Betta Fish - Tumblr Posts

Galaxy Betta Fish.

Iron is only formed in the hearts of dying stars, and its a key component of vertebrate blood. This fish, like all of us, is made of star-stuff and the galaxies in its fins reflect that.

But astro-axolotl why a fish when all vertebrates have iron in their blood? Good question. The answer is I just really, really like fish.

So Long Old Friend/Man

FISHB

LGBettas back again for pride, new and improved!! Happy Pride month everyone 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💞

Beautiful bettas from a Thai breeder [x]

writing a book has me researching about fish, their behaviour and how to take care of them, kinda makes me wanna get a fish but i want cats more sorry fish

also if u have knowledge of marine life/biology feel free to dump info i'd appreciate it 🙏

Today’s acrylic paintings. A quick beach study, and a Monarch Betta! Not an actual variant (I think)

Might make him into an a5 print :)

The progress shots below -

Omigosh these are so cute

Unironically, I think this one would look good

So I uh… I might have a problem. It rhymes with shmish.

Been making these little koi/bettas lately but I’m running out of surface space. Might make nice presents for people. Idk. They’re polymer clay painted with acrylic, and then resin. I’m trying to think of colour schemes, so if anyone has any suggestions, hit me up. X

just made my first uquiz,, here’s the link if u wanna find out what betta fish you would be!!

https://uquiz.com/cuRU3L

I don’t understand this fish sometimes… >>

Embroidery Art Hoops / DIY Patterns

Yingifts on Etsy

Miniatures / Jewelry

Animomal on Etsy

Nano tank project, 16L.

Summer moments

My old betta. He was extremely beautiful.

i admire the betta fish because i also am beautiful and want to fight everyone

Yuugana the Betta

Help.

I know tumblr isnt usually the place you go asking for help but im desperate. My parents got me a betta and expect me to put it in the large tank with angel fish and guppies and i read online that its not the best. I have another option of a 2 gallon tank but its definitely too small. I cant give it away cos its a birthday gift. I am an absolute begginer and have absolutely no idea what to do now. Anyone with more experience with bettas willing to help?

This is absolutely heartbreaking. An animal is a life, no matter if it has fur or scales or fins

this is literally no way to treat any animal, and it’s completely avoidable.  

.5ppm+ ammonia is inexcusable - this betta was literally burning alive every second he was in that water - and it’s entirely from lack of care.  not to mention his fins are literally rotting off and he is completely emaciated - this fish was not being fed.

for example, here is my completely healthy male dumbo eared betta, arwen:

his back has a nice curve outward to it, meaning he is a healthy weight.  his stomach has a gentle swell, meaning he was fed recently and an appropriate amount for his size.  he doesn’t have fin rot, meaning his fins are not blackening and necrotic - literally rotting away.

for comparison, here is the doubletail male i got today:

both his back and stomach are sunken in - this betta is both emaciated and hasn’t eaten in several days at least.  his fins are necrotic and rotting away - he is quite literally decaying while still alive.  he is also VERY pale - meaning he is stressed and sick. (NOTE:  the healthy betta used as an example isn’t a double tail - which means exactly what it sounds like. he only has one tail while the betta i got today has two)

this is a comparison between the two from above:

it was difficult to take a picture of arwen from above because a healthy betta is very unlikely to sit still when your hands are hovering above them - my betta would be excited and dancing around for food, because they are conditioned to associate my hands above them with eating.  in general, a healthy betta isn’t going to sit still for a picture.  aside from that, i think it’s very apparent the difference between the two.  arwen’s body is all gentle, healthy curves. his head isn’t large in proportion to his body and it doesn’t look weirdly disjointed from the rest of his body.

i’d normally post this to my fish blog, but i think it’s extremely important for people to really SEE this cruelty for what it is and understand just how easy it would be to provide proper care. i don’t suggest anyone “rescue” a betta from petsmart or any other store- especially walmart.  that being said, i just couldn’t leave him, he was belly up and i knew if i didnt take him no one else would - not like it would have mattered because i got him at closing and i know he wouldnt have survived the night had i not taken him. i also saw an opportunity for education - because i have 10k followers on this blog.

this is his new home. a clean, warm environment dosed with aquarium salt and stressguard(a fish antiseptic).  i will have to monitor him closely for a while, change out his water daily and dose him with more antiseptic and aquarium salt.

this is the difference in just 5 hours

please, properly care for your animals, and dont support companies that don’t.

Betta fish by me!