Welcome, Hinote and Mizu

[brightrosefox]

Adam just brought home two female Betta fish. One is deep dark cobalt blue, the other is flame red yellow orange. We put them in Yojimbo's tank. They're so tiny compared to him! He's putting on a flashy display now and being territorial. "My females! My pretty females! See how pretty I am with my pretty females!"

So, we now have three beautiful bettas: Sakana Yojimbo, Sakana Hinote, and Sanaka Mizu. Sakana, by the way, is Japanese for fish. Yojimbo means bodyguard, Hinote means fire, and Mizu means water. I looked it up. Although, if anyone who actually knows Japanese has any other translations, feel free to correct me. :)

Comments

[ronin-lethe.livejournal.com]

i thought only male betas were colored...

[brightrosefox.livejournal.com]

Me, too. Apparently not. These two are very small, though -- more than half the size of Yojimbo. They almost don't look like bettas.

[ronin-lethe.livejournal.com]

so it turns out that female bettas are usually brown and drab, but they have just begun breeding them to be colorful.
so you have proto-type fish!

[brightrosefox.livejournal.com]

Looks like! I never knew.