fish! I'm new to it, but my sister owns them so yeah. Lol. Pretty
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I can tell you definitively that he is NOT a combtail. He is 100% half moon. The tiny jagged edges may be from bad breeding, but the tiny chunks are from tail biting, probably from stress from the store. He looks stunning and is coming along very well. Congrats!
Ok thanks for the identification. I'm try to get him back to full tail but I think it might take a while. And thank you, I find him stunning too, actually I catch myself watching him a LOT!
I can tell you definitively that he is NOT a combtail. He is 100% half moon. The tiny jagged edges may be from bad breeding, but the tiny chunks are from tail biting, probably from stress from the store. He looks stunning and is coming along very well. Congrats!
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