#and 1 is named after Johnny Silverhand 🤣

[kimarisgundam]

I'm kinda proud that this setup turned out well! It's my first time doing a backwater tank 😃!

It's been around 3.5 months (cycle, seasoning, and monitoring after adding my juvenile betta in) and I think everything is going great so far!

I think he's maturing well too cos his adult pattern is appearing/darkening 😃

(*coughs* I had issues at first cos I used the filter cartridge from my other betta tank to get the cycle going... not realising that there's activated carbon in it 😐

I kept adding almond leaves and wondering where my tannins were dissappearing to until I cut the cartridge open and was like "ooh..")

^ he's always begging for food 😅

He's a Betta macrostoma, a wild betta fish native to the region I live in (He's not wild caught, his parents were bred in captivity)