The state of the bettas at my lfs was soooo terrible that I just couldn't bear to leave this little guy there to die. So I bought him a two gallon critter keeper...thankfully I already had extra decorations and everything else I needed...and brought him home. Now he's happily sitting on my desk swimming around. I don't think he's seen so much water in a long time the way hes swimming around like mad. He had about a cup of water to live in at the store, it was so sad.

I first noticed him when I was looking at this really pretty colored guy and I noticed a blue boy behind him all puffed up...he took my breath away. I instantly fell in love. I pulled him cup up the the front and set him down. I wanted him but reason prevailed at first. I walked away but I kept thinking about him and somehow my feet found their way back to the bettas and it was then that I noticed a betta that had been dead for several days at least...its was disgusting and I felt so sad about that little guy dying.

Once I saw that dead betta I decided to consider getting the guy that caught my eye and I found his cup again. He started flaring at me and following my finger when I put it up next to his cup. He had so much personality that I just knew I had to bring him home.

So yeah Totally unplanned and unexpected but boy is he awesome. And he has brown eyes

Wow! Wow! If I'd seen him I'd take him in an instant also! What a nice steel blue colour for an LFS betta! Most bettas in my LFS are multis and while they're pretty, I'd love to see some like yours!

Congratulations! What a beauty! So glad you rescued him, any ideas for a name yet?

oh wow!! gorgeous Betta

Nope, still thinking of a name. If you guys have any suggestions please share This little guy is soooo cool. Hes got so much spunk and personality. What kind of tail would you call this guy? Round tail? When I first saw him I thought spade but then after looking at pics online I think he looks more like a round tail. Whatever he is I absolutely love hime

I was just about to say "He looks like a spade tail!"

I wish my pet store carried Betas like that!

This is the first I've seen with a tail like this. They had another betta that was this beautiful metallic green color that had the same type of tail but he didn't look too healthy and I had fallen in love with this guy so I had to pass him up.

Don't think it's a round tail. A round tail's tail is....well, "neatly" round, for lack of a better word. Also not a spade tail becoz it's not pointy enough. The tail form is definitely a VT's, but shorter. Just like in gf, bettas have mutts and tail forms that's not qualifiable in any standards, so in my own words I'd say he's a "shorter-tailed VT" .

What a pretty boy!! I love fish with brown eyes I'd name him Moonflower

Nichole,shame on you!!! You bought another fish!
Well in all honesty,I would have saved the little guy also.His colors are some of my favorites.I love that steel blue.He reminds me of one of my first Bettas.You don't see many like him.I think he's wonderful!


Moonflower????You know,I like it! I'm not sure if it fits him though-he looks so much more like a warrior.

lol Devs! Yah you are right. My name fits his color but not his macho manliness

Compromise: Moon Warrior...or....Flower Warrior!

flower warrior!

Moonflower is a pretty name. I think I might make that his middle name. I'd kind of like a greek or roman name that reflects his attitude. Nero seems to fit but I absolutely hate Nero...I couldn't bear to name my fish that. I was thinking maybe Vespasian. He picked up the pieces after Nero was assasinated and is pretty much my favorite emporer...I only like his son better. It would be the longest fish name ever Titus Flavius Vespasianus Moonflower I think I ought to go with something shorter.

Yes yes...another fish. but its been almost a year since I've bought a fish....snails are another story. This guy will be the last, I haven't got any room for any more tanks to be set up and I'm fully stocked

Tantalus! That's my bf's nickname lol

Okay.....So maybe Moonflower isn't sounding so bad afterall! I'm kidding!! I just have to laugh becuase if I had to remember long names like that,all my fish would be named Bud.

he look like a VT spade tail look like this he is a nice color though i am glad you rescued him he is beautiful

http://www.bettysplendens.com/articles/pag...p?articleid=764

Gorgeous betta!! Glad you saved him.

I am thinking maybe he is a delta tail. Pretty color by the way

I'm no expect on what he is, except that he is Beautiful! I love his coloring and there are no LFS around here that would have such a beauty! Congrats and I am so glad you rescued him!

Cannot be delta leh. Delta, super delta and HM should have straight caudal rays.

I'm absolutely smitten with this guy Today he gets his first water change...his tank is getting cloudy.

I think I might name him Hadrian. Hadrian was a great Emperor, considered to be one of the best. He was stern yet just and very intelligent. Some historians claim he was the best man to be produced by the Roman Empire...admirable in almost every way.

Some decent nicknames can also come out of Hadrian to...much better than Vespasian.

I agree! I like the name Hadrian much better.

I think you're obsessed with Roman names

Yep Everything Rome actually. I've got my 10 gallon decorated with the coliseum and a roman column thing that my roommate got me. Above the tank I have a small metal poster type thing of the coliseum that is really cool, a lot of my AIM away messages are in latin and my buddy info is always some sort of history lesson about the Empire. Last week I won a Roman coin off of e-bay that is dated around 370 AD. I even know how to properly make and wear a toga and which style of toga belonged to which social class. My friends tease me all the time I might also go to Rome in the summer of 2008 if I get accepted to the study abroad program that I want to get into

Mark of a true Roman geek goodness me

I just pmd your pics to a breeder friend of mine and he should be able to tell you what tail type your new baby is for sure. I will post it as soon as he lets me know.

My betta breeder friend says your new pretty baby is a veil tail. 2 rays = a veiltail. He is a gorgous little guy

actually he looked at the pic again and said he actually sees 4 rays but it is a veiltail because of the tail curve. He still is pretty though

Well, whatever he is I love him Thanks for finding out for me

no problem. Yes he is a cutey I really like his color

Oooh, Nichjake! He is so pretty! His color matches the color of my rescue betta Jaws who was going to get flushed down the toilet for obliterating all the other fish in his tank. I like the name Hadrian too. I think it fits him.