First Pet

My Little girl asked for a pet. So, she got a Betta Splendens AKA the Siamese Fighting Fish. She has named "Blue Angel". Pictures will come soon.


The Betta Splendens AKA the Siamese Fighting Fish come from Siam , which is now known as Thailand . The natural foods that the bettas eat are misquitolarvae and other water organisims . In the wild the betta's fins are short and not very pretty ..They live in the rice patties of Thailand and breath with an organ called the labyrinth . Until the orients discovered them they were still short finned . After continuous breeding and experienments the bettas began to have long , flowing , beautiful fins . They now come in many different colors and tail shapes . The double tail was actually a deformity that formed over the years.