Because everyone else was getting a Betta........

[Mr.B 2,535]

I have been wanting to get a new betta for a long time, but the chain stores near me do not take very good care of their bettas, so I was refusing to buy from them and had planned on getting one from a breeder or an importer in the spring (still planning on that, but shhhhhhhh it's a secret!). Anyway, I was visiting a town a few hours down the road and happened to visit a store that had happy, healthy looking fish. Since so many people have been getting betta fish lately and I was getting uber jealous about it and because I really liked this fish I got him and brought him home and named him Pearl.

.........he seemed more like a "Pearl" when he was in his cup. Plus, that picture is all hair and makeup. His colors are more iridescent and purple-blue in person. Anyway, he's a pretty fish........you get the point.

Thanks for looking.

[Daniel E. 10,021]

Looks healthy and pretty is that the Orchid coloration

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[jenzaar 11,605]

Very cool!
I have never really been a betta person, but like you said Kokos folk have been all over them lately and I'm coming to see there appeal

[fantailfan1 26,742]

Well I don't have a betta but now I'm jealous.

 

He's gorgeous!  Love the color.  I'm sure he's even more stunning in person

[FishyMandy 6,278]

Wow he is stunning!

[koko 14,341]

wow hun very nice

[Mr.B 2,535]

14 hours ago, Daniel E. said:

Looks healthy and pretty is that the Orchid coloration

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I'm not sure what it would be called. I am trying to learn more about color and tail types, but I'm still dumbfounded by much of the information so far. I think he's a metallic rose-tail. I also think he may be a dragon scale type as well, but I can't say for sure. There was another fish next to him that had the same finnage and similar coloration that was labeled a dragon scale, but I would bet these fish could have come from the same spawn even though they were labeled as different types. 

Thanks for the kind words, everyone. Pearl appreciated them. :)

[Shahbazin 1,110]

Congrats on your new fish!  Yes, bettas are enticing

[DawnMichele 6,045]

He is GORGEOUS Dan!!!!

[Mikey 6,780]

Congrats on the betta!! He is beautiful Dan!!

[Hidr 4,961]

Very pretty. 

[shellbell4ever 1,381]

Very nice := congrats on the new addition

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[DawnMichele 6,045]

Just now, shellbell4ever said:

Very nice := congrats on the new addition

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Love your new tank set up Shelly!!!!!  

[Flipper 13,057]

So handsome

 

his name cracks me up  very cute!

Edited February 2, 2017 by Flipper