Drowsy 161 Posted February 9, 2013 (edited) Well, last week I went to petco in search of a new betta after Barnaby's loss. And I ended up doing that terrible thing; impulse buying. I came home with two beautiful new bettas. Rutherford the white (however long THAT lasts lol) dumbo plakat. And Salvatore, a blue and red dragonscale delta tail. After a bit of rearranging they are all settled in and I have some decent photos. c: first I'll update Gatsby. He is one of only three fish that survived the disaster of my vacation. He was in the 20 gallon with the platies, but it turns out he is a little piggy and will eat himself to constipation. So now he is in the 5 gallon with just a small snail. (I don't foresee him devouring any leafy greens lol.) Really impressed with that flat heater. I had my reservations but it keeps the 5 gallon at a steady 78 degrees. Very nice. Now for Rutherford! I had to get him at the store, he reminded me so much of my Barnaby. he's already starting to get some color on him, and he is a very active little guy. Actually not so little, he's the biggest of my three. haha. Here is how the 20gal was when I had to fast set it up after the vacation fiasco: and here it is now, with Rutherford all settled in. Ruthrford shares it with a little handful of platies and one accident molly. (they had mollies in the tank with the platies and I didn't realize until we got home that I had one. xD) And finally, Salvatore! He is super sassy and a showoff, so we felt he was deserving of a flamboyant name. Here is his planted 6.6 gallon. My first planted tank! I am really iffy on the plants I bought. The hairgrass was dead looking enough he threw a second plant in for free. the pennywort came in such small, squished shape that I could hardly tell head nor tail of it as I gently tried to plant it. And the very gentle filter current still broke it up. :/ I have little hope for it. The other handful of moss he sent had a lot of dead loss. The anubias, though, are GORGEOUS as you can see. the water sprite was huge and easily split into three plants, the corkscrew looks rather okay, though nothing like the photos. But the subwassertang moss is really lovely. (the banana plant is from petco) All in all I won't buy from him again, but I think I did decently. Salvatore shares this tank with two little corydoras. uwu when it really fills in I might end up putting shrimp in there with him instead. so yes, between these guys and the pond I've been very busy! A bonus cory photo to close: Edited February 9, 2013 by Drowsy 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
THUNDER 80 Posted February 9, 2013 The more the merrier! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gran'sgoldies1 235 Posted February 9, 2013 (edited) Absolutely awsome new guys and I love Salvatore's planted tank. You definately have a designers eye! Stunning!. Edited February 9, 2013 by gran'sgoldies1 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
I-Goldfish 233 Posted February 9, 2013 Nice bettas ! Salvatore's tank looks more like a 66 gallon !! Is that a typo ? X 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drowsy 161 Posted February 9, 2013 Nice bettas ! Salvatore's tank looks more like a 66 gallon !! Is that a typo ? X Nope. xD It's the 6.6 gallon petco bookshelf tank. It's really lovely. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
I-Goldfish 233 Posted February 9, 2013 Nice bettas ! Salvatore's tank looks more like a 66 gallon !! Is that a typo ? X Nope. xD It's the 6.6 gallon petco bookshelf tank. It's really lovely. Must just be the camera then because for me it looks huggggggeeeee ! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gcourtney 854 Posted February 9, 2013 Nice tanks. And stunning betta 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RanchuDressing 2,542 Posted February 9, 2013 Very nice! I've had good luck with plakats holding white color. They don't tend to get a red "wash" as easily as veiltail bettas, at least in my experience. Congrats on the new fish! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stratt14goldies 962 Posted February 9, 2013 Your bettas are very pretty. I really like Rutherford's tank. Thank you do sharing. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haley_tichonuk22 1,157 Posted February 9, 2013 Gorgeous new guys!!!!!!! Yuo did great at our planting as well! Not your fault the plants came to you half dead, you totally made the best of them! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dnalex 13,633 Posted February 12, 2013 Very pretty! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thaoster 82 Posted February 12, 2013 Wow! I've never seen a beta like the first little guy stunner 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drowsy 161 Posted February 13, 2013 I got some bad photos of Rutherford. Still better than the one of him in his cup. xD 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zosmaa 7 Posted February 14, 2013 Those are some lovely looking fish. Congrats! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
