Naturally, when I saw the little guy, I feel in love with him! The two small boxes beside him (above the fish tanks) were empty; he stuck out charmingly.
I settled on a name after debating a few hours…Oriel was the first choice, Falkor the second one.
Why did I decide on Falkor?
The fish is completely blue except for when he fans out his tail it shows the color red (the guy at PetSmart said that's why this type of betta is called a fire one, it looks like a flame).
In addition, Falkor’s back fin reminded me of a dragon’s wing.
So, you ask, where does the name Falkor come from?
It’s the name of a luckdragon from Michael Ende's novel "The Neverending Story" that had red eyes and breathed blue fire and was Bastian’s companion.
The name fit, and so it stayed.
