marquismirage - I actually thought the same at first and wondered whether he was a she, but the lady in MA assured he he was indeed a male betta - not that it really mattered as I wasn't planning on him having any tankmates
Thank you everyone - he is indeed lovely I've definitely found him a little distracting when sitting at the kitchen table to do some work! Fcmf - life still very busy! I have exams coming up soon and just had the results of a big assignment back but I 'just keep swimming' and it seems to be going OK so far! Can't wait for April though where I have a bit of a break from it all (though of course should really be working on my dissertation rather than relaxing!).
Ooh do you have a picture of your Plakat Littlefish? I do love Bettas! Casper is very active and also pretty greedy, I gave him some peas yesterday which most fish I've had before have taken a while to get used to - not him, he'd gobbled it all up straight away including quite a large piece I hadn't mushed quite so well! I then had a flashback to when one of my fish (I think an endler) had got a bit of pea wedged in his mouth and had a bit of a panic but he seemed to have swallowed it no problem, no wonder they have a bad reputation with shrimp!
Sue - he is very small so potentially is quite young, but I think you're right that he's a Plakat and potentially half moon - I thought of you as soon as I saw him actually as I remembered you liked Plakats
They always seem to have some lovely Bettas in this particular MA - when I called up to check they had some for sale before I went in (as last time I rode all the way there only to find they had lots in but they'd only just arrived so weren't for sale) they said they had a yellow betta but he must have been purchased before I arrived as I didn't see him! They had two white bettas, but the other wasn't a Plakat. I wouldn't have thought of having a white fish before but actually as soon as I saw him I knew I wanted him, the colours stand out so well in the tank. He has red colouring so must be 'Cambodian' colouring as you say Sue - and in certain lights has a blue and purple tint to his white
It would be nice to have something else in the tank with him but since it's only a small tank I don't think there's much that can go with him, and after seeing him with that bit of pea I don't think any shrimp would be a good idea!