Oh all these little guys sound so great! And before i got a betta i never knew what all the fuss was about, i mean i knew i loved the look of them and how graceful and beautiful they looked (even the girls) but i didn't understand the personalities of them and they are
1. Hilarious
2. Mischevouse
3. Very curiouse
4. Absoloutely adorable
As people who have read my other posts will know my two were both rescues.
The Captain was in a very very very bad way when we got him. Since first visiting the shop that he was in all he had done was lay at the bottom of the tank at the mercy of whatever completely un suitable fish they had in with him, they varied from tetras, barbs, silver sharks and even baby fire eels!!! He'd been in there for at least 2 months and i got the impression from the staff that hed been there alot longer as he used to belong to one of the employees who said he just got nipped all the time in his big tank at home. I just thought well duuuhh!!!! So finally one day we went in not expecting to buy any fish and i spotted Radish- more on him later- and my partner said i can'i leave that little guy in there again whilst looking at the captain.
So we brought him home!I bought him for my partner as a gift but he lives at my house, he's got a little tank to himself which is how he likes it, he prefers to be solitary and is enjoying the quiet life. He's learnt how to swim again since his very long fins have repaired and after some persuasion he's now swimming to the top of the water to eat like a piggy lol. I honestly thought he wouldn't last this long. His favourite hangouts are on his heater and on top of his filter which is where he likes to sit whilst he is hand fed lol, he also occasionally likes to play in the current and fight it till he sits on top of the filter, then he jumps off and starts all over again.
He's a little miricle. And is very old.
Radish too was a rescue but had only arrived at the same shop as The Captain that morning and he was still very young. The oh so intelligent shop staff decided to put him in a 30 litre tank with two medium sized and very aggressive silver sharks, he hid at the front corner of the tank whilst they fought and when i walked past him i thought "Oh you poor baby your the one and i'm guna be your momma!" i had taken a long time reasearching and studying bettas in variouse shops and i fell in love with him. He looked so sad with his little pugnasious face and big blue eye's that just said "Take me home please! Save me!"
So i did lol and the shop charged us £7!! For each of them! I've seen better bettas for £4.50 and they were in tip top condition. I payed it and have no regrets what so ever he's soooo funny! He inspects everything daily and swims through all his silk plants and bosses the kuhli's around in his little kingdom
. He knows when its feeding time and swims to the top of the tank and demands his breakfast and dinner. He's such a pig and even eats the kuhli's algae wafers which he doesnt even like!!! When he eats he eats too fast and gobbles up 2 of his 3 pellets then carries the third in his mouth until he's ready to eat it
He also helps with water changes and follows the gravel vac and siphon tube with avid fasination.
Got to love bettas and i will most deffinately be investing in at least two more!
