Bought him today. He came from PetCo - debated hard between PetCo (mine does a nice job with their Bettas for the most part) and my LFS.
Daughter named him - Jewel. Haha
His cup from PetCo said he is a Halfmoon...
Seems happy so far in the 5 gallon...seems ok with the filter, likes his silk plants and I just gave him one lone NLS betta pellet.
I acclimated him for about one hour before letting him go free in the tank.
Added half a bottle of Dr Toms bacteria (holding the other half in reserve in case I need it a week or two down the road).
Hopefully it will be smooth sailing.
**Edited to apologize for all my pics being sideways - how do I fix that?!?!?!
Ooh, nice! I love the green ones like that, and he's a nice, vibrant green. Good luck with him!
Oh, and to fix your pics being sideways:
First, how do you upload them? Do them come directly from a camera?
The way I do it is I upload from the camera, then I open them in Microsoft Paint (that old, old program that comes standard on every computer). This allows you to crop, change the size, and *rotate*. Just rotate them to the upright position, and then save.
From there, you can upload however you normally do, be it through facebook, photobucket, or any of the other picture-hosting-remote-linking sites. I hope that helps!! If not, then PM me, and maybe we can figure it out together.
Thanks all for the compliments. Tomorrow will be one week since we bought him.
So far - all is calm in his little 5 gallon world.
Today I topped the tank off with some treated tap water to make up for all the multiple daily water tests we've been doing and evaporation.
Tomorrow I will probably fast him.
He's been a good eater from the start....I use the NLS betta pellets and I have some frozen daphnia (that took some practice - but he LOVED it)...and some freeze dried bloodworms (I've not used them yet but will soak maybe one a week in tank water as a treat).
Hopefully all will continue to go well. My daughter picked him - and he's not the fish I'd have picked - but she did a great job because he's got a really fun personality about him. I think I'm enjoying him more than she is - hahaha....
Now...that 45 gallon tank we have...I could partition it and put HOW many Bettas in it??
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