Taridan
Fishaholic
I've officially got the betta bug XD We went to walmart last night and i just wanted to look and see if they had any females I could get to add to my sorority... and, well, I didn't see any, and then my fiancee saw a sticker for them... I guess if they had had any they were long gone by the time I got there, as they had them in a tank with Oscars... at least, that what it looked like by the stickers. >.< Stupid people.
So, hoping maybe they'd have some females in the cups, I started looking those... I don't feel knowledgable enough to take the really badly off betta's, but there was one that had maybe an inch of water in his cup and the water was filthy dirty... I couldn't even tell what color he was. Dark, but other than that couldn't tell... and there was another that had three other cups on top of it, and the fish looked dead so I moved the three cups to the counter, and when I picked it up he started swimming around... poor darling had a rip in his tail that went almost all the way to his body. >.<
So, since I didn't have any more tanks or room, and i felt bad, I looked at the 'Betta tank'... you know the one thats like, maybe 6x2x5? The one that comes with a divider so you can keep two in there? Well, there was an open one so I pulled it out to get a look... its not even that big since the corners are rounded. but they didn't have any other types of small tanks.. all the rest shown were 10 gallons or more, and out of my price range.
6 yet, get this, in the arts and crafts section they had glass 'vases' that would be perfect for a betta, if only they had a lid... but I didn't have enough to buy two and I wanted to get both betta's so, back to the fish section i went, and this time, after looking around more (I'm only 5 feet 1 1/2 inches tall) on the -VERY- top shelf were "pet Transporters" So I helped myself to the ladder nearby and climbed up and found four one gallon plastic rectangular tanks. one of which had a crack all the way down, but I took the two best ones, and even though there had been four tanks, there were only two tops. So I took those too.
I know one gallons not much, but its better than what they were in. The one in the very dirty cup seems to be a dark brown crimson with his tail darkening to a really dark shade of blue and he has red sores on his face, like he'd banged himself into his cup one too many times. The on with the ripped tail has two toned fins, red closer to his body and white farther out... sort of like a messy butterfly pattern, but its hard to tell with the way his fins are, and I still don't know what color his body will be... I'm thinking a pastel, but until I'm sure he's not stressed any more I won't say for sure.
Can't get pics up until probably later in the week.
I gave them both salt baths before putting them in their new homes, and I've been adding Melafix to their tanks as well... any other suggestions to help with fin healing?
So, hoping maybe they'd have some females in the cups, I started looking those... I don't feel knowledgable enough to take the really badly off betta's, but there was one that had maybe an inch of water in his cup and the water was filthy dirty... I couldn't even tell what color he was. Dark, but other than that couldn't tell... and there was another that had three other cups on top of it, and the fish looked dead so I moved the three cups to the counter, and when I picked it up he started swimming around... poor darling had a rip in his tail that went almost all the way to his body. >.<
So, since I didn't have any more tanks or room, and i felt bad, I looked at the 'Betta tank'... you know the one thats like, maybe 6x2x5? The one that comes with a divider so you can keep two in there? Well, there was an open one so I pulled it out to get a look... its not even that big since the corners are rounded. but they didn't have any other types of small tanks.. all the rest shown were 10 gallons or more, and out of my price range.
6 yet, get this, in the arts and crafts section they had glass 'vases' that would be perfect for a betta, if only they had a lid... but I didn't have enough to buy two and I wanted to get both betta's so, back to the fish section i went, and this time, after looking around more (I'm only 5 feet 1 1/2 inches tall) on the -VERY- top shelf were "pet Transporters" So I helped myself to the ladder nearby and climbed up and found four one gallon plastic rectangular tanks. one of which had a crack all the way down, but I took the two best ones, and even though there had been four tanks, there were only two tops. So I took those too. I know one gallons not much, but its better than what they were in. The one in the very dirty cup seems to be a dark brown crimson with his tail darkening to a really dark shade of blue and he has red sores on his face, like he'd banged himself into his cup one too many times. The on with the ripped tail has two toned fins, red closer to his body and white farther out... sort of like a messy butterfly pattern, but its hard to tell with the way his fins are, and I still don't know what color his body will be... I'm thinking a pastel, but until I'm sure he's not stressed any more I won't say for sure.
Can't get pics up until probably later in the week.
I gave them both salt baths before putting them in their new homes, and I've been adding Melafix to their tanks as well... any other suggestions to help with fin healing?
Good luck and keep us posted!
. Poor little guys. Thank gosh you rescued them from the miserable life of living in a cup. I can't believe your friend wants to do that.
