Well, from this blog, you may not be surprised, but I've taken yet another plunge. Today, I bought a 0.5-gallon Betta kit, made by Hagen of test-kit fame. It's great. It's got a hinged cover, a slot for an optional light, plus some ugly purple substrate. I plan to get black substrate with some grey pebbles. The kit even includes a horrid little plastic plant that will be just perfect.

At Justin's today, I asked him about Plakat bettas. He blew my socks off by showing me several species of Betta, from the popular long-finned variety, to several short-fin types and even some dwarfs. It was very exciting. When my light unit arrives and I've conditioned a little water, I'm going to get one of Justin's larger short fin Plakats. Wicked.