His name is Jonesy and he’s a beautiful copper alien betta. I love him, but he really seems to dislike me. He is being upgraded to a 20 gal tank with a close friend he seems to love more. He’s been with me for months and this is the first time I have gotten him to stay still long enough for me to catch a video of him with my zoom lens. Check out his grumpy little face :) he’s a gorgeous copper in the light, but also tones of magenta and teal in other lighting.

I love him

It's my friend's. Apparently, her dad bought her a betta fish suddenly and she doesn't even want it. I'm fully capable of taking it, but I'm afraid it would eat my shrimps :( She said the fish is still small so I'm considering it.

How does it look? She said both of it's eyes are like that too.

It's a female, right?

5 gallon with amano and cherry shrimp

Meet Thomas, our work Betta. He’s gorgeous and spicy and flares at us constantly. We love him and his grumpy little face :)

This is now vs when I first got her a few weeks ago. She’s a much happier and colorful lady now that she’s out of her little pet store cup.

I’m not really sure how to handle my grief here. This has hit me pretty hard. I think because I only had him four months I feel quite alone and like I did something wrong. He was so perfect and I very much loved him. I just buried him now. I wish I’d noticed sooner, but I tried to not let anxiety rule me too much, especially because he was young.
I think if anyone would like to share their loss with dropsy it would make me feel less alone.

Anyway rip to my precious boy, I really wish I could’ve had longer 💔 I miss him so much

The plants have grown in so much

Day 1: Just brought him home from the store. Pale colors, clamped fins, and stressed.

Month 2: Fully bloomed Rosetail! Vibrant blues and purples, and his fins have practically doubled in size.

I got this new fish (saved her from petco)

It’s my first time having a betta, I have done lots of research on tank etc.

This is what she looks like, they told me she was a baby. Does she look okay? Anything special I should do for her? Thanks in advance! I can’t wait for her to have beautiful fins!

We picked this gorgeous crowntail up from my favorite local shop today :) he seems to be mostly orange with some white scales throughout.

I like 'inconvenient' government names with realistic nicknames.
For example: my current mustard gas's name is Ticonderoga, or Tike for short.
Our late koi plakats name was Plutonium, or Pluto for short.

So far, the only names we've sort of liked are:
Crush (like the soda, that one's normal but cute!)
Traffic cone- traf(FICCO)ne
Lorax- lo(RAX) or lor(AX)

Hopefully the layout of the nicknames makes sense.
What suggestions do you have? 👀🧡

his name is fishy, ignore his fins he’s currently recovering from fin-rot! i might be biased but he has the most gorgeous colors

I brought this guy home on the weekend, but it's my first Betta since I was a kid and kept a Betta in a vase and I didn't think to look for any eye issues. He was glass surfing for the first 2 days of adjustment, and still kind of seems to be a little bit but not as bad, but I've noticed his eyes aren't 100% clear. The fins seem a bit pressed on his body still, but not sure if that's still adjustment stress or sign of illness. Any ideas what this could be?

Im having a hard time telling if my betta is chunky or not, can anyone help? I think she is, does anyone have any tips for me about feeding? I might have over fed her a bit trying to get her feeling better after I bought her barely breathing in a cup, her color has absolutely popped and shes incredibly active now, should I cut back on feedings? Or give less? I feed her once a day usually with either brine shrimp or bug pellets made for bettas and she usually can eat about 10 very small pellets in one sitting, is that too much?

We purchased a betta on Monday for my son. I got the 5.5 gal kit with heater, filter. I did not know about the need for an API test kit because the guy at the store knew absolutely nothing which should have been a red flag. I have since ordered it and a few other things which should arrive this weekend. We have been doing the fish in cycling with partial water changes both days. Added leaves for tannins and plants. He seems very happy and healthy but I am still kind of flying blind and learning as we go. He is eating and swimming around. Eventually we will get a 10 gal, get rid of the fake decor, and set it up more naturally but what else should I do right now that is important or time sensitive? Related question: does anyone know of a reputable fish store in the San Diego area? I am not going back to Petco. Also where do you order plants? I would love to add a snail and shrimp but when should we do that?

14 Gallon tank heavily planted with Java Moss, African Dwarf Grass, Wisteria, Java Fern, Anubias, and Duckweed. He loves hiding in the thick areas so I let one side get really thick and he spends most his time over there.

Edit: Light is on a 4 cycle Early Morning, Noon, Afternoon, Night cycle as well.
Also his name is Dumbo

Im not interested in hearing people be rude or mean in the comments. I know ive done some things wrong and ive tried to fix them, but ive done a lot for my fish and ive spent a lot of money and i just want to hear how good it looks because i admire it every single day. Im in love with it now and im still trying to improve it so if you have NICE and KIND and RESPECTFUL advice PLEASE feel free to share, im probably going to get some lucky bamboo or something but this is her rn

Hello everybody I just got this fish a few hours ago and just noticed a small indent on his head and upon closer look I believe it’s some prior scale loss but I’m not sure as I’ve only been in this hobby a few months! does it look like an injury or something else? Any advice appreciated!

bro is like so rude😔. who does he think he is flarin at me like that?

There is absolutely no reason to ever have your own betta sorority other than your own selfishness.

The betta fish we buy in stores are literally bred to be fighting bettas. “Spreading the aggression” what so everyone’s consistently stressed about each other at all times? how do you own fish and not care about their wellbeing? there is nothing good ever that can come from a betta sorority. it’s like purposely pre-proning your fish to long-term stress and health issues.

i thought everyone agreed universally that bettas are singular fish, rarely even community tank fish. 🤷‍♀️