Well, my old man betta, Klaus, died aabout a week ago...and today I was able to run to the pet store for a new one...
Well, long story short I pretty much did an entire redo on my betta tank...got a nice little piece of wood, a new (and way better, way way prettier light) a new plant, did a super rinse out and clean on my tank and sand, got a new filter....yea pretty I pretty much have pet store issues...
Anyway, back to my betta....I went to petco and let me just say, there were definitely some lookers there! Bettas that I would drool over even on aquabid! They were absolutely gorgeous! I can't even describe some of them to you! But then I looked down a few shelves, and he caught my eye....because he was the only betta out of like more than 50 that was looking straight at me...a king betta...stuck in a little miniature tiny cup that's even too small for a normal betta to spread their fins...and he was about 3 times the size of a normal one...well I kept trying to ignore him because I really wanted a pretty one, because it's my tank downstairs, and in my opinion, the scape is pretty...so I was looking at a delta tail sky blue/white one, looked like he was a marble...but all h was doing was staring at his own reflection and completely ignoring me...I also looked at a half-moon double tail paka (and if fish were calico, he was one) and his colors were like. Deep auburn, bright orange, deep blue, sky blue, white, and other amazing colors...he also looked like h could be a marble, which ive always wanted, bu he too was just completely ignoring me, looked like he didn't care either way...but anyway, like I said, I was trying to ignore the king betra who kept staring at me no matter where I went because he definitely isn't much to look at...well I actually at one point started turning around and moving his cup so he would stop looking a me, but no matter how much or where I moved him, h kept movin to look head on at me, laying on his side on the bottom when I left, sitting back up to stare at me when I came back....he want even trying to show ff what little fins he had like all the others...almost like he knew he wasn't pretty. I didn't know what to do because had some really gorgeous ones in mind...I actually prayed about it, over something so silly...I asked god to help me hoose the right one because something in the bspack of my mind kept screaming at me to get the homely and miserable looking king betta...well o decided on the sky blue and white one...I brought him up to the counter to bu him...and my mom looked at me and asked me whic one I got (because she knew how hard of a time I was having) and I actually got Geary eyed and almost cried (which is weird for me because im one of the people who almost never cries about anything, and if I do I can wipe my mind pretty fast to stop it) and she just said "Meg" and I said this one was the prettiest one and she saw whatever was going on in my head and she knew I would have totally regretted it forever and she said "Meg, go with your heart, not what you think I would like the best for it's looks"...so I ran back and got the king...and immediately it felt right...of course I thanked god right away for making it so clear...and I can't believe I almos didn't get him...well even when I was putting the tank back together again and redoing it he kept looking at me head on...and after I acclimated him and opened up the lid to let him out of his cup, he looked up at me (which looked hard for him cuz he bent his head up at me because my head was right over the top of the tank) before he swam out and I smoked and nodded and he swam into his new home...which he immediately started exploring, coming to the front to look at me whenever I walk by. Even though he looks big in the tank, he has a ton of swimming space...and then I fed him blood worms (out of one of those medicine tubes) and he was hesitant at first, I put it right next to his mouth and he wasnt eating it, but he finally tried it...and apparently liked it because he ate half of my bloodworms...almost makes me wonder if he ever had them in his life, poor guy...he went crazy for them...
I'm hoping that his fins grow back a little bit...I think that part of the reason I felt that he was the one for me was because he reminded me of klaus... I have had a lot of fish die, and so when klaus died I was kind of used to it, but today I realized how much I really did miss him...which is weird because, like I said, I'm good at pushing down my emotions...not like he looked anything at all like klaus...so I don't know why he reminded me of him...he just did...maybe just the way his demeanor was...not really a show off
I will post pictures later, of him and his tank, and you guys might think I'm crazy after reading this story bu I can explain it very well...haha
Well anyway, thanks for reading! Hopefully I remember to post the pictures! (and maybe you can give me some tips on the tank scape)
~Meg
Well, long story short I pretty much did an entire redo on my betta tank...got a nice little piece of wood, a new (and way better, way way prettier light) a new plant, did a super rinse out and clean on my tank and sand, got a new filter....yea pretty I pretty much have pet store issues...
Anyway, back to my betta....I went to petco and let me just say, there were definitely some lookers there! Bettas that I would drool over even on aquabid! They were absolutely gorgeous! I can't even describe some of them to you! But then I looked down a few shelves, and he caught my eye....because he was the only betta out of like more than 50 that was looking straight at me...a king betta...stuck in a little miniature tiny cup that's even too small for a normal betta to spread their fins...and he was about 3 times the size of a normal one...well I kept trying to ignore him because I really wanted a pretty one, because it's my tank downstairs, and in my opinion, the scape is pretty...so I was looking at a delta tail sky blue/white one, looked like he was a marble...but all h was doing was staring at his own reflection and completely ignoring me...I also looked at a half-moon double tail paka (and if fish were calico, he was one) and his colors were like. Deep auburn, bright orange, deep blue, sky blue, white, and other amazing colors...he also looked like h could be a marble, which ive always wanted, bu he too was just completely ignoring me, looked like he didn't care either way...but anyway, like I said, I was trying to ignore the king betra who kept staring at me no matter where I went because he definitely isn't much to look at...well I actually at one point started turning around and moving his cup so he would stop looking a me, but no matter how much or where I moved him, h kept movin to look head on at me, laying on his side on the bottom when I left, sitting back up to stare at me when I came back....he want even trying to show ff what little fins he had like all the others...almost like he knew he wasn't pretty. I didn't know what to do because had some really gorgeous ones in mind...I actually prayed about it, over something so silly...I asked god to help me hoose the right one because something in the bspack of my mind kept screaming at me to get the homely and miserable looking king betta...well o decided on the sky blue and white one...I brought him up to the counter to bu him...and my mom looked at me and asked me whic one I got (because she knew how hard of a time I was having) and I actually got Geary eyed and almost cried (which is weird for me because im one of the people who almost never cries about anything, and if I do I can wipe my mind pretty fast to stop it) and she just said "Meg" and I said this one was the prettiest one and she saw whatever was going on in my head and she knew I would have totally regretted it forever and she said "Meg, go with your heart, not what you think I would like the best for it's looks"...so I ran back and got the king...and immediately it felt right...of course I thanked god right away for making it so clear...and I can't believe I almos didn't get him...well even when I was putting the tank back together again and redoing it he kept looking at me head on...and after I acclimated him and opened up the lid to let him out of his cup, he looked up at me (which looked hard for him cuz he bent his head up at me because my head was right over the top of the tank) before he swam out and I smoked and nodded and he swam into his new home...which he immediately started exploring, coming to the front to look at me whenever I walk by. Even though he looks big in the tank, he has a ton of swimming space...and then I fed him blood worms (out of one of those medicine tubes) and he was hesitant at first, I put it right next to his mouth and he wasnt eating it, but he finally tried it...and apparently liked it because he ate half of my bloodworms...almost makes me wonder if he ever had them in his life, poor guy...he went crazy for them...
I'm hoping that his fins grow back a little bit...I think that part of the reason I felt that he was the one for me was because he reminded me of klaus... I have had a lot of fish die, and so when klaus died I was kind of used to it, but today I realized how much I really did miss him...which is weird because, like I said, I'm good at pushing down my emotions...not like he looked anything at all like klaus...so I don't know why he reminded me of him...he just did...maybe just the way his demeanor was...not really a show off
I will post pictures later, of him and his tank, and you guys might think I'm crazy after reading this story bu I can explain it very well...haha
Well anyway, thanks for reading! Hopefully I remember to post the pictures! (and maybe you can give me some tips on the tank scape)
~Meg
