Hi.. I'm a casual Betta owner.. It all started when.. *cue flashback dream scene*
*shakes head back to the present*
Anyway.. long story short I have rescued 2 Betta (I have a total of 3, each has his own 2.5 gallon tank with plenty of decor, each has a ghost shrimp to assist in leftover food removal). Now I've had a pleco placed in my care.. I'm keeping him away from my other fins simply because he looks, in short, bad. His tank-mate was another Betta (NOT mine!) who had chewed every fin from his poor little body down to nubbins, and he's even missing his whiskers! He's got popeye to the point of blindness and he's eaten so much his belly won't let him latch onto the side of the tank. He's quite energetic still, though, which is why I refused to let his previous owner flush him down the drain. My question is this: is it worth keeping him alive? Will his fins regrow? I'm pretty sure I can put his chunky rump on a diet, but will it do more harm than good? I'm open to any advice out there.
*shakes head back to the present*
Anyway.. long story short I have rescued 2 Betta (I have a total of 3, each has his own 2.5 gallon tank with plenty of decor, each has a ghost shrimp to assist in leftover food removal). Now I've had a pleco placed in my care.. I'm keeping him away from my other fins simply because he looks, in short, bad. His tank-mate was another Betta (NOT mine!) who had chewed every fin from his poor little body down to nubbins, and he's even missing his whiskers! He's got popeye to the point of blindness and he's eaten so much his belly won't let him latch onto the side of the tank. He's quite energetic still, though, which is why I refused to let his previous owner flush him down the drain. My question is this: is it worth keeping him alive? Will his fins regrow? I'm pretty sure I can put his chunky rump on a diet, but will it do more harm than good? I'm open to any advice out there.
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