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Hello everyone who decides to read my journal. Here's a bit about my "collection". I have seven betta in total. Two possibly three female. And four male. A pleco, two neon tetra, two neon danios, a flame tetra, and a long fin black tetra. The tetra, aside from the flame tetra, were my sister's until she decided she'd rather have a guinea pig. Understandable. But anyhow. Also 2 black mystery snails.
My betta males. There is Sapphire II. I named him after my very first betta. One I could easily scoop out of his tank for cleaning and such. I can't remember if he was a vieltail or a crowntail. But he was blue so my 7 year old mind thought of my birthstone and so the name was given. This Sapphire however is a good sized Crowntail. I bought him from walmart. He's done well so far and is fiesty as can be. He is in a split half gallon with Alexandrite.
Then there's Opal. Also a walmart fish, but a good one. He is probably the most unique betta I've ever seen. He is a vieltail. He's also a good size. His body is pinkish or orange depending on the lighting. His fins are long and cellophane orange, the tips shine tiel in the light so does his body occasionally. He is black masked and startled easily. He is in a gallon tank alone.
Then comes Alexandrite. I'm going in the order I got them. Alexandrite is a petsmart crowntail. I'm not sure if she's as big as she's going to get or not. But she's doing well. She is dark in color. But reflects different cool colors, as the gemstone does in different lighting. I had originally gotten her to breed with Sapphire eventually. But I have decided against it. As I am poor and do not know what I'd do with possible 1100 bettas. Anyhow. If I ever did breed, I think I'd breed her with Opal. Even though I know the VT gene is dominant over the CT. She shares a half gallon with Sapphire as I mentioned before.
Now, here's where things get a bit wild. I bought three bettas in one day. One King. One female Crowntail. And one male double tail. All from Petco. I'm gonna go in the order I decided on them.
First. Is The Broken Betta. He is my double tail male. He is mostly white, with Koi coloring. He does have the marbling gene. His fins are cellophane and reflect a light shiney blue color. He has a few black spots on his body. And a red spot on the top of his head. Ivery been calling him The Broken Betta. Well because he's missing the top half of his tail. I got him because I want to help heal him and help him to regrow his fin. He does frighten me. Because occasionally he letsaid himself drift up and sideways to where he floats sideways. And I think he's dead. I've been giving hime Melafix and changing his water. I'm going to get him a tank heater soon. But I'll need to shuffle tanks around so he can be in my 2.5 glass tank. Anyways. He shares a half gallon with the second female CT.
The second female CT I haven't thought of a name for yet. She was still young when I picked her out. In the 5 days that I've had her, her coloring has darkened on her fins. Her body is still white. Pinkish white. And her fins have darkened to a crimson. She is the first betta I've ever gotten with any sort of major red coloring. I'm not fond of red bettas. They've always seemed so common to me. I know some people love them and all. But that's just me. Anyhow. Maybe you guys can help me name her. She's a spunky little thing.
Then the first King Betta. I've taken to just calling him King. Because I can't really think of anything more fitting. I fell in love with his size. Because I'd never seen a betta so big before. He's seemed very scared until recently. Maybe because I had him on my bedside table. Alone with no other fish in his sight range. He's become more active now. I switched his tank and the shared half gallon between TBB and my nameless female CT. So now he's by the other glass tanks. He's in a 2.5 gallon. And it seems to be well enough space for him. I'd say he's about 3 to 4 inches long.
Lastly, there is Goliath. He/she I found at a different petco than the last three. It was in a glotank with several glofish. When I first noticed it I thought wtf and ran to get my sister to show her it. I soon noticed in there was two other giant bettas in two other glotanks with glofish. It wasn't charging or being aggressive. Which I thought was neat. Until that point I'd never seen a betta in a tank with other fish in person before. There was one larger than it. But it was laying on its side on the bottom gasping and occasionally righting itself in the water. It seemed to big for its fins or maybe just sick and dying. Who knows. I told an employee about it. And he said he was going to leave a note for the person that would come in the next day to do maintenence or something. Then told him I wanted the one I have. This betta, has got to be 4 to 5 inches long. Why I am questioning it's gender? Today, I noticed a white dot in front of its anal fin. It always keeps it long fins pressed against it. As does my smaller king betta. Their other fins aren't pressed against them. So pretty sure they don't have clamped fins because they do release them now and then. But anyhow. I pushed their tanks together so they could see eachother though the glass. And flare at eachother and stretch I guess. Idk I read that it was good for them to flare occasionally. While they were showing off to each other. I noticed it. So now I'm rethinking the name Goliath. And thinking maybe something fit for a queen. He/she is in a 5 gallon filtered glotank with two glofish. Who it occasionally charges. It's the cutest little fish though. When I come home from work it paces the glass and sways back and fourth against it when it sees me and waits for me to come over and give it some food.
Alright. Now that that's done. I know some of you feel it's inhumane to keep bettas in such small containers. When I was young. I had Sapphire. In a half gallon tank. One of the cheap ones you get from Walmart that divide in half. Eventually, little kid me, wanted another betta. So, I put in the divider, and bought Sunshine. He was a golden yellow betta. Again I don't remember if he was CT or VT. The only breeds walmart carries. Those fish lived well past the length of time bettas normally live. Probably somewhere between 3 and 5 years. They're only supposed to live about 2 years. To me, this is fine and manageable. I live with my grandparents. My grandma freaks out over tiny things. The floors are wooden. She doesn't want water on the floor because it will leave marks. Small tanks work for me. I do complete water changes on the little tanks once a week. And every other week on the big ones. More often than not every week on my 10 gallon because grime builds up and I cant deal with seeing it. I change waters on the weekends because that's when my grandma works. So it's easier that way because I don't have to stress about her yelling at me or getting onto me about it. My fish are not neglected. I feed them every morning and occasionally at night. Anyways let me know if you want to know anything.
My betta males. There is Sapphire II. I named him after my very first betta. One I could easily scoop out of his tank for cleaning and such. I can't remember if he was a vieltail or a crowntail. But he was blue so my 7 year old mind thought of my birthstone and so the name was given. This Sapphire however is a good sized Crowntail. I bought him from walmart. He's done well so far and is fiesty as can be. He is in a split half gallon with Alexandrite.
Then there's Opal. Also a walmart fish, but a good one. He is probably the most unique betta I've ever seen. He is a vieltail. He's also a good size. His body is pinkish or orange depending on the lighting. His fins are long and cellophane orange, the tips shine tiel in the light so does his body occasionally. He is black masked and startled easily. He is in a gallon tank alone.
Then comes Alexandrite. I'm going in the order I got them. Alexandrite is a petsmart crowntail. I'm not sure if she's as big as she's going to get or not. But she's doing well. She is dark in color. But reflects different cool colors, as the gemstone does in different lighting. I had originally gotten her to breed with Sapphire eventually. But I have decided against it. As I am poor and do not know what I'd do with possible 1100 bettas. Anyhow. If I ever did breed, I think I'd breed her with Opal. Even though I know the VT gene is dominant over the CT. She shares a half gallon with Sapphire as I mentioned before.
Now, here's where things get a bit wild. I bought three bettas in one day. One King. One female Crowntail. And one male double tail. All from Petco. I'm gonna go in the order I decided on them.
First. Is The Broken Betta. He is my double tail male. He is mostly white, with Koi coloring. He does have the marbling gene. His fins are cellophane and reflect a light shiney blue color. He has a few black spots on his body. And a red spot on the top of his head. Ivery been calling him The Broken Betta. Well because he's missing the top half of his tail. I got him because I want to help heal him and help him to regrow his fin. He does frighten me. Because occasionally he letsaid himself drift up and sideways to where he floats sideways. And I think he's dead. I've been giving hime Melafix and changing his water. I'm going to get him a tank heater soon. But I'll need to shuffle tanks around so he can be in my 2.5 glass tank. Anyways. He shares a half gallon with the second female CT.
The second female CT I haven't thought of a name for yet. She was still young when I picked her out. In the 5 days that I've had her, her coloring has darkened on her fins. Her body is still white. Pinkish white. And her fins have darkened to a crimson. She is the first betta I've ever gotten with any sort of major red coloring. I'm not fond of red bettas. They've always seemed so common to me. I know some people love them and all. But that's just me. Anyhow. Maybe you guys can help me name her. She's a spunky little thing.
Then the first King Betta. I've taken to just calling him King. Because I can't really think of anything more fitting. I fell in love with his size. Because I'd never seen a betta so big before. He's seemed very scared until recently. Maybe because I had him on my bedside table. Alone with no other fish in his sight range. He's become more active now. I switched his tank and the shared half gallon between TBB and my nameless female CT. So now he's by the other glass tanks. He's in a 2.5 gallon. And it seems to be well enough space for him. I'd say he's about 3 to 4 inches long.
Lastly, there is Goliath. He/she I found at a different petco than the last three. It was in a glotank with several glofish. When I first noticed it I thought wtf and ran to get my sister to show her it. I soon noticed in there was two other giant bettas in two other glotanks with glofish. It wasn't charging or being aggressive. Which I thought was neat. Until that point I'd never seen a betta in a tank with other fish in person before. There was one larger than it. But it was laying on its side on the bottom gasping and occasionally righting itself in the water. It seemed to big for its fins or maybe just sick and dying. Who knows. I told an employee about it. And he said he was going to leave a note for the person that would come in the next day to do maintenence or something. Then told him I wanted the one I have. This betta, has got to be 4 to 5 inches long. Why I am questioning it's gender? Today, I noticed a white dot in front of its anal fin. It always keeps it long fins pressed against it. As does my smaller king betta. Their other fins aren't pressed against them. So pretty sure they don't have clamped fins because they do release them now and then. But anyhow. I pushed their tanks together so they could see eachother though the glass. And flare at eachother and stretch I guess. Idk I read that it was good for them to flare occasionally. While they were showing off to each other. I noticed it. So now I'm rethinking the name Goliath. And thinking maybe something fit for a queen. He/she is in a 5 gallon filtered glotank with two glofish. Who it occasionally charges. It's the cutest little fish though. When I come home from work it paces the glass and sways back and fourth against it when it sees me and waits for me to come over and give it some food.
Alright. Now that that's done. I know some of you feel it's inhumane to keep bettas in such small containers. When I was young. I had Sapphire. In a half gallon tank. One of the cheap ones you get from Walmart that divide in half. Eventually, little kid me, wanted another betta. So, I put in the divider, and bought Sunshine. He was a golden yellow betta. Again I don't remember if he was CT or VT. The only breeds walmart carries. Those fish lived well past the length of time bettas normally live. Probably somewhere between 3 and 5 years. They're only supposed to live about 2 years. To me, this is fine and manageable. I live with my grandparents. My grandma freaks out over tiny things. The floors are wooden. She doesn't want water on the floor because it will leave marks. Small tanks work for me. I do complete water changes on the little tanks once a week. And every other week on the big ones. More often than not every week on my 10 gallon because grime builds up and I cant deal with seeing it. I change waters on the weekends because that's when my grandma works. So it's easier that way because I don't have to stress about her yelling at me or getting onto me about it. My fish are not neglected. I feed them every morning and occasionally at night. Anyways let me know if you want to know anything.
