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He’s all like “Mom stop taking pictures of me!!” Then he’s like “Alright, one more. Get my good side.” 😂

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New Betta

Meet my new Betta, Parzival (named after the character in Ready Player One, one of my favorite movies/books). I got him on May 21, 2019 at Petco. He is one of the spunkiest Bettas I’ve ever had, and he’s a joy to watch. Here’s his color progression over the past couple of weeks, which is actually pretty drastic. Videos to come soon!!

Update July 13, 2019:

Here is a new picture from today!!

Update September 4, 2019:

Here’s a couple new pictures!! He’s (almost) completely blue now 😂

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Y’all look at how S T U N N I N G my baby boy is!! I love his pectoral fins 😍

(P.S. Stay tuned in the next few days for a post about his new roommate for the other side of the divider!!)

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Updates 1/7/2020

I’ve been so much busier than I thought I would have been and haven’t been back to my blog in a while. I’ll update you all on my babies!!

Update #1:

In my last post I was going to show you the new betta I got for the other half of my divided 10 gallon tank. Her name is Poppy and she is a GORGEOUS yellow galaxy koi betta that I got from Petco. I had been in this Petco a couple times for other things over the course of about 3 weeks, and she was there each time I went in. The last time I went in I couldn’t bear to leave her again!! So below is a picture of when I first got her compared to a picture of her today. Honestly, she really hasn’t changed much color wise which has surprised me, but she is definitely brighter!!

Update #2:

I have gotten an absolutely STUNNING super red bristlnose pleco for my 20 gallon aquarium. It was about an inch or inch and a half long when I first got it (still don’t know if it’s a male or a female) and now it’s about 3 and a half inches long!!

Update #3:

I have also gotten a second Bristlenose, this time a Black Longfin. It is gorgeous, but again I haven’t named it because it’s too young to determine if it is male or female. It is in my divided 10 gallon with my Bettas currently to be able to clean up the algae (which it is doing extremely well), and I switch what side it is on every few days. When it gets too large to continue doing this I am going to move it to my 20 gallon tank, but by that point I hope I have a 55 gallon tank to have my tropical community in.

Update #4:

My ultimate goal since I have started my fish rack is to have a 55 gallon tank on one shelf with three 20 gallons and a 10 gallon underneath.

The 55 gallon will be a tropical community tank, with Angelfish (yes, plural; I want at least one more) and possibly schools of Guppies, Neon Tetras, White Skirt Tetras, and Rummynose Tetras. I will also have my Bristlenose Plecos in here along with trying my hand at keeping German Blue Rams.

The 20 gallons will have all different fish. One I want to keep a pair of Betta mahachaiensis and Endlers Livebearers. Another is like to keep native fish, which at this point I would like Etheostoma spectabile, Etheostoma caeruleum, and Etheostoma flabellare (if you can’t tell, I LOVE darters). The last tank I haven’t fully decided on yet. The one idea I have so far is to have either one Banded Sculpin or multiple of the same size (so they don’t eat each other). But I could also use this as a grow out tank for fry from the Betta mahachaiensis.

The 10 gallon is my quarantine tank. I haven’t ever had one due to not having enough room, but I’m so grateful I am able to have one now.

I think that’s all the updates!! I’ll be sure to post more this year as my fish keeping journey continues.

- D

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New Tank

I’ve had this little half circle 3 gallon tank for a while. The last inhabitant of it was Henry, one of my past betas. I don’t want to put another fish in it, but rather make it a shrimp tank!! I have been loving the look of yellow or orange shrimp, and I feel this tank can show them off beautifully.

In it, I have put some Hornwort, Microsword (maybe?), and Java Fern. I also have a few of my Cherry Shrimp inhabiting it at the moment to keep the algae and other stuff that grows in a new tank at bay. So far, they’ve done a great job!!

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Is my Angelfish a male or a female?

Any help is appreciated 😅

- D

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I posted this as an update to his fin regrowth process, but he deserves to have a new post. I love his silhouette 😍

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Look at the difference a week with good food, good water, and no nipping fish can do to fins!! They’ve grown back beautifully from the chewed off state they were in when I first got this little one.

Update 1: it’s been a couple more weeks and look at his fins now!! (He’s also a greedy little thing when I feed the tank 😂)

Update 2: This little fella has gotten huge!! Look at that silhouette 😍

Update September 4, 2019:

Look how big she has gotten!! I’m not for sure *just* yet, but I’m leaning more towards this little one being a female!! At this point she’s about 4.5-5 inches from the top of her dorsal fin to the bottom of her pectoral fins just by estimating with a ruler Which is apparently hard because she’s scared of anything that comes near the tank that’s not food 😂