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January 27th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Before And After Betta Pics
Here are pictures of Ares when I first got him at wal mart, about two months ago, and pictures of him today! Just goes to show you what proper heating and filtration can do for a poor betta in an awful cup!
Last edited by agabr123; January 29th, 2009 at 03:21 PM.
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January 27th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
|  I love before and after pics!!! It's great to see the bettas all colored up! | |
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January 27th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| I know, it's such a good feeling to know that they can really reach their full potential under my care!
Oh, and everyone who has had experience with this and has pics, PLEASE feel free to post them! | |
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January 27th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| Not exactly the same. This is our new Betta, straight from my LFS, photo taken after 10mins in tank. The lady who owns the LFS takes great care of all the fish, as if they were her own pets. It's good to know there are people selling fish commercially who take good care of them! | |
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January 27th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Nick Goody  Not exactly the same. This is our new Betta, straight from my LFS, photo taken after 10mins in tank. The lady who owns the LFS takes great care of all the fish, as if they were her own pets. It's good to know there are people selling fish commercially who take good care of them! | that's always good! congrats on him AND on finding a good LFS! | |
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January 27th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| nice, before and after shots you can tell his much happier. | |
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January 27th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Thanks! I like to think so...and I'm sure he is happier now in his 5 gallon tank rather than his <.5 liter cup! | |
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January 27th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| I've never seen Bettas in cups, must be awful for them. How big are the cups?, like a cup you drink from? | |
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January 27th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| no, they're way smaller than that. my friend's came in the size of a small dixie cup. most are about 3 inches tall and 3 inches in diameter with a plastic snap-on lid.... | |
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January 27th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
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Originally Posted by agabr123 | That is shocking! | |
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January 27th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| yeah...it really is....that's why they get so many pity buys (from me of course)....and also why people think that they can be kept happily in a goldfish bowl (none of which should ever hold a goldfish either!!!) | |
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January 27th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| You did a wonderful job with him! He is a beautiful boy! | |
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January 27th, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| The cup I got Sir Elton from was one cup of water exactly (I use pyrex to acclimate because I know exactly how much 50-50 is, and they get boiled often enough that they're super clean) My LFS at least takes the time to change out the water and had the bettas hanging on a heated wall, but still- such a tiny cup.
I love the before and after photos! That little string of blue really blossomed, didn't it? Such a pretty little man <3 | |
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January 27th, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| Wow, what a difference!
He's a pretty boy! | |
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January 27th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| I mentioned on another thread but his before pic is a perfect picture of my Ember.
He's come a long way keep up the good work. | |
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January 27th, 2009
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| | Master Of Fish Poo!
| They respond so well to proper conditions. There should be before and after pics above the death cups asking betta buyers which would they want! | |
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January 27th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| thanks everybody, i didn't even realize how much he had grown and colored up until i was looking at the before pictures. even i was shocked!
oh, and the blue on his body isn't a reflection, he's actually turning blue! i was so excited when i saw that! | |
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January 27th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| great job..beautiful betta! | |
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January 27th, 2009
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| He's really pretty, and you've obviously done a great job nursing him to health!  | |
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January 28th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| thanks, i'm SO glad that i got pictures of him when we got him, i had completely forgotten what he used to look like until i saw those!!!
I should send emails to people at wal mart showing what they're doing to their bettas...... | |
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January 28th, 2009
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Originally Posted by agabr123 I should send emails to people at wal mart showing what they're doing to their bettas...... | Oooh! I like that idea! The betta looks fabulous, by the way. Good job! | |
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January 28th, 2009
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| my lfs keaps them in a size of a drinking glass cylinder containers with gravel.
its a step up but not good anofe.
last time i was in the had full moon betta (3) such a suprise never seen them before.ps: they never have had them.
i wanted them so bad but i dont have money for a heater and filter and everything else. i got so sad  then i wacked the counters to shreds  JK | |
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January 29th, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| wow!!! wut a change in health n appearance!!! i hate when people dont properly take care of bettas!!! i wudnt survive in a cup!!! | |
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January 30th, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| well for u it would be more like surviving in a bathroom.
all around in your own waste and getting new food every day so u can pollute your home even more.
also cyclops would come in and empty your nasty smelling confined portapotty | |
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January 30th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
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Originally Posted by Lucy | thanks lucy, i had seen that thread before and couldn't for the life of me remember what it was called to post there!  | |
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March 15th, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| Wow, I didnt even know some walmarts sell fish. Well, It was great that you rescued him from walmart anyway, he looks great! | |
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March 15th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
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Originally Posted by agabr123 thanks, i'm SO glad that i got pictures of him when we got him, i had completely forgotten what he used to look like until i saw those!!!
I should send emails to people at wal mart showing what they're doing to their bettas...... | Alex, he looks so much better! He is such a beautiful boy I totally know what you mean. I look at pics of some of my fish from a long time ago and am shocked by how different they look. My angel pair that I got a year ago are almost 4 inches now and I forgot how little they were when I got them until I stumbled across the pics. | |
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March 15th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
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Originally Posted by PufferofDoom Wow, I didnt even know some walmarts sell fish. Well, It was great that you rescued him from walmart anyway, he looks great! | unfortunately they do it's sad because even the best LFS around here keeps their bettas in tiny cups. Quote:
Originally Posted by MissMTS Alex, he looks so much better! He is such a beautiful boy I totally know what you mean. I look at pics of some of my fish from a long time ago and am shocked by how different they look. My angel pair that I got a year ago are almost 4 inches now and I forgot how little they were when I got them until I stumbled across the pics. | thank you! he's very special to me, he's definitely had the most visible improvement of all of my "cup babies" | |
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