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So, at my best friends wedding I brought home a new pet. It's a betta fish, I named her Esperanza Dos, in remembrance of the fish that Tariina and I once had together in an apartment in Phoenix. In fact, I think that I got that fish from my uncles wedding in Santa Barbara in 1999. It's a really pretty fish, Purpley blue, with a patch of red somewhere in there. Not that different from other bettas. I went to PetSmart, got it a cool little tank, and since I hate cleaning said tank, I got a sweet little snail to eat up all of the poo. (It's the circle of life ya'll...)

So I do a little research on ol' Esperanza, because there are tons of bubbles on the top of the water. I'm concerned that the bubbles are due to the wrong temperature water, or a reaction to the food or the snail, so I google away. And what do I find out?

well, she's a tranny... Yes, the colorful bettas are all males. And, they are used to creating the bubbles as nests for the eggs that would potentially attach to said bubbles when he is ready to mate. It said that they are normally very active fish if the water temp is right... better move his/her tank.

And the snail is good with him, but now it tells me that they should be in a much bigger container than what I have... and that putting real plants on top of the containers are very bad for bettas. They have this organ which is very similar to a human lung, and they surface the water to breathe, and thats why the fish just hangs out on the fake plant that came with the tank. It's much easier to rest and breathe at the top of the tank there. They are also aparently very, very territorial, so he is living in that plant to claim his stake.

Woah, my fish is way more advanced and cool than I thought. And, they are meat eaters, so once in a while it says to drop some bugs on top of the water, or some blood worms. You know, the good shit. So there you have it, Betta's are a cool pet and easy to take care of to boot.