I didn't intend to get a betta just yet- was planning on waiting another week! But I went to my local spot to get a better water hardness test and while I was chatting to one of the employees about my tank, water parameters, all of that. I spotted this gorgeous boy.
They took his little container down and he promptly introduced himself by swimming up to say hi. He kept circling and coming back to me and, after I shared the records of my water tests and my tank maintenance schedule with the guys at the shop, they said I was clear to take him home.
I named him Damocles after one of my favorite songs. He lives in a 10 gallon with three cherry shrimp (ii, iii, and iv) who he seems to be mostly ignoring, and a bunch of pest snails that he likes to bully a little. Hopefully the assassin snail will help clean some of those up. He already knows where the little feeding portal at the top of his tank is, he always swims up to the front to greet me. I've caught him just watching me at my desk, working, and he loves swimming through the bubbles from the air stone. It's been one day and I absolutely adore him!
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Posted by Hazel2468