Two New Bettas

[K.J.]

I went to the lfs today and went to the betta section, naturally, because they just got a new shipment.*

What immediatly caught my eye was a marble platimum silver-and-black Super-Delta (might be a Delta) male. He seemed active, but he wouldn't flare. I figured some just don't so I got him.

As I was leaving, a small bowl caught my eye. It couldn't have been larger than the tiny, ridicolously TINY cups the other bettas were in, with a completely open lid. I peered in and noticed a green female with prominant stress stripes, although otherwise she was in pretty good condition. I bought her. I don't know what tail type she is, though.

Anyway, I put the male (Ares) in a 3g tank with white gravel, a plant, and a mermaid, and put the female (Jupiter) in a 2g with lighting and bubbling (the bubbling I might turn off), white gravel, fake driftwood, and two plants.. Anyway, the female likes to hide out at the bottom and the male likes the top. Pictures:

Ares, the male. In this picture he has extremely visable red fins, but not usually.

Jupiter, the female. Could someone maybe tell me the fin type if they can find out?

* A thing that irks me.. the petshopkeeperthing said that crowntail females didn't exist and females had no tail type, which kind of bothers me.

 

[Wisperian]

Well screw the lfs person that told you that there weren't any tail types for girls. If she isnt a VT she's probably a delta/superdelta. But most likely its a vt.

 

[amio]

What immediatly caught my eye was a marble platimum silver-and-black Super-Delta (might be a Delta) male. He seemed active, but he wouldn't flare. I figured some just don't so I got him.

Bettas are usually too stressed to flare. In petshops, that is. Try flaring him now that he's settled.

As I was leaving, a small bowl caught my eye. It couldn't have been larger than the tiny, ridicolously TINY cups the other bettas were in, with a completely open lid. I peered in and noticed a green female with prominant stress stripes, although otherwise she was in pretty good condition. I bought her. I don't know what tail type she is, though.

Better an open lid than closed. Once I saw this vase in the lfs, it had a female pk in. And it had a cork covering the mouth of the vase. Heh.

Anyhoo, your female's probably a VT. Can't really tell from your pictures. No offense, but they're too blurred.

* A thing that irks me.. the petshopkeeperthing said that crowntail females didn't exist and females had no tail type, which kind of bothers me.

What a load of cr@p.



John

 

[K.J.]

Well screw the lfs person that told you that there weren't any tail types for girls. If she isnt a VT she's probably a delta/superdelta. But most likely its a vt.

Yeah, she doesn't know a lot about bettas, although it probably wasn't her that got up the information about female tail types. It's most likely a VT, I figured, that's usually what they have.

Bettas are usually too stressed to flare. In petshops, that is. Try flaring him now that he's settled.

I just scooted his tank to hers for ten minutes and he didn't flare, or at least I didn't see him flare. Either way, it's only been a few hours and he's probably still adjusting. My last betta took a long time to adjust, around three days, so I'll be looking forward to that time.

 

[fish_fetish65]

"i'm only getting one betta!" <--- has anyone ever said those words and actually followed through with them.

no.

no surprise here!

 

[K.J.]

"i'm only getting one betta!" <--- has anyone ever said those words and actually followed through with them.

no.

no surprise here!

Haha!

Here's a suprise! 1. Ares's red fins have gotten 10x brighter, except on the dorsal, where it never had any red. And two, suprisingly, he's a flaring machine. I scooted his tank next to Jupiter's again and he started showing off, although she still wasn't interested. She's probably got stunted growth, being in a bowl that was only a bit bigger than her for the past two weeks, she'll need more time to adjust.

 

[Loko17]

Lol, I cant believe that "petshopkeeperthing" said girls dont have tail types, If that was true then all bettas by now would all be whatever the females tail type would be, how stupid can some people get. Oh and I've actually gone into my LFS and only gotten one betta, thats because I came in the day before and put him on reserve and then just came to pick him up, I wouldve liked to have his brother though because they're both beautiful red DT HM's and now that the fin rot has cleared up a little bit I think he's got some CT in him because he has some extended rays.

 

[betta_grl]

Beautiful.
i get so mad evertime i see bettas in those little cups

 

[coloradogirl]

Your Betta fish look great! Thank you for posting the pictures. Even though they're a bit blurry, I am able to see the colors of the fish, and they look beautiful.