Kai the Dude

You say “betta,” I say “alpha.” [In memory of Kai the Dude, the funny and lovable betta of MetasActReon.]

[betta-kai]

A Goodbye

Hi, everyone, MetasActReon here. I will no longer be using this account due to the fact that Kai is no longer. I just returned from a short trip and am now fighting some ich that has somehow attacked my tank. Kai, beautiful and full of personality, was found dead. My dad says that he had been alive yesterday, but a lot can change within a few hours. Two of my tetras are gone as well (Thruster and Cruizer) and one is really badly covered with the ich, the others having just a couple spots. Wish me luck. I miss my Kai greatly, but I have to save my tetras right now. Thank you all for everything, for interacting and following this blog. Hopefully I can get this taken care of and find a new betta to bring into my heart.

Thank you all.

@metasactreon

[sterbainhoney]

Im in love

[betta-kai]

Oh, another yellow salamander! Hello fellow salamander!

[betta-kai]

RHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!

[pet-of-subs]

He’s got his warface on!!

[betta-kai]

Damn right, I do.

[frogbucket-deactivated20181214]

PLEASE HELP

we just moved into our house today and i found this litrle guy here

I did a 25% water change with bottled water (its all i have other than tap) and i was wondering if anyone could tell me if there is anything immediately medically wrong with this poor little guy. Im going to put him in a real tank as soon as i have all the stuff he needs. Im not ready for this at all holy crap (also if anyone in the area of Portland Oregon has a tank, water conditioner, or any other supplies they could donate i would be so grateful since nobody in my house has a job we just moved here today)

Any advice and help would be so wonderful, im close to tears at this poor little fellas treatment.

[betta-kai]

BUMP! Thank you for taking this seriously and I hope your surprise fish ends up happy and healthy!

[betta-kai]

... New tank mates. New. Tank. Mates. NEW TANK MATES! *hides on leaf hammock, the last place of peace and quiet*

[tropiquatic]

Reblog if you're a fishblr blog

Reblog if you’re an aquablr blog Reblog if you’re a reptiblr blog Reblog if you’re an amphiblr blog Reblog if you’re a frogblr blog Reblog if you’re a plantblr blog Reblog if you’re a catblr blog

..and I’ll check you out and more than likely follow you! If you enjoy any of the blogs that reblogged this, follow them! If you enjoy my blog, follow me!

[wilysnakecrew]

Reptiblr here!

[tailsandco]

100% ball pythons!

[snekerdoodles]

I am a reptiblr! and sometimes i art

[sneksnack-dot-me]

Everything except frogs! But that will change in the near future as my collection expands! I also have an art blob!

[mrsboopsnoot]

I have a snake and a nameless geck and I reblog all manner of reptiles and amphibians. 

[paws-gills-and-polyps]

Buried under work right now, but I exist!

[letsgetsalty]

Reef and freshwater, plants, plus the occasional lizard!

[my-bettas-blog]

Fishblr! (And snails)

[betta-kai]

Bettablr... and anything that ends up in my tank... or around it.

[betta-kai]

I just faceplanted into the sand chasing after my pellet this morning and got mouthful of f*ckin' sand! Didn't even get the pellet till the second try. The hell is this sh*t?

[tortle-deactivated20160430]

I find people who say their bettas can live in cups because they live in ‘puddles’ in the wild hilarious. this is betta splenden the betta you purchase as a pet.

this is a wild betta

Are you seeing the difference here. pet betta

wild betta

and two I mean have you even seen a nature show before have you SEEN a wild bettas habitat? Allow me to enlighten you.

wild betta in natural habitat (a slow moving stream)

so this

lives in this

this

should live in this

Remember: 2.5+ gallons a proper heater clean water lots of hiding places. That betta you buy in the store is the equivilent of comparing a chihuahua to a wolf. and isn’t this

prettier than this?

I think everyone can spare a measely two and a half gallons.

