My Rather Not So Stunning Betta

[onidrase]

My first betta, the red and blue one named Mr. Grumples, committed suicide by jumping out of a vase which was being used as temporary housing while a couple of the african cichlids that got bestowed upon me used his 10 gallon tank while I found a new home for them.

R.I.P. Mr. Grumples. I hardly knew ye.

Anyways. Here's Mr. Grumples II.

His hobbies include not liking anything

And eating

He's kind of a tan salmony color with hints of turquoisy blue. I dunno. Nothing special

I was under the impression that he'd color up when he's not dying on the bottom of a tupperware case at petsmart, but I was wrong. He's just an ugly duckling

Luckily for him I don't mind it when my fish aren't bright enough to crash traffic. Or else I probably woulda chose one of the many other bettas they had

I also like the short finned males. Whatever they're called

Yeppers

He's pretty neato

 

[CrustyOnEastCoast]

Try not to be disappointed in him. Regardless of his coloring, assuming he is healthy, he'll exhibit a personality that will set him apart from your other fish (IMHO).

I have just a plain blue male betta (no other colors but he is a half-moon). However, he is much more engaging with me than any of my other fish, and acts more intelligent. He is my favorite.

 

[Neptune54]

I think he looks great! You should be very proud of him!

 

[FishFanatic04]

Poor guy. He was better looking then most ugly humans

 

[onidrase]

Try not to be disappointed in him. Regardless of his coloring, assuming he is healthy, he'll exhibit a personality that will set him apart from your other fish (IMHO).

I have just a plain blue male betta (no other colors but he is a half-moon). However, he is much more engaging with me than any of my other fish, and acts more intelligent. He is my favorite.

I'm not disappointed, he's a perfectly healthy and full of personality, although he's extremely slow when it comes to figuring things out. I'm actually proud that he's even alive, in comparison to how he was when I first got him.

for example, he will stare and beg for food at me whenever I walk by the tank, and when I feed him, he still stares and begs for a good while before figuring out I dropped food in

He also moves around a lot, so it's hard to get a good picture. I have yet to see him flare at anything, unlike the former Mr. Grumples which would get angry at a turquoise colored rock if I dropped one in

I'm honestly not too much of a betta person, though, when he's a mere 3 feet away from a 75 gallon tank with a green terror and severum, it's pretty obvious which tank I'll be staring at more. Bettas may have personality, but they've got nothing on the personalities of the cichlids

It's more or less to save a betta from being trapped in one of those horrendous quarter gallon cups people call betta bowls, I'm pretty sure the poor little guy would be dead by now if I left him at the shop, but I took him home with me to a 10 gallon tank where he can zoom around and whatnot instead. Like I said, if I was all too worried about the coloring of the betta, I woulda picked out one of the many healthy bettas there, but my heart melted seeing this guy laying on his side in the little bowl at the shop

 

[Flubberlump]

Poor little thing, I hate those betta cups. Glad you rescued him. he looks lovely!

 

[pablothebetta]

I'm glad you rescued him too. I think he looks quite cute

 

[onidrase]

couple more pics I took this morning. He's kinda fat due to hogging all the peas. Glutton.

 

[seizethecupcake]

I think he's adorable!

 

[Spurry]

He looks great..... Nice colours I have to agree they do look sad in the cups in the shops

 

[Man of fish]

Aww how cute.

 

[Joanne_]

Aww he's so cute ! That's the reason why I bought a male and female betta. To save them from the tiny smoothie cups they were in !

 

[onidrase]

Aww he's so cute ! That's the reason why I bought a male and female betta. To save them from the tiny smoothie cups they were in !

Smoothie cups? If I were ever given a smoothie in a cup so small, I'd be horribly disappointed at the lack of contents. They're more like those little paper cups people have in bathrooms to rinse their mouths after brushing their teeth

 

[Joanne_]

Aww he's so cute ! That's the reason why I bought a male and female betta. To save them from the tiny smoothie cups they were in !

Smoothie cups? If I were ever given a smoothie in a cup so small, I'd be horribly disappointed at the lack of contents. They're more like those little paper cups people have in bathrooms to rinse their mouths after brushing their teeth

This is what each of my fighter fish were sold in:

 

[fuzzynicki]

I think his colour is lovely!!! I have a real mix of colours and would be more than happy to have a few like this!!