My husband does not share my passion for fish... but he does admire my tanks and will check out the fish (and attempt to count my cories :laugh. He has admitted that the only fish he really wants is a black betta. Funny thing, I'd seen black crowntails at one of the lfs in town a couple weeks ago.
We went today and they had two left. Both were black, but had some trace iridescence that would probably increase with age. I picked out the nicest of the two, albeit they were both very thin. The one thing I hate about this lfs is they keep their betta in those Starbucks frappuccino bottles. I can't imagine how/if they do water changes with those. :headshake2:
We threw prospective names back and forth on the drive home... "Darkness", "Nightstalker", "Fiend", "Sauron", "Lich King". Yes, we were going down that path. :naughty: The dorky Lord of the Rings path (we had an LOTR-themed wedding, including sword)... and both agreed on "Nazgul" as the perfect name for this guy.
I believe the proper term for his finnage is double-ray crowntail, but I could be wrong. His fins look like the fringe from a Spanish shawl. He looks very different from my white crowntail Sephiroth.
Oh, and he's got these weird bubble eyes - almost reminds me of a black moor goldfish! I'm hoping that they look weird because he's underweight. What do you guys think??
Oh dear, I just noticed those two teeny white dots above his head - could that be ICH??? Dammit. He's in a 6g with a bunch of endler fry (squirrel!!). If it is ich... ho-boy. :uhoh::shakehead::cry:
We went today and they had two left. Both were black, but had some trace iridescence that would probably increase with age. I picked out the nicest of the two, albeit they were both very thin. The one thing I hate about this lfs is they keep their betta in those Starbucks frappuccino bottles. I can't imagine how/if they do water changes with those. :headshake2:
We threw prospective names back and forth on the drive home... "Darkness", "Nightstalker", "Fiend", "Sauron", "Lich King". Yes, we were going down that path. :naughty: The dorky Lord of the Rings path (we had an LOTR-themed wedding, including sword)... and both agreed on "Nazgul" as the perfect name for this guy.
I believe the proper term for his finnage is double-ray crowntail, but I could be wrong. His fins look like the fringe from a Spanish shawl. He looks very different from my white crowntail Sephiroth.
Oh, and he's got these weird bubble eyes - almost reminds me of a black moor goldfish! I'm hoping that they look weird because he's underweight. What do you guys think??
Oh dear, I just noticed those two teeny white dots above his head - could that be ICH??? Dammit. He's in a 6g with a bunch of endler fry (squirrel!!). If it is ich... ho-boy. :uhoh::shakehead::cry: