Please help my betta!!?
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Bowls are torture chambers, not places to keep fish. I still have a hard time understanding why people don't consider bettas and goldfish as real fish and they keep them in deplorable conditions. Part of it deals with the myth that bettas live in puddles in the wild. They actually live in rice paddies which contain thousands of gallons of water. I didn't mean this as an insult. This is just my opinion and it makes me very sad to see fish kept in bowls.
I believe people buy these fish because they see them cramped in bowls at the store or in pictures, so they think it would be entertaining to have 3 tiny goldfish in a 1 gallon tank (I have already seen this).
A lot of people are also not in tune with thinking of fish (like goldfish and bettas) as animals, but rather as a dispensable decoration. They then wonder why Mr. Goldie/Betta is dead by the end of the week...
A lot of people are also not in tune with thinking of fish (like goldfish and bettas) as animals, but rather as a dispensable decoration. They then wonder why Mr. Goldie/Betta is dead by the end of the week...
Drama queen much? There are many different ways to keep fish. Just because SOME people leave a betta in a bowl and don't ever take care of them doesn't mean that sushi necessarily do that.
I kept around 150 breeding quality (Read, VERY EXPENSIVE) bettas in 1/2 gallon critter carriers, water changed every other day. they all had stick-on thermometers and they maintained an average temperature of around 75 degrees. You would have called MY tanks "torture chambers", but my fish were fed live foods (blackworms, blood worms, baby ghost shrimp and softened baby snails) and had live plants (duckweed, but still).
I kept around 150 breeding quality (Read, VERY EXPENSIVE) bettas in 1/2 gallon critter carriers, water changed every other day. they all had stick-on thermometers and they maintained an average temperature of around 75 degrees. You would have called MY tanks "torture chambers", but my fish were fed live foods (blackworms, blood worms, baby ghost shrimp and softened baby snails) and had live plants (duckweed, but still).
I've heard of three goldfish being kept in a jam jar in Asian countries...very common there, I hear.
@Doomhed: I'm not a drama queen. Don't judge me if you don't know me. I'm allowed to be passionate about animal rights, aren't I?
@Newman: Exactly. I didn't mean for it to come out as "bettas in bowls can never survive." I just meant that usually people with little/no experience place bettas in containers that are too small, they never change the water, don't include a filter, and don't include a heater. Human ignorance toward animals is depressing.
@Doomhed: I'm not a drama queen. Don't judge me if you don't know me. I'm allowed to be passionate about animal rights, aren't I?
@Newman: Exactly. I didn't mean for it to come out as "bettas in bowls can never survive." I just meant that usually people with little/no experience place bettas in containers that are too small, they never change the water, don't include a filter, and don't include a heater. Human ignorance toward animals is depressing.
Most posts I see you make are sweeping generalizations and random protest style ranting. We get it. You want to feel like you are making a difference in the world. I only call it like I see it.
You need to learn to use less extreme terminology in your statements, instead of using flashy phrases like "torture chambers". I take extreme offense to people that have to jump and scream and protest about every little thing in this world and try to make every little thing a "protest movement". You will never find a million people to march on Washington DC over Goldfish bowls. You insult people who have had to protest for real issue and for their rights with your actions.
There is passionate, and there is attention seeking. I believe I have seen more of the latter than the former.
You need to learn to use less extreme terminology in your statements, instead of using flashy phrases like "torture chambers". I take extreme offense to people that have to jump and scream and protest about every little thing in this world and try to make every little thing a "protest movement". You will never find a million people to march on Washington DC over Goldfish bowls. You insult people who have had to protest for real issue and for their rights with your actions.
There is passionate, and there is attention seeking. I believe I have seen more of the latter than the former.
guys don't argue or be rude to other, it just gets tiresome :\
sushiroll was looking for HELP not for an argument!
@sushi
try more frequent water changes, if your tank\bowl is glass possibly try getting a mini-heater. I would do water changes 1 or 2 times weekly, and remeber, a thermometer is an essential with heaters, especially in small tanks that can easily overheat.
good luck, I hope your betta pulls through. Compared to what I've seen, it's a decent size.
sushiroll was looking for HELP not for an argument!
@sushi
try more frequent water changes, if your tank\bowl is glass possibly try getting a mini-heater. I would do water changes 1 or 2 times weekly, and remeber, a thermometer is an essential with heaters, especially in small tanks that can easily overheat.
good luck, I hope your betta pulls through. Compared to what I've seen, it's a decent size.
I'm sorry for my statement. I didn't know I'd get beat up so much just for being passionate about animals.
Sorry, sushi! I hope your betta gets better, and listen to Val, she's the most level-headed. Mini heaters are the square ones that run about 12 dollars. You can buy them about anywhere and they are rather small.
Sorry, sushi! I hope your betta gets better, and listen to Val, she's the most level-headed. Mini heaters are the square ones that run about 12 dollars. You can buy them about anywhere and they are rather small.