23 year old art major, amateur cartoonist, and rat fancier. This blog is 90% reblogs and rats, the remaining is personal art and the occasional blog entry.
I just want you all to know how much I adore my Duke. He’s such a creepy little betta, he always needs to be able to see me and he follows my hands when I wiggle them at him.
Anyway, his tank is behind my laptop and so he’s always hovering right over my laptop.
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and when I acknowledge him he gets excited and wiggles insanely.
Don’t worry, Dukely. You are a lovely creep and I love you. :V
Also he is probably the most successfully alive fish I’ve ever kept. He’s still alive and healthy anyway, hurr~
Here’s my little Dukefish, being fabulously sassy as he always is~
He became severely bloated about a month ago and after a lengthy fasting-and-pea session, I was afraid I was battling a failing battle with Dropsy. He became sluggish and stayed at the bottom of the tank most of the time. He also lost a lot of his pretty red color. There was a point where his belly was as big as Skittle. :x
After having no luck with the pea, I moved him to a small bowl and followed a Dropsy “remedy” I found that required treating his water and frequent bowl cleanings. I fasted and pea treated again, and eventually, his belly gradually went down.
Here, it is full of delicious brine shrimp. :P He’s not 100%, still a bit round, but I can definitely tell he’s feeling better. He’s wiggling around like a maniac again, he’s gotten his color back, and even felt good enough to flare for me tonight! :’D
Thought I’d upload some pictures of my new babby, Duke (Wellington) hurhur. :B
He’s a pretty little Crowntail Betta. We brought him home from work yesterday and he seems to be adjusting nicely. <3
So, this is my tank setup as of yesterday!
I picked up some little pieces of “C” and “T” PVC pipe and a rock cave for hiding places, as well as all of those colorful silk plants. And I just stumbled upon those gemstone rocks buried in my closet, so I washed them up and stuck them in there as well!
I actually took the pair of glasses out since I took this, because I wasn’t sure if it was completely safe… anyone have any input on that? I thought it’d be neat in there, but I wasn’t sure if the plastic would be okay for the water? :T
Also yeah lol, my bandana from the SG dance will serve as a backdrop until I have a chance to draw something super trippy :P
So, I bought a 3 gallon aquarium today while stopping to get some ice cream to deliver to my mouth and also some for Matt lol.
I’ve been seeing a lot of contradicting info on how many gallons I’d need for a single betta, but the general consensus seems to say 3 gallons is… okay for them. I’ve seen them in much smaller enclosures, but I didn’t want anything smaller than what I got because it just seems too small. I think he’ll be fine in there since I only plan on having a single fish in there.
Anyway, gonna pick up a heater and some decorations tomorrow at work and then start cycling this tank for when I get me my new babby. <3
Also I will pictures when it’s all set up!
I kinda want to get a betta fish.
From what I’ve read so far, they don’t seem too hard to keep, especially for non-fish savvy folks like me, and I’ve really been missing having something to take care of. I might read up a bit more on them… and stop looking at all these cute betta pictures. ;u;
