OK, so really we just call him Fishy, but I like my spelling better. Our kiddos have their first pet, a blue veil tail betta from the local fish store. Learning about our aquatic friend has been quite the eye opener as I didn't have fish when I was young.
Apparently there are clubs, and associations, and a world congress for siamese fighting fish. I nevery knew there was so much attention payed to these little $7 fish. Well, the ones that the clubs oo and ah about are quite a bit more pricey. You can pay $20-60 for a spectacular fish from a breeder. Ususally the LFS has the cast offs from the breeding programs.
As you can imagine, the start up cost for a new aquarist is about 90% stuff, and 10% fish.
I'll say this for our little refugee from the LFS, he has quite a personality! He thinks he is king of the world. He flares up at food, fingers, and his own reflection.
I'll have to figure out how to take some good pictures to post.
Anyways, you can feed Virtual Vishay over on the right. Drop some food by clicking in his bowl.