[haiku-robot]

i think everyone can spare a measely two and a half gallons

^Haiku^bot^6. I detect haikus with 5-7-5 format. Sometimes I make mistakes. | Who do I read? | Contact | HAIKU BOT NO | Good bot! | Meep morp! Zeet!

[betta-kai]

RHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!

[betta-kai]

Archive time! This was taken when @metasactreon first got me! My tail was soooo short back then.

[the-secret-treehouse-deactivate]

Never posted my betta before because Bettablr is… intimidating for me … BUT this is my guy!! His name is Ribbon and he’s a rescue fish! From ½ gallon bowl to 30 gallon tank. Livin’ large.

[greekbettas]

Bettablr is the cooles and super pumped to meet Ribbon! 😍❤️

[fishposting]

What a beautiful boy!!! And an incredibly pretty tank!!!

[pet-of-subs]

What a lucky boy! He’s absolutely marvelous

[betta-kai]

*looks at awesome 30 gallon. Looks at personal 10 gallon*

@metasactreon, you need to step up your game.

[thepancakehoarder]

Hey Tumblr!! Help rehab a fish in need of help?

This is the story about how I went to a party and came home the next day with a carrot who likes to swim.

I was at a friends house for a party the other night, and discovered they had abandoned their betta, so I asked them if I could possibly have the fish, and re home it (I grew up my entire life having betta’s, so I have a soft spot for them). Long story short, I now have a fish that resembles a carrot with ranch dip in my care.

(On the left) are the conditions I picked it up this morning in… The water was cloudy, the filter, heater, and light are all broken on the tank she had provided me (as I have discovered today..) in addition to the tank being too small for the fish. There was also weird neon green lumps in the gravel, in addition to the copious amount of poop (which was easy to clean up). And in addition to all this, he is extremely skinny for a Betta, and is suffering from fin rot. I already have him on medication, new food, and  have done a deep cleaning of the tank.

I have no idea what to do about the actual tank situation though, given that I am a struggling college student and in the midst of moving out, so money is non-existent to rehab him properly. Ideally I would like to move him to a larger tank (such as the fluval spec on the right), but I lack the funds to do so. So, I will be starting a go fund me to give this boy the best life possible, in addition to covering his medication.

Please help out any way you can, to rehab my new carrot stick, link to his go fund me will be below, in addition to my amazon wishlist if you want to help buy the tank outright (which would be amazing):

https://www.gofundme.com/save-a-betta&rcid=r01-153041300811-bce4c4256268404b&pc=ot_co_campmgmt_w

**If you can’t donate anything, please reblog this post to spread the word so I help get him the care and tank he deserves after his mistreatment**

[betta-kai]

Betta blogs help bettas, that's the goal here. My own owner is a poor starving college student (and has already started the project of updating my tank with birthday money which has already costed too much,) and says "Here's to helping out the poor starving betta owning college students."

To @casualpancakes, good luck to you and Carrot Stick.

[betta-kai]

What's this? What's this? A blue floaty? Real plants? My old surfboards? Room to swim? The hell is this?

[betta-kai]

I just wanna say... SREW YOU, SCREW EVERYONE, SCREW THIS CUP! NO WARNING, NO SIGN, JUST SHLOOP AND I'M IN HERE!!! WTF?!?

[pet-of-subs]

“Oi m8 u wanna go?? I’ll fookin fite ya!”

[betta-kai]

You wanna go, bro? I’ll clog the filter with ya! Don’t mess with The Dude, dude.

[pet-of-subs]

U WOT m8? Ah’ll take ye on. All ah gotta do is lower yer tank a few degree an ye a goner

[betta-kai]

Can't take the heat then you gonna get beat! Don't go challenging fish if you can't handle their surf 'cause you'll end up on the terf!

[pet-of-subs]

“Oi m8 u wanna go?? I’ll fookin fite ya!”

[betta-kai]

You wanna go, bro? I'll clog the filter with ya! Don't mess with The Dude, dude.

[betta-kai]

MARS WAS GONE FOR 3 DAYS >3 DAYS< THEY'RE BACK, THEY'RE BACK And they got new treats for me! (A different brand of bloodworms.)