welshalien

Hey everybody – meet Leonard! Until 5 hours ago, he was living in a cup at Petco. I spotted him a week ago and didn’t have a place for him but as of this afternoon, he’s taken up residence in a bookshelf tank on my kitchen counter. I fell in love with his black mask and thought about him all week. Since this tank was still in the box (gasp!!!), I turned it into a nice new betta home. After picking up my beautiful boy, I managed to drive off home (8 miles away) leaving my wallet on the roof of the car. The wonderful man who found it on the highway and called the sheriff (who, in turn, called me) is named Leonard so my new finbaby is called Leonard in honor of one of the good Samaritans left in the world!

Kelly

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Lucy

Oh, what a nice way to honor him. Welcome to Fish Lore leonard.

It's good to know there are honest people out there.

He's a beautiful boy, congrats.

MinxMermaid

OMG!!! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE his COLOR!!!!!!



see, good things come to good betta moms who rescue cup kids!!!

Martinismommy

Welcome young Betta boy! You are another gift from above...What beauty you behold....

Devon

Wow, congrats on him! It's so hard to leave them behind in a torture cup and then be preoccupied with them afterward. I imagine you were so glad to have him safe and sound with you, it would be easy to forget your wallet!
I saw a cup baby yesterday that I left behind at PetCo... slept terribly all night and had dreams about the betta in a 10 gallon tank, and how he would look when he filled out... thought of that never happening... first thing I thought of this morning was him... so I just got back 20 minutes ago from picking him up. :/

He's a handsome boy, I'm so glad that he's in a nice comfy home with you.

Tazmiche

hello dad!!! It's my dads name!!!! I will show him, my dad is not so goodlooking tho!!!!! hahahaha

ThisGuy

Hey Ryans girlfriend here. He has really nice colouring.. I always look at the Bettas when I go to the LFS with Ryan. and as you know we bought one last time because I just thought he was so pretty and didnt deserve to be in a cup.. You just cant help it.. they are so pretty!

MinxMermaid

yes we heard about this....
and we heard that he didn't want to name it....
can you help out with that girlfriend?

0morrokh

Very handsome boy. Gotta love those CT's.

ThisGuy

It's Ryan here I’m at work she's at home in bed, I’ll have to tell her to respond to this thread. She has been saying that she wants to name them so that i don't refer to them as Mr.Betta and new Mr.Betta we also have Misses.Betta .... We will see she might have to ask for help in naming them

shellbell4ever

Congrats on the new boy, he sure is handsome I can't wait to see how well he colors up after settling in some

welshalien

Ya know, Minx, I hadn't thought that karma might be involved in my wallet being returned!

Devon, that's exactly what happened. I was preoccupied trying to get the car cooled off before I put Leonard in (it was VERY hot and muggy here yesterday) that I completely forgot the wallet. Of course, the minute I got home and reached for the wallet, I immediately remembered NOT grabbing it off the roof! All's well that ends well, I say!



I'm looking forward to seeing his colors in a few days, as well! Right now I'm concentrating on getting him to eat, the little brat! Not in a panic yet because he's acting fine. And when I put a pellet in (soaked in garlic guard), it got blown around by the filter and Leonard chased it down but didn't eat it. Just looked at it and then looked at me like "well I THOUGHT it was food but it's NOT!" Maybe he's not used to pellets?

COBettaCouple

Congrats on a super handsome Betta!

welshalien

I had to block the filter outflow because it looked like Leonard was having problems with the current and all that finnage! Is this a common problem with the filtration on these bookshelf tanks?

I told my husband about our newest boy on the phone last night...hubby is on the 3rd day of a solo motorcycle trip to Wyoming (we live in central NY). There was silence on the phone....then: "we have a NEW betta?" I think he's afraid he'll come home to wall to wall fishies! Like that's a bad thing!

Kelly

Alessa

YES... I want to get me another tank but my bf is like "NOOOOOOO WAYYYYY"...

Congrats on the new boy though. HI LEO!!!

Devon

Kelly, I use a bulky piece of decor in my tank to break the current (I also have a more powerful filter than the bookshelf comes with). Planting with some stocky foliage on both ends will provide him with places to get away from the current... sometimes they love to play in it, but other times they want to get away and relax, so it's good to have both available.

Here's a photo of my setup, if it helps:



There are also some large plants on the left end that you can't really see in the photo (I've added a couple of things since this picture.) Something like this will give your new boy the best of both worlds.

My boyfriend complains about all the fish, too... says some day he won't be able to see me any more through the walls of aquariums... .... if only I could afford that many!

COBettaCouple

LOL.. That's a good thing.. maybe you should do that.

chickadee

Welcome Leonard, sounds like you have an honorable name and a loving parent. We want to let you know that you have a great home and I love your decorations. You are also stunning and your color is fantastic. So welcome and we hope you like your new home.

Congratulations on the new family.

Rose

welshalien

if I get rid of the piano....how many tanks could I fit in that space?

or wait a minute....oooooh a bunch of those bookshelf tanks would fit on TOP of the piano, I think. Where's my tape measure?

COBettaCouple

LOL.. Now that's the way to think.