I have had no luck whatsoever with male beattas since starting to keep fish early this year. I tried to follow all advice given here and on various websites, but to no avail. For one reason or another they just didn't last. I never got the chance to name them , simply because by the time that fantastic name jumped into my head, they had already passed into fishy heaven!
Sad, I know.
Well, THIS time....I let my cycled- previously- stocked-but-now-empty 10 gallon tank sit for a while to make sure all was well.
Then, I went out and bought a beautiful male betta. In the lps he was mostly petrol blue, with tints of red on his fins, but once i got him home he seemed to be green/blue/purple/red! Awsome!
Anyhow....like I said I'd never named any of my bettas before ( so sorry if I'm waffling
) But on the way home from the lps, the name hit me like a bolt of lightening! SIRIUS.
The name suits him, and he is still healthy 4 days on. He wasnt taking advantage of the full tank though, for some reason he stayed on one half. so I bought a divider and put it in. He loves the smaller tank and is much more active now. I'm not sure what to do with the other side of the tank yet, a male or a female perhaps. We'll see.
I'll try to post pics of sirius soon. My camera doesn't take very good close-ups though. So fingers crossed.
And sorry to bore you , but I'm HAPPY!
Ta for listening.
xx
Sad, I know.
Well, THIS time....I let my cycled- previously- stocked-but-now-empty 10 gallon tank sit for a while to make sure all was well.
Then, I went out and bought a beautiful male betta. In the lps he was mostly petrol blue, with tints of red on his fins, but once i got him home he seemed to be green/blue/purple/red! Awsome!
Anyhow....like I said I'd never named any of my bettas before ( so sorry if I'm waffling
) But on the way home from the lps, the name hit me like a bolt of lightening! SIRIUS. The name suits him, and he is still healthy 4 days on. He wasnt taking advantage of the full tank though, for some reason he stayed on one half. so I bought a divider and put it in. He loves the smaller tank and is much more active now. I'm not sure what to do with the other side of the tank yet, a male or a female perhaps. We'll see.
I'll try to post pics of sirius soon. My camera doesn't take very good close-ups though. So fingers crossed.
And sorry to bore you , but I'm HAPPY!
Ta for listening.
xx
