my beloved Angel died yesterday
thats not the problem right now, the problem is that my friend who is staying with us(who bought me Angel as a valentines gift) went andbought me another not even hours after i had finished dissinfcting and cleaning out the tank! some of you may see this as being nice, and i know she ment well but i didnt want another betta so soon, im still heartbroken over angel, and wanted time to grieve and miss him before gettign another.

now abotu this new betta, he is blue, and has the worst cas of finrot ive ever seen, i miss angel so much and i find myself hating this newcomer, i just didnt want another. i see it as wrong to do it so soon. so now not only am i stuck with a fish i dont want or even like very much, but a sick one as well. what am i supposed to do? i cant take it back i dotn think, not without hurting feelings. im just at a loss.



(my Angel)

please dont blame the fish and your friend was only trying to help.heres a link to betta meds for fin rot

http://www.healthybetta.com/articles/Illne...edcabinet2.html

jungle fungus eliminator is good for bettas with fin rot

hope you get this little one beter

I am so sorry about Angel. Give this new betta a chance. Pretty soon Im sure he will be pulling at your heartstrings just like Angel did.

Blue is right. Let's help the new fish w/ a warm welcome

I'm very sorry for your loss but like the others have said, give this little guy a chance. No one is at fault here as your friend knew how much Angel meant to you and is just trying to help you feel better. You don't have to love him right this very moment but the right thing to do would be to care for him if you are able to.

I'm sure with a little tlc he'll be just fine. Perhaps you can show your friend how to care for the little guy and when the time comes perhaps he or she will want to take it along if you still don't want to keep him.

i am so sorry you lost Angel. I know you are still trying to get over loosing him. It was nice of your freind to get you a new betta. He probably did not realize you are still getting over Angel's death and was trying to be helpful.They meant well. A good treatment for finrot is - aquarium salt , increased heat , and some bettafix or melafix for a couple weeks. I used this treatment on my elderly betta and he did well with it.

thanks. she was just being nice, i got pi**ed at the store though, i took the sick one back caus ei didnt feel like i could handle a sick baby again, so i exchanged him for a beautiful pure white female, but then after i had made the exchange they just casually told me they had flushed the one i had returned!!!
if i had known that i would hjave fought to take them both and made a huge fuss. i was so mad i thought of just putting the new one back and boycotting them forever
i feel terrible nowi should have just kept the other one and tried to heal him, but i didnt feel like i could handle it if he didnt make it.



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OMG that is so aweful! I would never go back there again.

Wow, that is horrible! I can't believe they would do that! It's not like you knew, at least you meant well...good luck with the new guy.

Chrissy

i was treating him for it, but i just didnt think i could take the emotional roller coaster that healing a fish would take, not so soon anyways, Angel had just gotten over ich and was doing fine until his accident. i hope my new girl will be ok.

That poor fishy what a cruel thing that store did to him.That store is evil

good luck with your new baby

Poor fish As for the store, well what I can say - sadly I'm not surprised to hear of behaviour like that. You did what you thought was best Very best of luck with your new betta girl anyway

thank you guys so much, i thik i will call her pearl:)
im still upset that they did that.

Angel was beautiful! I'm sure Pearl is, too. The females can be just as lovely and amusing as the males I think. Hope she helps mend your heart.

They flushed him down the toilet!? Are they actually allowed to do that? couldn't they get into trouble for animal cruelty or something!?

Oh god i would NOT ever go there again. God, warn your friend about it too, they are murderers.

But you didn't know, Don't blame yourself. Just keep the new girl healthy and happy.

oh she is, she was reluctant to eat until i gave her a bloodworm(freezedried, soaked first) then she went nuts! i give her a few at night and she will shove all of them in her mouth as fast as she can! then she swims around prancing with the ends sticking out of her tiny mouth. its cute but after that ive been giving hwer them one at a time.

I now have 8 bettas and they all love bloodworms! They are always trying to get my attention everytime I get near so they can get more wormies--it is cute.

that is cool that she loves bloodworm. you might also tried some frozen brine shrimp. I bet she will love that too. glad she is finally eating.