need quick Betta fish advice

[BoomerD]

http://www.fishyfarmacy.com/symptoms.html

http://www.pets-warehouse.com/Fishmed2.htm

http://www.fishvet.com/fw_parasite_chart.htm

 

[skywhr]

my betta committed suicide

 

[Mrvile]

Originally posted by: OdiN
and screw you melty...now you have me thinking about getting a fish tank.

His 5-gallon tank is probably too small for a betta, that's why it's getting sick. I think he needs an upwards of 75-80 gallons for a betta to survive properly.

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: skywhr
my betta committed suicide

:laugh:

 

[Jodell88]

Originally posted by: Mrvile

Originally posted by: OdiN
and screw you melty...now you have me thinking about getting a fish tank.

His 5-gallon tank is probably too small for a betta, that's why it's getting sick. I think he needs an upwards of 75-80 gallons for a betta to survive properly.

If you need an aquarium that size for a betta, you'll need an Olympic sized swimming pool for a koi. :laugh:

 

[skywhr]

he jumped out of his glass container into the kitchen sink where my wife poured ravioli broth on him.... she them put him back in his tank where he slowly succumbed to deaths cold hand...so technically he failed in his attempt but my wife finished him off...

 

[BoomerD]

Originally posted by: Mrvile

Originally posted by: OdiN
and screw you melty...now you have me thinking about getting a fish tank.

His 5-gallon tank is probably too small for a betta, that's why it's getting sick. I think he needs an upwards of 75-80 gallons for a betta to survive properly.

For a 2-3" betta? Not hardly. Keep in mind, most of them come from rice paddies, slow moving streams, ponds, and muddy drainage ditches and the like in southeast asia. (orignial wild stock, not the ones in pet stores) Most "experts say that 1 gallon is the ideal size for a bettam but 5 gallons should be great.

This sounds like a bacterial thing to me...check the links I posted above.

 

[Mrvile]

Originally posted by: BoomerD

Originally posted by: Mrvile

Originally posted by: OdiN
and screw you melty...now you have me thinking about getting a fish tank.

His 5-gallon tank is probably too small for a betta, that's why it's getting sick. I think he needs an upwards of 75-80 gallons for a betta to survive properly.

For a 2-3" betta? Not hardly. Keep in mind, most of them come from rice paddies, slow moving streams, ponds, and muddy drainage ditches and the like in southeast asia. (orignial wild stock, not the ones in pet stores) Most "experts say that 1 gallon is the ideal size for a bettam but 5 gallons should be great.

This sounds like a bacterial thing to me...check the links I posted above.

No you are wrong. Bettas are actually ocean fish, so they are very used to living in large expanses of water. Without a large tank, a betta can suffocate and potential grow bacterial infections on its eyes...I can guarantee you that the way-too-small of a tank is constricting its ability to live.

It's depressed because it wants to die.

If you were forced to live in a shoebox for the remainder of your life you'd be suicidal too. And probably have infections in your eyes.

 

[BoomerD]

Originally posted by: Mrvile

Originally posted by: BoomerD

Originally posted by: Mrvile

Originally posted by: OdiN
and screw you melty...now you have me thinking about getting a fish tank.

His 5-gallon tank is probably too small for a betta, that's why it's getting sick. I think he needs an upwards of 75-80 gallons for a betta to survive properly.

For a 2-3" betta? Not hardly. Keep in mind, most of them come from rice paddies, slow moving streams, ponds, and muddy drainage ditches and the like in southeast asia. (orignial wild stock, not the ones in pet stores) Most "experts say that 1 gallon is the ideal size for a bettam but 5 gallons should be great.

This sounds like a bacterial thing to me...check the links I posted above.

No you are wrong. Bettas are actually ocean fish, so they are very used to living in large expanses of water. Without a large tank, a betta can suffocate and potential grow bacterial infections on its eyes...I can guarantee you that the way-too-small of a tank is constricting its ability to live.

It's depressed because it wants to die.

If you were forced to live in a shoebox for the remainder of your life you'd be suicidal too. And probably have infections in your eyes.

Do your fucking research better dude...there are 2 "bettas," Beta splendens (and several other species in the same category) and the Marine Betta/comet (Calloplesiops altivelis) which is an ocean fish. The OP is refering to betta spendens...a tiny anabantoid fish from southeast asia...

 

[Mrvile]

Originally posted by: BoomerD

Originally posted by: Mrvile

Originally posted by: BoomerD

Originally posted by: Mrvile

Originally posted by: OdiN
and screw you melty...now you have me thinking about getting a fish tank.

His 5-gallon tank is probably too small for a betta, that's why it's getting sick. I think he needs an upwards of 75-80 gallons for a betta to survive properly.

