Have you ever had a betta fish?
I have had one of the colorful fresh watered fish. They're cool. Have you?
Yes!. I got one for my young daughter. It lived for 7 months.
Taht's awesome. Theyre known as the siamese fighting fish. I had a red one as a kid growing up.
I like that name! Do you know why they do not require a large fishbowl?
Yeah they can't participate with each other in a group. I didn't know that.
I wonder if they ever get lonely. 
That makes me think of the janet jackson song I get lonely lol. They seme ok.
I told my daughter that she could pick the one she wanted, and she chose the ugliest one on the shelf lol
5.5 in) in the Akar betta ("B. akarensis").
Bettas are anabantoids, which means they can breathe atmospheric air using a unique organ called the labyrinth. This accounts for their ability to thrive in low-oxygen water conditions that would kill most other fish, such as rice paddies, slow-moving streams, drainage ditches, and large puddles.
The bettas exhibit two kinds of spawning behaviour: some build bubble nests, such as "B. splendens", while others are mouthbrooders, such
hear with great regret of your departure. They say there are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it, but I doubt if they will come to our hook. It is not only that you have shown so much capacity, moderation, tact, and temper ; but you have had the talent to make these gifts recognized and appreciated among our very captious population. For my part, I always thought your presence the best thing that the treaty had brought us."
Ide returned to the islands