A couple of photos of my new betta, the pale blue delta tail marble.
Marble means two colours on the body and fins in a random blotchy pattern. This is subject to change in both design and colour as the fish ages. Delta tail means a tail that has straight sides, as opposed to curved, and the edges are between 90 and 120
o apart when flaring.
His tail is slightly split at the edge. I suspect these were caused when I bought him. This branch of Maidenhead Aquatics has its bettas in a rack system. Each betta is in its own small tank, and water continuously trickles in from pipes above the tanks. There is a hole in each one about an inch from the top at the back, and the water overflows though the hole and down the back of the rack. In front of the rack is a white plastic worktop.
The chap rolled down the sides of the bag and decanted the contents of the tank, water and fish, into the bag. Only this betta didn't like that idea and jumped, ending up on the worktop. The chap carefully scooped him into the bag (
) and he seemed no worse for it, except for the splits which appeared the following day. I'm doing daily water changes and the splits do seem to be healing slowly.
The tank is a 25 litre rectangular tank, w 45cm; d 25cm; h 26cm. It is on a worktop in the kitchen and the long side runs front to back, so what the photo shows is the view through the shorter side.