Iceman Has Arrived!

[t.ropical_m.istx3]

my "Easter present" has arrived from the parents picking him up from when i saw him at petco. he's drop dead gorgeous, i love his colors. he's the perfect Iceman. he even has that "oohh look at me, i know i'm pretty" cocky attitude.

for those of you who havent seen Top Gun, Tom "Iceman" Kasanzki is a fighter pilot - the top of the class at Top Gun best flier with an attitude to prove it. he has a cocky attitude, but nothing that compares to Maverick's. I like Val Kilmer (plays Iceman) and I love the movie, so it was a perfect match and Ice is/was however you want to word it the perfect fish to represent Iceman. as Goose says "if you're wondering who the best is, that's him, Iceman. that's how he flies, ice cold, no mistakes"

i know his tank is kind of bare, i wasn't there to pick out the plants so there arent any...yet. so...here are the pics of Ice (sorry if they're blurry, i didn't preview before i uploaded).

in reality, he has more of the blue you see. when i turn the flash on, it makes him look like hes greenish - almost like aladdin.

this is the character he's named after - Tom "Iceman" Kasanzki (played by Val Kilmer)

 

[Jaded12]

Hes stunning, I love the patterning in the gravel too

 

[t.ropical_m.istx3]

its suppose to be a runway i have little plastic planes i'm going to float in the water.

it has the random black because i got frusterated and mixed it all up.

he's a doll. they're both drool-worthy or so i think

 

[saphphx]

wow he is super cool! You can't find fish like that in shops around here! there all standerd veil tails!

 

[t.ropical_m.istx3]

thanks! i guess i'm lucky with the stores. they usually have very nice looking fish. i've actually have had a hard time picking before. the stores around here have pretty nice bettas for them being pet store bettas and alot are quite young. there was a little red CT (i dubbed him maverick...if i had room for him, he was my next choice) that was TEENY. he was probably no longer than a female. ice is rather small, too.

i guess i should feed him...he's hunting for food
after it dropped the first time i fed him, he learned "OOHH food in bottom!!!"

 

[lilfishie]

aw what a lil cutie and love his name

 

[t.ropical_m.istx3]

thanks. i thought he was perfect - i had this tank/name idea for a while. when i saw him he just screamed Ice.
he's so funny, i had my laptop down beside him last night while i was on it and he swam over and just watched me. he's such a cutie.

happy easter, guys!

 

[lilfishie]

blaze does that too, its so cute

 

[t.ropical_m.istx3]

when he wants fed, he stares at me and then searches through the gravel and then looks at me again and repeats it until i feed him. man he learned fast

 

[Maxsmom]

Iceman is amazing! Very, very handsome!

Love the movie (& Val Kilmer) too!

 

[Biulu]

Very nice Easter present!

 

[t.ropical_m.istx3]

Iceman is amazing! Very, very handsome!

they both are, aren't they haha just kidding.

Love the movie (& Val Kilmer) too!

of course!

welllll...my sister and my niece just came over and i got another betta from them! he's a black/purple/red VT (my first in along time) that we named Slider. So we now have Iceman and Slider - the pilot and his RIO (RIO = something or other officer hahaha) i'll post pics of Slider later.

oh, my parents also got me another betta tank. it's a large brandy glass


hehe yes, i love my Easter presents

 

[lilfishie]

why can't i get betta's as easter presents lucking forward to more pics

 

[t.ropical_m.istx3]

i've "reached my max" according to the 'rents. i have 10 now
sliders a silly little boy, i cant wait until i find those batteries *goes to hunt*

 

[lilfishie]

well i'm not too far behind i have 5 1 male 4 female, Slider sounds very nice