Today I went to PetCo and purchased a new bowl and supplies, and a male Halfmoon Betta! i got:

- 1 gallon bowl (glass)
- plastic plant w/ round leaves for him to lie on
- plastic blue gems
- new betta food (never had this before!  )
- MALE HALFMOON BETTA!

I'm so happy! I haven't decided what to name him yet, but I have some pictures.
Funny thing - he's got both pectoral fins, but he is only using one of them??? Neither seems injured, he occasionally uses his right fin, but usually the left. Any suggestions?

Also - any name ideas???

Thanks Hanna! I love bettas too! My first 1 was a purple regular male named Amethyst or something like that (shun me, for I don't remember!), then I had Chauncey, the Athena and her gals (Ruby, Aria, and Jubilee) and now this little beauty!
Hm... Sunny's a nice name! But I just came up with one (like, 5 minutes ago!) I think I'll call him Dusk, because of the color of his scales!! he's so pretty, i just luv him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I got Aqueon Betta Food. Here's the link to it:
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I love that name too! 

That betta food looks really good! I'll see if I can find it.

Looks like Barbarossa and Sinbad have personality! lol, Athena knows me very well and she knows when it's feeding time. She sits on my bookshelf now, and stares at me!

How much and when do you feed Barbarossa + Sinbad each day?

cool!  I'm going to see what Dusk's preferred number of granules is, see if it works with the water quality and everything, then I'll set up a schedule of either 2 or 3x a day! Athena gets a couple bloodworms in the morning and evening, haven't decided with her about the granules yet.

I luv our fishes' personalities! they're so fun! Chauncey was the friendliest betta ever - he simply refused to flare at anything, and he often curled around my hand! so cute!

one interesting thing I noticed - when I fed Athena her granules as a test feeding, I swear I could hear her "crunching" on them! Same for Ruby and Aria when I gave them a few to test feed!

wow, I didn't know that could happen!  It's really interesting!

update - Dusk is currently sitting near the plastic gems at the bottom, staring at me occasionally. Every few minutes, he swims up to the top of the tank to get some air and then surveys his new home! 

Thanks Nossie!

Doesn't he eat at all?

If so, try and get the same food he had at the pet shop, also try to feed bloodworms and blackworms sometimes. He should get back his appetite.

But they can be picky.
I tried the granules and pellets again with Sindbad... bad luck, he spits them out and looks at me....

Wow a half moon, he's gorgeous!!! I've checked out some vids on youtube and was amazed at all the different varieties of Bettas. They are such charming characters full of personality 

"he spits them out and looks at me" aww that is funny but in a concerning kind of way Hanna! Hope Sinds starts eating those pellets eventually  cheeky monkey! Wow does everyone have a Betta on here too? I feel the MTS pressing down on me...

That's a good idea~
I bet a betta would love to have a home in your 5 gallon!

They have those floating logs I guess for bettas but any ornament that he can hide in is fine.
I have some vintage ornaments I've run across here and there and my bettas love those.

He is gorgeous. Those are some amazing fins and the colour of them is so pretty

Not to worry April, Sindbad eats betta flakes, lol, which Barbarossa won't touch, bwahaha... but today at the market in Brisbane I bought another type of granules, all three - Barbarossa, Sindbad, Octavius - love them.



Not everybody on here but quite a few of us have Bettas too, 

How strange! Did you check at the pet store what they were feeding him?

Wow! just gorgeous!!

Those are show bettas and darn expensive too!