Betta Anonymous

[ral]

I have purchased 6 betta's in the past six weeks. Yesterday I was supposed to buy one, and came back home with two

Only lack of available tanks (I keep one 2.5G spare in case of leaks in the others) kept me from getting three (I don't have anymore space, seriuosly).

While I love my fish this has gotta stop at sometime.

Reasons for not buying more betta's:

1. The more fish I have, the less time I have to care for each one

Help me out?

 

[GuppyDude]

Bettas are like cigarettes, easy to pick up, hard to put down, good luck with your addiction. Atleast here your not alone

 

[newfishies]

no sooner did i get my 5 gal set up for 2 of my boys, than i happened upon 2 cute little ladies to occupy the 1 gal tanks vacated by the boys.... now for some tanks in the bedroom....

 

[ral]

Bettas are like cigarettes, easy to pick up, hard to put down, good luck with your addiction. Atleast here your not alone

That is... very comforting

A bunch of Betta addicts all one place.

 

[Synirr]

I've got at least 20 bettas now, so I'm afraid I'm not going to be of much help!

 

[Danno]

think of it this way; if you didnt buy those fish then someone who could have used them to fight each other and kill each other. Atleast you arent addicting to something, lets say....like....pot.

 

[ral]

if you didnt buy those fish then someone who could have used them to fight each other and kill each other.

Oh no.... with that kind of thinking I will hit 20 no time

 

[littlefishie]

I have 5 bettas right now. And my tropical tank.
It started out with one male betta at the beginning of October. Then a 5 gallon kit that was on sale, so that got guppies. Then I bought another one when I took my housemate to get a betta.
Then I discovered a new pet store. I've bought two bettas from them. I also rescued my poor little white one, Prince Igor, from a nasty Petsmart cup.
Now I have to make sure that my boyfriend stops me from buying more bettas, because my desk barely has room for my laptop!

 

[Dwarfs]

I was addicted to bettas, but I broke that addiction with various oddballs You need to distract yourself with different interesting fish It worked for me

 

[Synirr]

I was addicted to bettas, but I broke that addiction with various oddballs You need to distract yourself with different interesting fish It worked for me

Yeah, I kinda broke my addiction with an oscar and bichir.... now I have MTS, though, and am already scheming about how to get myself a 100+ gallon tank as quickly as possible.

 

[corykitty516]

I was addicted to bettas, but I broke that addiction with various oddballs You need to distract yourself with different interesting fish It worked for me

hmmm.... I think that means that bettas are a "gateway drug" if you will.... first its "oh honey, I'll just get one betta in a small tank" then its ... "dont we have room for another 10g on the counter?" then you are moving house just to accomidate a 55 gal setup ... I'm telling you ... Its a slippery slope.

 

[ral]

I was addicted to bettas, but I broke that addiction with various oddballs You need to distract yourself with different interesting fish It worked for me

Yeah, I kinda broke my addiction with an oscar and bichir.... now I have MTS, though, and am already scheming about how to get myself a 100+ gallon tank as quickly as possible.

Sound like out of the frying pan and into the fire....

 

[mlaugh]

I have 3 5 gallon betta tanks plus 3 other tanks, and a huge 75gallon that I have no place to put...hubby says "No more!" We live in military housing, so I sorta ran out of room...otherwise my home would be full of aquariums.

It's a sickness. LOL

 

[f250fisherman]

Maybe wuv can tell us how to stop. She has it under control....

 

[Fishy411]

just move somewhere like me where u only find a good betta twice a year.