For a 2-3" betta? Not hardly. Keep in mind, most of them come from rice paddies, slow moving streams, ponds, and muddy drainage ditches and the like in southeast asia. (orignial wild stock, not the ones in pet stores) Most "experts say that 1 gallon is the ideal size for a bettam but 5 gallons should be great.

This sounds like a bacterial thing to me...check the links I posted above.

No you are wrong. Bettas are actually ocean fish, so they are very used to living in large expanses of water. Without a large tank, a betta can suffocate and potential grow bacterial infections on its eyes...I can guarantee you that the way-too-small of a tank is constricting its ability to live.

It's depressed because it wants to die.

If you were forced to live in a shoebox for the remainder of your life you'd be suicidal too. And probably have infections in your eyes.

Do your fucking research better dude...there are 2 "bettas," Beta splendens (and several other species in the same category) and the Marine Betta/comet (Calloplesiops altivelis) which is an ocean fish. The OP is refering to betta spendens...a tiny anabantoid fish from southeast asia...

Whoa whoa, slow down tiger, I think someone needs their sarcasm meter checked!

All of my posts were in jest to the larger picture, meltdown being so worried about a $2 fish that can survive in the plastic cup in which they're sold.

In college, kids go through bettas like they're food, I swear to god these kids have got to be eating these fish for the turnaround rate to be as high as it is, but who cares they're $2 fish.

We cool?

 

[meltdown75]

All of my posts were in jest to the larger picture, meltdown being so worried about a $2 fish that can survive in the plastic cup in which they're sold.

you could probably survive in a closet. that's not the point. do you have a pet?

Lou Williams pwns j00!!!11!1

 

[Mrvile]

Originally posted by: meltdown75

All of my posts were in jest to the larger picture, meltdown being so worried about a $2 fish that can survive in the plastic cup in which they're sold.

you could probably survive in a closet. that's not the point. do you have a pet?

Lou Williams pwns j00!!!11!1

lol yeah I had a dog and even my own betta fish for the longest time. When I joke at you, it doesn't mean I disagree with you.

 

[PlasmaBomb]

Wiki link :beta

What temperature is the tank?
Are there any other fish in the tank?

 

[meltdown75]

he's the only fish in there. 5G tank. room temperature (about 79F right now)

 

[Mo0o]

Maybe your fish is going out a night and got a little bit of the clap.

 

[Leros]

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[evident]

Originally posted by: OdiN
and screw you melty...now you have me thinking about getting a fish tank.

LOL I was just thinking the same thing! I used to have 3 fish tanks filled with different species when i was a kid. just got me to thinking of those days now im nostalgic!

But get some of those drops, see if it helps.

 

[lightstar]

sprinkle some prozac into the tank and mr. lou will perk right up

 

[BoomerD]

Originally posted by: Mrvile

Originally posted by: BoomerD

Originally posted by: Mrvile

Originally posted by: BoomerD

Originally posted by: Mrvile

Originally posted by: OdiN
and screw you melty...now you have me thinking about getting a fish tank.

His 5-gallon tank is probably too small for a betta, that's why it's getting sick. I think he needs an upwards of 75-80 gallons for a betta to survive properly.

For a 2-3" betta? Not hardly. Keep in mind, most of them come from rice paddies, slow moving streams, ponds, and muddy drainage ditches and the like in southeast asia. (orignial wild stock, not the ones in pet stores) Most "experts say that 1 gallon is the ideal size for a bettam but 5 gallons should be great.

This sounds like a bacterial thing to me...check the links I posted above.

No you are wrong. Bettas are actually ocean fish, so they are very used to living in large expanses of water. Without a large tank, a betta can suffocate and potential grow bacterial infections on its eyes...I can guarantee you that the way-too-small of a tank is constricting its ability to live.

It's depressed because it wants to die.

If you were forced to live in a shoebox for the remainder of your life you'd be suicidal too. And probably have infections in your eyes.

Do your fucking research better dude...there are 2 "bettas," Beta splendens (and several other species in the same category) and the Marine Betta/comet (Calloplesiops altivelis) which is an ocean fish. The OP is refering to betta spendens...a tiny anabantoid fish from southeast asia...

Whoa whoa, slow down tiger, I think someone needs their sarcasm meter checked!

All of my posts were in jest to the larger picture, meltdown being so worried about a $2 fish that can survive in the plastic cup in which they're sold.

In college, kids go through bettas like they're food, I swear to god these kids have got to be eating these fish for the turnaround rate to be as high as it is, but who cares they're $2 fish.

We cool?

OK, we're definitely cool...

It seems like the Mr. Reactor batteries for my sarcasm meter just don't last anymore around here...
I apologize for blowing up...

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: E equals MC2
The cost of a new betta fish = $2.56 at Petco
The cost of drops = $5-6-7-8 who knows?

You decide. Unless you're silly and get attached to fish.

Lucky your parents decided the cost of rubbers outweighed having another one of you for free.