Betta Fish: My new (and final) Betta boy

So I saw him today at the LFS in a half- filled pint glass. His tail is shredded due to stress, boredom and lack of space. I don’t have room for a full-on Betta tank, but I can provide him with a 3.5 litre vase, with cycled substrate and plants, and a bubbler to help keep his water sweet. As from today I’m saving up for a much larger tank which won’t freak my husband out! Anyway he does seem much happier than he was this morning, so I know I did the best thing with limited resources. He’s a dragonscale butterfly with what should be Rosetail fins, or rather, will be once I’ve given him plenty of TLC for the caudal fin.

Please don’t all pile in and give me hate-speech about his tank! I’m aware it’s way too small and I’m saving up to rectify that, but I hope you also can see that he’s so much better off than he’s been for the past 6 weeks. Also it’s easier to encourage his tail to recover in a small tank😊