Meet Oscar

[emzyp]

i finally named him after having him for 2 weeks,and have decided on 'oscar',
he has been upgraded from a tatty 10L tank with no lid or light to a aquastart 320, which i decorated with sand substrate a few pebbles and some plants, and a little cave for 'bill' the cory to hide in, he shares the tank with a bronze cory and 9 platy fry. here are some pics of the tank

if anyone could id the plant on the right, id appreciate it, it was the only one in the lfs and i took a shine to it but have no idea of what it is!

this is oscar,in the best pic ive got of him so far without being really blurred!

i thought this was a nice pic, although its not of any of the fish!

and this is where he used to live:

 

[Phoenixbaby]

Aww hes so gorgeous

Nice tank set up too!! x

 

[ibbledibble]

can't think of the name of the plant off hand, but its usually sold as "oxygenating weed" for ponds and stuff.

he looks very happy in his new home

and i love the pics where he looks purple, stunning!

 

[emzyp]

Aww hes so gorgeous

Nice tank set up too!! x

thankyou,this is my first betta ive had in about 6 years, hes so interesting to watch!

oops,i meant the plant on the right with the big leaves!!

 

[Phoenixbaby]

ive only got one male left, i sold all my others, but hes such a character, i can watch him for hours lol

 

[ibbledibble]

Aww hes so gorgeous

Nice tank set up too!! x

thankyou,this is my first betta ive had in about 6 years, hes so interesting to watch!

oops,i meant the plant on the right with the big leaves!!

looks like a java fern, in which case it should have a solid stem running horizontal along the bottom, joining the leaves. don't bury this bit! it needs to be exposed to the water current

 

[emzyp]

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looks like a java fern, in which case it should have a solid stem running horizontal along the bottom, joining the leaves. don't bury this bit! it needs to be exposed to the water current
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can java fern get that big?? i have some in my other tank,but its a lot smaller, this is also in a pot,dont know if that makes a difference,ive not actually looked at the roots of it

 

[Sarette]

I love his colour, he's lovely! The new tank looks great too!

 

[ibbledibble]

looks like a java fern, in which case it should have a solid stem running horizontal along the bottom, joining the leaves. don't bury this bit! it needs to be exposed to the water current

can java fern get that big?? i have some in my other tank,but its a lot smaller, this is also in a pot,dont know if that makes a difference,ive not actually looked at the roots of it

there are several different varieties of java fern, and some do get quite massive. i had a big one in the oscar tank, before the silver dollars ate it! i would get it out of the pot and check if i were you. if its not you can just re-pot it, but better to be safe than sorry.

 

[Phoenixbaby]

can i have ur betta lol, his colours are lovely

 

[SharonCC]

He's a beautiful colour!!! Looks like Java Fern to me, too......

 

[missigfunk]

Got no idea about the plant, but I think Oscar is beautiful!!!

I also think the pic you took without any fish looks really nice too