Well it's been a week now since I moved Phil to his new 5.5 gallon tank. The last day or two he's really come into his own patrolling every area of his tank swimming all around top to bottom hunting and defending his territory from the odd reflection of himself. He plays games like swimming the loop under and over his betta hammock.
He's even learned to use the slight current flow to help him zoom along if needed. I have never seen him so happy displaying his beautiful coloured fins trying to impress. He loves to casually coast to the surface to one corner while showing his fins and after flaring up and doing his attack dance he turns around and dive bombs down to the bottom diagonally. Like a game of tag.
He is also frustrated by the fact that there's a little piece of food wedged between a rock and the side of his tank. Try as he might be couldn't get it. He does like the new foam pre-filter on the intake tube since uneaten food particles get stuck on it which he nibbles off of it.
It's like a switch went off and he is really maturing and not afraid of anything and now he's the king of the castle. His little personality is starting to shine.
He's even learned to use the slight current flow to help him zoom along if needed. I have never seen him so happy displaying his beautiful coloured fins trying to impress. He loves to casually coast to the surface to one corner while showing his fins and after flaring up and doing his attack dance he turns around and dive bombs down to the bottom diagonally. Like a game of tag.
He is also frustrated by the fact that there's a little piece of food wedged between a rock and the side of his tank. Try as he might be couldn't get it. He does like the new foam pre-filter on the intake tube since uneaten food particles get stuck on it which he nibbles off of it.
It's like a switch went off and he is really maturing and not afraid of anything and now he's the king of the castle. His little personality is starting to shine.
