#crown tail

[pharmabetta]

Talk to the tail. 🐉✨

[leighandblu]

I lov him my sweet child

[sappho-snek]

Can't remember if I posted Aqua! Got her about a month ago from work (Petsmart). She not exactly the smartest gal but she's pretty fun! She's currently in a 5.5 gal with two nerites. I'd love to upgrade her to a 10 but I don't quite have the space.

[247loveworld]

[un-vampiro-metrosexual]

Mermay day 1-2-3 !! Day 1: “You as a mermaid” Day 2: “One of your friends as a mermaid” @ozmorixx ❤🐬 Day 3: “One of your OCs as a mermaid”

[notyour-cup-of-tea]

So Thanatos is a dementor. But he’s still handsome. 😍

[cedar-maw]

For some reason, people still think this is an acceptable set up for a male Betta fish! This is an image taken from my sibling's home, so I don't feel bad about criticizing it, especially considering how much we've spoken about the proper care of this species. This is a less than 1 gallon tank, unheated, unfiltered, and probably poor managed. The appropriate set up for this species is a tank that holds at least 2.5 gallons of water, and has more run than rise; rice paddies may be shallow, but they often stretch for long distances! A heater set around 75-80° should be ideal, though I may be wrong(i grew up on Celsius). Next, filter with a soft flow is vital. They aren't great with strong currents, and their long fins are easily damaged. This tank should also have hiding places!! A singular plastic plant won't be enough, and could've dangerous. A soft material will reduce the possibility of fin damage. A floating hollow "log" works well for hiding and can be found at most pet stores. If planting a tank with live flora, make sure to use appropriate substrate and a lamp to provide artificial sunlight. I've seen some people use wood in their tanks, though I'm not sure what steps must be taken to ensure no adverse effects(rotting, etc.). As always, make sure to do thorough research on the animal you want to have as a pet. The tank shown in the photo above is an all too common mistake that many Betta owners make, but with a little research, you can improve your pet's quality of life tenfold. :)

[emeraldlyaqua]

So my boyfriend’s sister got a betta fish about a year ago. The girl is about 20 years old, but she is still immensley immature. She is a complete narcissist, and I mean that in the clinical way. She got one because she felt like it, without doing any research. She figured out real quick that she was too squeemish to change the water, so she didn’t. The bowl shown in the picture is the bowl they had him in for that whole year. She had her boyfriend change the water whenever he could. Which wasn’t a lot. Maybe once a month, maybe more. So obviously the water got disgusting real fast. They put the fake plant you see in there for a while, but then took it out after a changing and never put it back. They also never put any gravel back. So the fish was in a completely bare, tiny bowl. The water was always a dark yellow or brown whenever I came over. And the water was always so low, probably past the halfway point. The fish had nowhere to hide, and nothing to do but fester in his own waste. They put the bowl on the counter where all the people were always sitting, which stressed him out more. I feel immensly guilty that I did nothing to stop this abuse. I tried telling them everytime I saw the water getting nasty to change it and that it looked bad, but they would brush me off and say “I’ll get my boyfriend to do it later.” She did not think of this fish as a living being, she thought of it as a toy, a decoration, just as she thinks of every other living thing including people as tools. When he started swimming on his side, they were saying he was dying. So I got fed up and decided to change the water myself. I had never done it before because my boyfriend’s family hates me, and would not like me doing things like that in their house. They barely tolerated me being there in the first place. I know this is no excuse. I feel responsible for what happened to the fish either way.

The picture above is right after I changed the water and put back in the plant and gravel. My thought was, if he’s going to die, I couldn’t live with myself if he had to die in yellow water that was low past the halfway point of this stupid bowl. At this point I didn’t know much about bettas, so after being fed up with seeing the fish suffer, I started doing research. A lot of research. Turns out he had swim bladder, and a bacterial infection, all understandable under the circumstances. I asked the sister how much she fed him, and she said “since I stopped feeding him a few pellets twice a day, and only feed him once, I’ve been feeding him more than usual.” I told her the reason he’s swimming sideways is because his swim bladder is swollen because of overfeeding. I told her to fast him for the next two days until it went down.

As she thought the fish was dying, she sat there with him for all of two minutes. And then I heard her say something that made my eyes roll so far back into my skull I got a headache. “Look, mom, he’s waving goodbye! Aw, he’s following my finger, he loves me.” I decided at that point to take full responsibility for the fish and went straight to the pet store. They would not allow a tank larger than a 1 gallon in their house, as it would be ugly to them. So I got the best one I could find, got plants, gravel, but new food, a leaf canapy for him to stay on near the surface so he could breathe from the surface without having to swim up, as it took too much effort for him. I also got medication for the bactireal infection. The sister said at one point “I think I’ll get a girl next time”, which made me feel immediate dread.

I tried as best I could to bring him back from this with the little knowledge I had. But in the end, after changing him to the tank, he died.

I blame myself fully for his suffering and death. I should have done something way sooner when I saw how bad it was. I just kept trying to tell and remind her to change the water all the time instead of taking matters into my own hands. After his death, and knowing she was going to get another one, I prepared myself to take full responsibity for the next fish she got. I had to tell her that the males are the ones with the pretty fins, as she wanted a female, and she said “Really??” Thats how little she knew. Or cared.

So a fee weeks after the fish died, she got a small crown tail. She didn’t rearrange the filter or plants or anything, she just kind of put him in there. I hoped to god she cleaned the tank before she put him in. So I see him and I decide to take full responsibility for him this time.

I do more research and I buy a heater, thermometer, a new filter because that one was pushing him around too much, more decorations and a PH testing kit.

I tried to make it as comfy as possible for him even though he is only in a 1 gal. I wish I could get him a bigger tank. I hope I’m doing right by him?