Amore is my first betta, but he's, in reality, my third. There were two others before him that died. I got him on November 15 2001. This was after my other betta-who didn't have a name-passed on from dropsy(I think). I saw him and thought; "He's big and red and look at those pectoral fins!" (The ones up by there face that are usually clear) they were red! I thought he was just beautiful, hence the reason I got him. So-when I got him home-I dumped him in a big 2¼-gallon octagonal tank and he was thrilled! I had him for a while before he earned his name "Amore" it really did just kind-a come to me though. I almost named him "Starry Eyes" cause of the sparkly blue dots in his eyes, but I decided on "Amore", it fit him so well.

When I had had him for a little while I decided to add a snail to his tank, I named the snail "Napoli" (Napoli has since passed on) and put it in his tank. He was a little disturbed by the way it would detach it's self from the wall and almost land on him, but they got used to each other. One Friday night, I looked at him and he was on his side, I thought for sure this was the end of "Amore." But I was wrong the oxygen supply in his tank was turned down and he propped himself rite back up and went on with his day-to-day. Amazing. I still think, to this day, that he was drugged up, too much oxygen for a betta. He's weird that way.  In about January or December I added a black moor to my collection and Pasta Fazool, a golden mystery snail (he is still with us).  Amore and Plopty (Plopty, who is no longer with us) got along well at first, eventually I had to take Amore out of the big tank and put him in a betta holder, cause he was bighting Plopty's fins. I added Volare to my collection on December 20^th 2001.  Amore had company next to him now, either was too thrilled about this. Around the last few days of 2001 I got my ten-gallon aquarium. Plopty was happy-at least-about this. Amore and Plopty were the first to enjoy the bigness of it. Then the next day I added Volare, taking Amore out. Amore kind-a sulked that I'd been so mean as to put him in something smaller. Then around January I added Roma and Loday to my tank and Roma wouldn't allow bettas to co-exist with him, he'd pick at their fins. So both Amore and Volare went out.

Once I was preparing him for spawning and I overfed him. He was back to normal about the over feeding very quickly, thank goodness.