Its beta fish day! These fish are very pretty, but did you know that it is the males that have all of this plumage? The females look much less pretty (still cute though!)

But today I wanted to talk about owning and care for these fish. The fish like the one in the picture are selectively bred for the bright colors and flowing fina and its actually a hinderence and health detriment to these fish. Think of the dogs that are bred with health issues.

Theyre also very territorial, so you should only keep one male at a time, and if you want females in the same tank, make aure to have multiple as a male can stress one female to death with its mating. Also, please, do not put it in a tiny fishbowl. Beta actually need a good amount of room, like 10+ gallons!

Coelacanth! I like this picture because it makes it look goofy. Coelacanths were thoguht to be extinct because the youngest fossil we had of one was 66 million years old, but in 1938 off the coast of South Africa, one was caught and identified.

Just kidding. No one asks.

I had to make an Entrapta meme because she may be with the horde, but I love this character.

This fish is the amazon molly. It gets its name from the greek mythological amazon warriors as the entire species is female. Sorry, boykissers. It lives in northeast mexico and southern texas and reproduces asexually by cloning itself.

This here is my favorite fish. The beautiful anglerfish. The female are dominant and in at least some species the males are much smaller and attach themselves to the body of the female and live as a parasite until they are absorbed by the larger female!