After getting bored with my recent betta bowls' decor, I resolved to redecorate using some old marbles and matching plastic plants. These fish are named Comet and Cupid (heehee got them around Christmas time), Comet being the male with long fins and lilac coloring and Cupid the hot pink and yellow female. Comet is roughly 3 years and 4 months, Cupid is a bit younger at 2 years 6 months. I spawned them both a long time ago, however the babies died from the cruddy water we have out here. Now they are in a blissful retirement with a devoted fish keeper to keep them happy.

Wow Goldiegirl! Your bettas are beautiful - they're lucky to have such a caring owner   How big are their tanks?

Oh wow!

LOL GoldieGirl

LOL! This means you have to marry the next betta couple you get!  

Ok I will do that then to ease my conscience. I can't believe they acted out of the confines of matrimony :O bad bettas, very bad! Thanks Nossie! They are easy to photograph in the winter because the cold air makes them sleepy. Btw Comet has an earing. (just kidding, it's only part of his gill.)

Oooh how lovely! You should post a picture!  

They are both so beautiful and look almost angelic againest the white I've never seem a female betta as beautiful as Cupid.

Awwww thanks! Heehee when I first got her she was no larger than 1 1/2 cm and completely yellowish white. Now she is well over 2 inches and much more colorful. She also eats a ton. What captures me are her eyes; brown and rimmed with blue. She is also very smart, and has learned to come up to the surface and beg for food when I tap the glass softly.

Sorry for bragging about her 

Thanksyous Nossie!!  

I'm pondering the idea of spawning them again, but I'm afraid they're too old now. I once heard you shouldn't spawn bettas when they're over 14 months old. The article never listed a reason. When they see each other when I clean their bowls I feel so bad - they begin to pace back and forth and Comet starts flaring. Perhaps they both harbor an attatchment and spend each moment longing to be together again...I just long to reunite them!  

It's an unfinished love story  

Maybe so...or perhaps the quantity of offspring would be reduced as well as the quality. Or perhaps it would be harder on elderly betta parents to exert themselves so. I've observed bettas spawning and it looks like tricky work   What's weird is that once they're done they always try to kill each other, leaving their relationship in shambles  

Oh yes its very true. But even if the parents killed each other in the wild the babies would still make it  so in the long run the mission was accomplished. Good ol' nature always knows what's she's doing I suppose. We humans have way more trouble trying to recreate her methods