Your first Betta

[Vikki81207]

Still have my first too!
Name:Fishy!!

Color: Blue, red & Black. When you take pictures of him, he usually looks an awesome turquoise color.

Type: Veil tail

Tank: Now he is finally in the 10 gallon, which is split with him, Blue & Merlin. (New pics up btw =D)

[Kim]

Name: Flame

Color: bright red

Type: VT

Tank: 5.5 gallon cycled with silk plants & driftwood

He died last winter of old age. He was very special so I actually managed to dig through snow and semi-frozen ground to dig a grave for him. He was a tough guy too- lived through his tank cycling by itself before I even owned an ammonia test kit. Luckily for him I got interested in the hobby fairly quickly and learned a lot fast!

[rb500]

lol, all that's in my siggy!

[dr2b]

Name: Flair

Color: Black/blue/green/red

Type: Crowntail

Tank: Eclipse Corner 5

[RoseyD]

I only got my first bettas last month...

I got 4 at once - all girls

Pearl - cellophane VT
Topaz - Orange - VT
Sapphire - bluish black VT
Ruby - Red VT

I went back to Petsmart a few hours later to buy:
Baby - tiny Red VT
and two other orange/red color VT (who died the same weekend)

[ElmoFish]

Name: Rainbow

Color: Blue, maybe red and purple accents, it was about 14 years ago, so I'm a little foggy, just guessing that he had more than one color if i called him Rainbow

Type: VT, I assume since they're most common, I don't think i even knew there were different kinds when I was 8 or 9

Tank: 1 gallon bowl, which my mom faithfully cleaned twice a week, because I wasn't exactly the most responsible child..

Rainbow lived for 2 or more years, I was pretty devastated when he died, i didn't get another fish for 4 or 5 years afterward

[Romad]

Name: Baccus
When: Last month
Colors: Blue VT with lots of red in his fins and a deep purple face.
Tank: 5 gal. bowfront

Had to move his original tankmates (2 dwarf froggies) out of his tank because he was eating all of their food in addition to his.

As of last night he has two new buddies in his tank - spotted cories. Last night I watched him for hours while he stalked them. He never attacked them but sure let them know who's tank it was.

[Rohland]

Name: Chili
When: 3 or 4 years ago
Type: The common petstore one.. VT i think?
Colour: Full Red
Tank: Small Bowl (I now know better)

Maybe I will give bettas a try later on.

[Bettabubble3]

name:Grumpy (i named him that because he would just sit at the top of the bowl till my sister put all food in his bowl and he died of stress. He was very mean)

color: red black lil blue

type: Veiltail

Tank:1/2 gal bowl

[Rohland]

Oh i forgot to say I had my chili for only a week.
He grew nasty long white hair-like stuff and died.