Finny CSI - Betta Searchlight

I went into the lfs a couple weeks ago to get a silk plant for my female betta tank; I was not planning on purchasing another fish. I knew that a shipment had arrived a few days before, so I figured I'd go have a look. Normally I just look.

Was admiring the new fish when I noticed how spiky they were.

O.O

For the first time in at least eight months, they'd gotten a shipment of crowntail bettas. Of course, having searched for one and failed until Nicky, I could not pass one up.

Meet Searchlight. Though I think I should have named him "Grissom". He spent hours very thoroughly investigating each and every glass stone and fake plant leaf in his tank, and he's very methodical about chasing the laser pointer. He is the CSI of my betta swarm.

Yes, he still has that little curl in his dorsal. The tighter curl has actually managed to wrap itself around the next spike, and on him it actually looks cute. He actually likes the camera (as opposed to my other bettas) but he's so hyper he won't hold any one pose long enough for me to take a picture. This pic was only achieved by use of a mirror. He's actually telling me off for "putting another betta so close to his territory" XD