I had a Beta named Alpha some years back. Pretty cool fish! I am currently in a search (of the local shops) for the 4 or 5 koi that will be residing in the new pond!!!!! I think it's too cool to watch the koi practically come out of the water to eat! Koi are interesting and specialty breeders can charge thousands of dollars for em. I'm going for the prettiest $4.5 little swimmers I can find. Sorry fer getting a little off topic, but probably better than starting a pond thread that noone is interested in!!!!