Kiwibird
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- Jul 12, 2012
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- 1 BFA- Kiwi. Hatch circa 98', forever home with us Dec. 08'
So I know I've mentioned before that I really wanted to set up a small aquarium. In fact, I bought this aquarium several years ago and just never got around to setting it up. I was planning to do some kind of high tech nano setup but decided to go with something a bit less complex to maintain. Instead I decided on a nice fish for newbies- a veiltail Betta! I've been looking for/prepared to bring a Betta home so he wasn't an impulse purchase, but we stopped in Petco on our way home from Christmas shopping and they had just moved all the cups to a cart for cleaning. Unfortunately for the employee, I went through all of them and ruined his neat stack of cups and found the most interesting colored Betta on the very bottom. I loved his pale peachy color and while he appeared healthy and responsive, he also wasn't 'hyperactive' and freaking out like some of the others. I named him bamboo because when I got him home, I set him on my bamboo coffee table tray and he was very close in color to the bamboo wood. His tank is a bit sparse right now, I am still researching plants to add but I did get him some 'Betta balls' so he does have something alive in there with him. So without further rambling on, let me introduce Bamboo!
He seems to be settling in. He was swimming all over/exploring yesterday and even hung out in his little cave for a while He refused to eat the first night and didn't eat much yesterday either, but this morning he ate all 3 of his pellets so I guess he must be hungry/getting used to his new home/new food.
And this his Betta mansion
My husband says that it's really big for one fish, so once there is sufficient plants in there, we're going to add some shrimp and maybe some kind of small nano fish but not sure on that. We'll see how he does with shrimps first.
He seems to be settling in. He was swimming all over/exploring yesterday and even hung out in his little cave for a while He refused to eat the first night and didn't eat much yesterday either, but this morning he ate all 3 of his pellets so I guess he must be hungry/getting used to his new home/new food.
And this his Betta mansion
My husband says that it's really big for one fish, so once there is sufficient plants in there, we're going to add some shrimp and maybe some kind of small nano fish but not sure on that. We'll see how he does with shrimps first.
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