My New Betta! *pictures*, My hubby rescued him! |
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  Feb 28 2008, 07:23 AM
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 Fish Crazy  Group: Members Posts: 175 Joined: 12-November 07 From: Northeast Ohio Member No.: 36883  |
Okay so now I'm up to 5 bettas at my house.
This latest boy, who I think I'm gonna name Hurricane or Rip Tide, was at Walmart suffering from a severe fungal infection when my "bettas are ugly and fish are boring" husband wandered into the betta section all on his lonesome and rescued him. I was treating him with QuIck Cure and aquarium salt because thats what I had on hand and I have the before and after pics to show you how well he's doing. He was such a sad little guy too. Before:   After two days of warm clean water and treatment:    Goes to show you what good basic care can do for a fish. What do you guys think? He's my first marble! Do you guys think he's VT or a Delta? |
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Feb 28 2008, 07:30 AM
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 Fishaholic  Group: Members Posts: 364 Joined: 6-February 07 From: Middletown, NY (about an hour north of NYC) Member No.: 28958 |
WOW! What a difference! He looks stunning, it's like night and day, and in just 2 days too! Great Job!
 It's hard to tell what kind of tail type he is between the small pics and the piece missing, but I think a VT because the top and center rays are drifting downward, if he's at a full flare that is. But keep us updated on his progress and post some more pics as his tail grows out. 
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Feb 28 2008, 07:38 AM
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Fish Crazy Group: Members Posts: 175 Joined: 12-November 07 From: Northeast Ohio Member No.: 36883 |
I will! I'm loving this little guy's spirit! He's got the heart of a lion! He had more finnage when he got to me but the fungus (columnaris maybe) that he had fell off and his fins went with it
 He's got a pretty good scar on his head right behind his gills where the scales are starting to (hopefully) grow back in. I do think it was a true fungus stemming from a wound or two he had. I wonder how he got it but at the same time I probably don't want to know. |
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Feb 28 2008, 11:47 AM
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 Fishaholic Group: Members Posts: 463 Joined: 29-January 08 From: CO Member No.: 38864 |
what an astonishing difference! wow.
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Feb 28 2008, 01:05 PM
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 Leader of the Fishes  Group: Members Posts: 1355 Joined: 10-November 07 From: Plymouth, UK Member No.: 36845 |
beautiful, nice rescue
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Feb 28 2008, 03:00 PM
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 Leader of the Fishes Group: Members Posts: 2147 Joined: 18-January 08 From: Cornwall.UK Member No.: 38509 |
WOW....you've done a fantastic job
He looks amazing now. Just shows what some TLC can do. My first Betta was called Rip Tide 
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Feb 29 2008, 03:36 AM
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Fish Crazy Group: Members Posts: 175 Joined: 12-November 07 From: Northeast Ohio Member No.: 36883 |
Thanks guys!
I'll be posting more pics soon, he keeps getting better and better, now he's got a beautiful pink iridescence all over his body. He's quick to snap up the Bio-Gold pellets I've been giving him too. I gotta pull my fingers back quick or he'll get me! 
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Feb 29 2008, 04:19 AM
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 Fish Addict Group: Members Posts: 608 Joined: 2-February 08 From: Urbana, IL Member No.: 38980 |
Thaat's such a great transformation! I hope his fin grows back quickly!
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Feb 29 2008, 08:11 AM
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 Leader of the Fishes Group: Members Posts: 2200 Joined: 23-January 07 From: South Carolina Member No.: 28504 |
Wow... give that hubby of yours a big ole hug for being a softy and rescuing the little guy! heh
It really is amazing what a loving home can do for these little guys. I can't wait to see more pics of him! |
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