!! the vase is not intended to be his forever home !!

I made the mistake of loitering in one of my local pet supply stores and accidentally made eye contact with this betta... who was marked down to about five dollars and some change... so anyway it's been about three days now and he's already made the biggest bubble nest I've ever seen. (my other betta has made a few attempts, but they seem to disintegrate in about fifteen minutes.) 

Honestly, I kinda really love having a fish in this "tank." It's about three gallons, give or take, and I've had it set up for a while with the intention of using it as a cull jar for my shrimp. (it began as a cull jar for snails.) 

The biggest issue longterm is the curved glass. Not only the overall form, but each individual section within the wire wrap is its own "bubble" curving out. Admittedly, it's been really interesting watching him figure out the best angles to view me from! There's some spots where the glass flattens out that he uses when he wants a good look at me, but for the most part he doesn't seem too bothered. Sometimes he'll press against the glass and sliiiiide along the curve (but he doesn't do it frequently enough that I'd consider it glass surfing.) 

So, so far so good! He's obviously settled in very quickly lol, and he did a happy little dance when i got out of bed this morning, which was a lovely way to start the day! Pretty soon I'll have to think of a name for him...



Veil in a Vase