Lincoln

[WrongPython]

Congrats on your nice little betta, dakski! He's a very pretty boy

Yeah, Lincoln's definitely a plakat (that more traditional short-finned variety), and it looks like he's something called a marble color-wise. Marbles can go through a bit of a color change throughout their life, so don't be surprised if his various spots and color patches start shifting around. A marble male I had went and turned completely blue after a few years!

It's nice to see that Lincoln's in a heated, filtered set-up. I'm actually planning on bumping the two betta I have now into similar setups sometime soon - they're both getting older and have had fin rot issues pop up recently, so I think they need something a little more stable/controlled than the planted 2.5 gallon setups they're in now. Maybe I'll post some photos of them once they're settled in to new digs.

Trinityblood - if you'd like any help with your marine tank, feel free to send me a PM. I had a similarly sized reef tank for many years and would be glad to help out! The only real reason I don't have it running now is because of how much of a pain it would be to move, particularly at the frequency with which I've been moving the last few years.

Zincubus - I've never personally heard of bloodworms burrowing through fishes' stomachs before. Other worms, maybe, but not bloodworms. If something like that did happen, it would pretty much be for the reasons nikkubus said.