some more

[marcusbacus]

this is how the blue betta looked like maybe a week after I bought him (almost 3 months ago), see how big he is now in the next pics...


these are a bit dark, the camera sucks




CHAAAAAARGE!



About to fight



some view from the top



and finally... the fight! (the purple things over the red betta isn't his colour but just a reflex of the glass)

[Rachel]

Nice shots. Your red guy's fins almost look transparent in the pics. What kind of plant do you have in their tanks?

[marcusbacus]

Yes they are almost transparent, I would say if there would be a rating for that they are like 90% transparent. They only look white or a bit pink if they are closed. He now is changing colours a bit, there is a weak blue-ish stripe in the top left bit of the tail (sometimes it looks white, sometimes it looks green), and in these pics it's not possible to see also how his tail is "splitting" in two.

The plant is an "Elodea" (Egeria densa):
www.tropica.com/productcard_1.asp?id=058

It says in this link that its light requirements are medium to high, but I was told that it's not very demanding. So far it has adapted better than other plant I had, a Ceratophyllum demersum (http://www.tropica.com/productcard_1.asp?id=021)
which didn't last over a week under the same conditions.

[Rachel]

Thanks for the info. It's hard to tell, do you have them planted in the substrate?

[marcusbacus]

No, they are just floating but are being hold in place by the gravel, placed not very deeply. They seem to not have visible roots this way (or mine didn't grow any yet), and when it's time to trim you just cut them near these nodes near the leaves (right below the node and leaves I think) and discard the bottom parts (so I was told). So far, after probably 15 days of having them I think I saw just one dead leaf (and the blue is constantly using them as a bed), and I might be wrong but they have grown something more than just a bit during this period.