10 Gallon Tank Did someone say Betta glow up?

[Lilthuglet]

Wanted to share my latest Betta glow up with y'all. Warning - the story starts a bit sad.

This is The Infishitive, Adam for short, the day I got him in late July:

He was sold as a silver veil tail. I saw him on his own, the only fish left in the cups. I honestly thought he was going to die but I didn't want to leave him to gasp his last in the bottom of a pint cup in the dark. I bought (I know) him and took him home to pop him into a nice 10 gallon that I had spare, planted it up and set up the filter with a pre-used sponge. He surprised me by perking up right away.

A week or so in he started to show some colour:


A month or so in the colour was really coming in and I was told he was probably a rose tail. He was getting bluer by the day:


Then the red started to come in around month 2:


And today we have:



If you made it this far we have a bonus peeking picture:


And a picture of Glorfishicus, Ben for short, who would be very sad to be left out. He is menacing his new mushroom here:

 

[WRWAquarium]

What a transformation

 

[Coradee]

He’s lovely, it’s amazing to watch them transform

 

[Blacksheep1]

Oh wow ! What a transformation , hes a pretty fishy . Also , I’m loving the names for them both

 

[FoldedCheese]

Glorifishicus looks like he's about to smite that mushroom. LOVE the name btw just don't get a Tara fish for him.

 

[Bettatakeover]

Love the names!!! We house Spike over here!

 

[Lilthuglet]

Glorifishicus looks like he's about to smite that mushroom. LOVE the name btw just don't get a Tara fish for him.

Thanks, had to go with the puns .

He did. For about 10 minutes then moved on to his other method of interacting with his environment, total indifference. He is a grumpy and exceedingly aggressive git who can't even be housed with a snail cos he will go for it, but I love him very much.

 

[Rose of Sharon]

That was an awesome transformation! So beautiful!!!!

 

[FoldedCheese]

Can we share our own glow-ups on this thread btw? Mick used to look a lot like Adam for short but stayed blue marble. I lowkey want to rename him Xander.

 

[Lilthuglet]

Can we share our own glow-ups on this thread btw? Mick used to look a lot like Adam for short but stayed blue marble. I lowkey want to rename him Xander.

Of course, that'd be lovely.

 

[FoldedCheese]

Awesome, here's Mick's little glow up.

 

[TheFishFella]

Wanted to share my latest Betta glow up with y'all. Warning - the story starts a bit sad.

This is The Infishitive, Adam for short, the day I got him in late July:
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He was sold as a silver veil tail. I saw him on his own, the only fish left in the cups. I honestly thought he was going to die but I didn't want to leave him to gasp his last in the bottom of a pint cup in the dark. I bought (I know) him and took him home to pop him into a nice 10 gallon that I had spare, planted it up and set up the filter with a pre-used sponge. He surprised me by perking up right away.

A week or so in he started to show some colour:
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A month or so in the colour was really coming in and I was told he was probably a rose tail. He was getting bluer by the day:
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Then the red started to come in around month 2:
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And today we have:

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If you made it this far we have a bonus peeking picture:
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And a picture of Glorfishicus, Ben for short, who would be very sad to be left out. He is menacing his new mushroom here:
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Woahhh! That’s crazy cool!!