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That Betta ! 😍 Love those fins !

That certainly is a beautiful Betta, my first betta looked very similar, that was my first ever tank and fish! I used to feed my beetas with daphnia and mosquito larvae, before I moved, I don't have a pond here. so unfortunately my new betta only gets 'bug bites' now, though he may be eating baby red cherry shrimp from his tank when I'm not looking - the numbers of shrimp have decreased but the tank os very densely planted (translation to reality - overgrown)? I see some mosquito larvae in your photo and remember watching my betta chasing them around, great to watch and means less mosquitoes around, so a double win? Those shrimp do look black, but blue velvet can be virtually black so maybe that is what they are. I especially like the ones with the brown stripe along their back! I also used to collect dry leaves from outside for the shrimps, mainly oak but I thiink there were some mulberry occasionally? I used to have that floating plant you have as well but the roots grew so fast it was a weekly job trimming them so stopped using those when I moved. Is that in one of your outside tubs as I see some duckweed in there also? What is kept in there, I see a red cherry shrimp or two I think?

Hello again, I just caught out some blue/ black shrimp from the pond, unfortunately it was only 2C so they are a bit cold and I couldn’t get the blue to stand out in the picture. They are just left to breed and need culling but basically they are just left to have a good life so colour isn’t important. Next time I see some nice blues I will take a better picture I caught out 60 last week for the shop and the blue stood out beautifully once they were in a warm tank. The Betta was just fed some live mosquito larvae and was stalking them. Not the best pictures but shows his lovely long fins. He rests on the plants in between catching his dinner. I have also shown the bathtubs and my mulberry plants. Anyone with access to a mulberry tree can grow them very easily and quickly. I just trim a few stems leaving only the top leaf and stick them straight into the pot. The main thing is to keep them moist. Water daily in summer and fertilise each change of season. Mine all come from my original plant bought back in 2013 and have kept my shrimp in mulberry heaven since then. A big plus is getting to eat the mulberries while cutting the leaves off. They fruit twice yearly so a win all round looks like the pictures didn't upload oops! The betta