Pearlscaleperfect 3,561 Posted December 27, 2013 So I rescued a betta a few months back (august maybe?) and got him severely reduced because he was pinned to the surface looking quite pathetic:But after weeks of gradually raising the water level and doing a bit of physical therapy ( ) he's managing to live a fairly normal life.I suspect that his swim bladder is malformed most likely due to his shortened body that doubletails commonly possess, but he's fairly stable now in a tank with no current what so ever. I moved him from his smaller tank into a 3 gal and set it up as a low tech planted tank. The tank is around 3 gallons and has a few anubias, some small java ferns, duckweed and some kind of moss. I didn't have a light on it for quite a while but I had reward points to redeem so I picked up a small light for it this week. He shares the tank with two orange bee shrimp, and I plan to add a few more shrimp to it as well. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FishyMandy 6,272 Posted December 27, 2013 WOW HE is beautiful! He sure looks 1,000,000,000 times better than when you got him! Great job! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel E. 10,021 Posted December 27, 2013 (edited) WOW HE is beautiful! He sure looks 1,000,000,000 times better than when you got him! Great job! I second this :-) looks like you did a really great job Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 2 Edited December 27, 2013 by Daniel E. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Narny105 1,992 Posted December 27, 2013 wow he is looking so much better! Such a pretty betta and tank set up 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haley_tichonuk22 1,157 Posted December 27, 2013 Oh wow!!!! He looks so happy now! Gorgeous setup!!! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lis. 4,167 Posted December 27, 2013 He looks great! You've done such a great job, and the tank is beautiful too 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dnalex 13,633 Posted December 27, 2013 What an amazing job you did, MK! He is beautiful! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
motherredcap 6,284 Posted December 27, 2013 What a transformation! Nice work. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel 5,668 Posted December 27, 2013 Amazing, MK. What a great transformation. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arabpaso 21 Posted December 27, 2013 He is soooo pretty--wow. I never heard of bee shrimp but I like! What a wonderful story with a happy ending. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hidr 4,961 Posted December 27, 2013 Love the set up and your fish. Great job. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yafashelli 9,540 Posted December 27, 2013 That's one beautiful betta! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shellbell4ever 1,381 Posted December 27, 2013 wow! he's gorgeous I love your set up May I ask where you got your tank? and what make it is? 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ashlee18 1,169 Posted December 27, 2013 (edited) Great work! He must think he died and went to heaven Edited December 27, 2013 by ashlee18 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
molbert73 2,080 Posted December 28, 2013 He looks amazing! And the tank is lovely 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
amoonklein 1,212 Posted December 28, 2013 He looks SO much better and healthier in your care. Love the tank too! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pearlscaleperfect 3,561 Posted December 30, 2013 Thanks everyone! I really enjoy the lack of work this tank takes, the duckweed is currently taking over the tank surface. wow! he's gorgeous I love your set up May I ask where you got your tank? and what make it is? Honestly I've had this tank since I was a child. It was my first real tank and at the time it was called an Explorer? I think Emperor made them because they came with an internal filter that was hidden in the hood that ran a biowheel. It had a plastic rim as well but I removed that too, so now it is just a sad acrylic shell of it's former self 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
number20121 2,663 Posted December 31, 2013 He certainly looks like a happy camper now! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fantailfan1 26,742 Posted December 31, 2013 Pic #3 = Aquatic Photo of the Month entry Gorgeous tank and his color is just stunning. You've done a great job with him! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fluffy 477 Posted December 31, 2013 He looks so good. He is a beautiful betta. Does he have a name? 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ranetree 4 Posted December 31, 2013 What a handsome fish! Looks like your physio helped him out, too! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
