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HI everyone! I have been delightfully checking out these forums and website the last number of weeks through my research into aquatic topics online and in particular, betta care... and have finally decided to make my first post about my first little fishy friend in well over 10 years!
Say 'hi' to Jason... Jason Voorhees... or Mr. J or JV for short As you might well have guessed the reasons for my naming him so, I have to point out that I didn't realize that it in fact WAS Friday the 13th that day until I brought him home and considered what to name him later that night. For the record, I am not exactly obsessed with those movies and characters, but I have always loved the horror genre in general, am rather geeky to begin with and thought, 'well hey, he's a boy fishy, so why not, right!?', and NOT naming him Jason considering the day I found him at my LFS would have bugged me, so I figured his naming was 'all meant to be'
The above picture was JV on day 3 after coming home... let's just say he's been thoroughly enjoying a planted, 3.5 gal filtered tank (and now recently a heater!) compared to the small, tightly lidded plastic container he was surviving in at my LFS... with blue tinted water, apparently being treated for finrot or simply his torn fin... the 10-12 other bettas at the store were also being treated as well in their little containers... Friday the 13th was clearly a lucky day for this betta!
This next picture is Mr. J only 6 days into his new abode... his color had brightened and his head has gotten darker, plus he's shown some new fin growth on his bottom fin as well as some new general growth all around, especially his bottom dorsal fins Is it just me or does anyone else think his top fin was ripped off at some point? I notice an interesting line that looks like it was regrown in the past, but hard to say or know for sure... if his bottom fin being ripped is any indication, than odds are, yes...
Here's a grand view of his 'aquatic mansion' as of the last week...
I decorated his home mostly with beautiful natural river stones I gathered from the mountain valleys of Georgia and another piece from Colorado, plus some plants: narrow leaf java fern, java moss, and some water sprite. Oh yea, and an almond leaf
Here's one last picture of his fin regrowth at 10 days... his new orange color was slowly starting to come in a few days prior to this photo. You can also see clearer parts on the edges of his tail fin in particular where he's gotten some more growth.
All in all, I made sure to do frequent partial water changes since the setup of the tank to keep the the water parameters in check while the tank cycled (yes, with Mr. J in it, but have been using added beneficial bacteria daily, testing for ammonia levels, ph, etc, plus have some established biomedia in some other tanks that I transferred to help his tank along)... frankly, considering he was in my eyes somewhat of a rescue at the time, I figured he'd do alright with what circumstances I was going to set him up in overall when all was said and done. Considering how fast he's colored up and how fast his fins have grown back, think he's well on his way to shear betta bliss!
Here's one last pic of Jason hunting a few days ago... I love his feathertail, general coloring/pattern and overall smaller size to him at the moment... I hope he'll get a little bigger in time (fins and bodywise), he seems somewhat juvenile or young adult, though it could be genetics from what I've read.
As for food, he's been enjoying Fluval's new 'bug bites' betta formula (I really like the ingredients, very wholesome it seems) and this last week I got some frozen bloodworms as supplemental food and snacks. He even got to enjoy a baby cherry shrimp last night that didn't make it from my bf's rescape of his 6.5 gal cherry shrimp tank... actually a number of them didn't make it and I released about 4-5 extremely tiny fellows in total into Mr. J's abode for added fun and hunting adventure...
And if JV needs a pal he can't hunt but perhaps steal food from occasionally, lol... he's recently got a little brown stripped mystery snail as a friend as well
I've named the snail 'Crazy' Ralph!
As you can see and probably tell by my long post, I've been thoroughly enamored by my new betta!!
I hope to further update JV's fin regrowth with pictures in the future, as I haven't seen many good photos online or in these forums in general of fin regrowth after finrot or other damage.
Thanks everyone for reading and taking a look at my new aquatic friends, Jason and Ralph!!
Say 'hi' to Jason... Jason Voorhees... or Mr. J or JV for short As you might well have guessed the reasons for my naming him so, I have to point out that I didn't realize that it in fact WAS Friday the 13th that day until I brought him home and considered what to name him later that night. For the record, I am not exactly obsessed with those movies and characters, but I have always loved the horror genre in general, am rather geeky to begin with and thought, 'well hey, he's a boy fishy, so why not, right!?', and NOT naming him Jason considering the day I found him at my LFS would have bugged me, so I figured his naming was 'all meant to be'
The above picture was JV on day 3 after coming home... let's just say he's been thoroughly enjoying a planted, 3.5 gal filtered tank (and now recently a heater!) compared to the small, tightly lidded plastic container he was surviving in at my LFS... with blue tinted water, apparently being treated for finrot or simply his torn fin... the 10-12 other bettas at the store were also being treated as well in their little containers... Friday the 13th was clearly a lucky day for this betta!
This next picture is Mr. J only 6 days into his new abode... his color had brightened and his head has gotten darker, plus he's shown some new fin growth on his bottom fin as well as some new general growth all around, especially his bottom dorsal fins Is it just me or does anyone else think his top fin was ripped off at some point? I notice an interesting line that looks like it was regrown in the past, but hard to say or know for sure... if his bottom fin being ripped is any indication, than odds are, yes...
Here's a grand view of his 'aquatic mansion' as of the last week...
I decorated his home mostly with beautiful natural river stones I gathered from the mountain valleys of Georgia and another piece from Colorado, plus some plants: narrow leaf java fern, java moss, and some water sprite. Oh yea, and an almond leaf
Here's one last picture of his fin regrowth at 10 days... his new orange color was slowly starting to come in a few days prior to this photo. You can also see clearer parts on the edges of his tail fin in particular where he's gotten some more growth.
All in all, I made sure to do frequent partial water changes since the setup of the tank to keep the the water parameters in check while the tank cycled (yes, with Mr. J in it, but have been using added beneficial bacteria daily, testing for ammonia levels, ph, etc, plus have some established biomedia in some other tanks that I transferred to help his tank along)... frankly, considering he was in my eyes somewhat of a rescue at the time, I figured he'd do alright with what circumstances I was going to set him up in overall when all was said and done. Considering how fast he's colored up and how fast his fins have grown back, think he's well on his way to shear betta bliss!
Here's one last pic of Jason hunting a few days ago... I love his feathertail, general coloring/pattern and overall smaller size to him at the moment... I hope he'll get a little bigger in time (fins and bodywise), he seems somewhat juvenile or young adult, though it could be genetics from what I've read.
As for food, he's been enjoying Fluval's new 'bug bites' betta formula (I really like the ingredients, very wholesome it seems) and this last week I got some frozen bloodworms as supplemental food and snacks. He even got to enjoy a baby cherry shrimp last night that didn't make it from my bf's rescape of his 6.5 gal cherry shrimp tank... actually a number of them didn't make it and I released about 4-5 extremely tiny fellows in total into Mr. J's abode for added fun and hunting adventure...
And if JV needs a pal he can't hunt but perhaps steal food from occasionally, lol... he's recently got a little brown stripped mystery snail as a friend as well
I've named the snail 'Crazy' Ralph!
As you can see and probably tell by my long post, I've been thoroughly enamored by my new betta!!
I hope to further update JV's fin regrowth with pictures in the future, as I haven't seen many good photos online or in these forums in general of fin regrowth after finrot or other damage.
Thanks everyone for reading and taking a look at my new aquatic friends, Jason and Ralph!!
