Inspiration<3... LeiLei And Candice :)

[MistersMom]

I saw both of your threads yesterday about the bettas you saved and felt inspired to do the same today when i saw this Delta boy at the LPS and the lady said he had been there for a month but no one liked his color, i asked for a reduce price, of 3.99 and then realized maybe i can get him for free... I got him 100% free, the lady said he would die other wise. so meet my new Boy, who i hope with the help of Candice MM and LeiLei , to bring to health! :D You 2 really are very good hearted people, Thanks for the Inspiration!! Notice the filthy cup too? yeah i did.... :/

[lvandert]

oh my goodness, poor boy! I'm hoping he will pull through for you!

[jCo72]

oh good for you! He'll definitely be happy in a new environment. And in the long run I'd consider him pretty lucky for having a color no one liked because he ended up in a good home :)

[MyRainbowBettaFish]

HE IS SO BEAUTIFUL AND UNIQUE! i am actually surprised no one got them, that coloring cellophane/pale yellow is not that common. But then again, people go for the common colored bettas: red and blue (?)
But hey, if they like it, go for it. I personally like the unique ones, with rare colors, personalities, patterns, etc....eye color....

Congrats on your little guy! Kudos to you for rescuing your little guy!

[LionCalie]

Good save! Poor guy needs some TLC and clean water, what a concept.

[MistersMom]

Thanks you guys, and he was the only Delta out of a bunch of very healthy looking CT and VT boys. the rest were black with blue or reds on them, i saw him and was surprised, that LPS shop normally has healthy fish. i brought him home and put him in some clean water with some AQ salt.

[MistersMom]

I can't get him to move, he likes that one spot, unless i move something near him or poke the glass, he just chills by the heater, i just did a 100% water change, i added prime conditioner w/slime coat, and some AQ salt, i let him acclimate, then put him in there.... he's a little darker that he was yesterday, if he makes it through and darkens up like i know he will, he'll be a copper-ish color i think. he's a pretty little boy... but he's very sluggish... :/ but his fins arent bleeding anymore! thats a plus... i put a bubbler a heater, and a cave in there for him... he doesnt use the hammock i put in there though, i may move it...

[lvandert]

keep it up, he's starting to look better. He's also really skinny, maybe he just doesn't have the nutrition to be swimming around yet.

[MistersMom]

Thanks, I think he may have swim bladder... how do i fix that? he tends to lay or lean on one side, or float sideways....

[lvandert]

you can start a 1tsp epsom salt treatment if it gets worse, but you'll have to stop the aq salt treatments. Sometimes fish actually look like they have SBD when their malnourished. Give him a week or two to get some meat on his bones and see how he swims then