New Bettas... Petco Rescues!

[BettaBum873]

I went to petco today and saw all of those poor bettas lined up on the shelves in those little cups, they had the usual Vts and were having a "special" on crowntails. So I couldn't resist bringing a couple home with me. I found one VT who was so pale from stress that he appeared to be a very washed-out orangey yellow. Now hes darkened into like a coppery orange with yellow fins and a hint of blue in them. He was just sitting in the bowl part of his tail is missing, now hes in a 1 gallon container and has cheered up a lot. His name is Oliver. The other fish I got is a very young CT male. He's a dark grayish lavenderly color and his fins are bluer with a hint of red. He's pretty active and not in the shape that Olivers in. Hes so cute and has the most adorable face. His name is Shiloh. I'm on my way out to petsmart or petco to see if there are any bad off fishies that I can get, I have one empty 1 gallon left. I'll post pictures as soon as I figure out how to work my boyfriends digital camcorder.

 

[sukie]

Wait didn't you have room issues?? Am I wrong?? But didn't you just post this thread??

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=130774

 

[RandomWiktor]

BettaBum, did you get my PMs? I'm anxious to know when we're doing this so I can figure out my schedule.

 

[BettaBum873]

IF u fully read that post Sukie, I explained that room wasn't the major reason for getting rid of gabe, it was the fact that he was extremely sensitive to water quality, and the college has the worlds crappiest water. And then I didn't have any money, but I've just gotten a job and can now afford to splurge on rescue fish. Geez, u can't be happy for the fish, you people always have to point out the negative.

 

[sukie]

I'm a very negative person - what can I say

 

[grahamsokel]

Look forward to Pictures of the new arrivals

 

[Neal]

Nice one, shows your a caring person

 

[BettaBum873]

here are the pics...

Oliver, isn't he cute? In one of the pics you can see where part of his tail is missing

This is Shiloh, (not very good pics) I discovered this morning that he appears to have a swim bladder infection, so we need to treat for that, but he is so pretty!!

And this is my other new little guy, he doesn't have a name yet, I'm drawing a total blank.

 

[paige]

wow there lovely, arent betta's supposed to be in heated tanks though???

 

[BettaBum873]

Not necesarily, as long as they're in a climate controled environment. These guys reside in a room where the temp never falls lower than 75 degrees and never higher than 82 degrees