Wow, spectacular job you've done here. It's spectacular :D

Thanks!!

Oh cool!

I've always kept Siamese Fighting fish. My little little guy 'Moby" is gazing benevolently down at me from my desk at the moment!

My Dad used to keep them when I was a kid in Houston. Then my sister suddenly decided this spring that she wanted one, so there was Sushi who sits on our dining table. And, because owning Bettas is like eating potato chips, he was soon followed by Alpha, Bravo (who apparently had an injured swim bladder and died), Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, George, and Henry. We also now have a bowl with four females in it: India, Juliet, Kilo and Lima.

Really creative naming, no?

I miss having Betas, lots of guts in those fish. I had one regularly pick on a 22 inch plucky whenever it got close. I actually had two males in the same tank and they rarely brawled. Of coarse it was a 50 gallon tank so each fish had his end to guard.

Plus they are great to eat mosquitos and their larve.

Great art.

They're smarter than I thought, too.

You try the mirror trick? One beta I had initially flared in anger at the mirror for a good 10 minutes. The second time it investigated the mirrors sides then would just stare at himself without the show of fin.

Same here. They learn fast. When we change the bowls, we put the girls' container between two of the males. The girls go nuts flirting and the boys get puffed up with display fins.

Lovely betta!!

Thanks, girlfriend!

Wow, this is absolutely gorgeous!