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I got addicted to betta starting 2014. My long winded story :(

698 views 6 replies 7 participants last post by  Rosalinds 
#1 · (Edited)
Hi guys. I got addicted to betta starting last summer 2014. :cry:

It is a sad tale I think.

I went to Petco and picked up a cheap red veil tail for $3, and I put him in a giant brandy glass that I had washed with liquid detergent. It died the next day and I didn't understand why until I read up about fish care on the interwebs. So, I traded him in for another one and put that one in my housemate's established 30 gallon tank, and he flourished.

I started researching on the interwebs all about fish care and bettas.

By December 2014, Petco started having sales on 10 gallon aquarium kits, so I ended up buying one, along with gravel, all sorts of chemicals, decor, water test kits, accessories. I think I ended up spending $300+ in stuff for a $4 fish.

In Petco, last December, I saw a completely white "rose pedal" betta in the store. It was so beautiful, it looked like a living floating white rose pedal.
I fought against buying it, but it stuck in my head, and, now, I've ended up buying 3 elephant ear/dumbo bettas, I have a 5 gallon tank currently going through cycling, along with my established 10g tank, and everyone thinks I'm crazy, but I can't help it......I got the bettas on the brain :( I even got a coworker addicted to them.

The crap you get into when you're in your 30s, single, and have more time and money than sense. :| Ah well. But I do love these fishies.
 
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#3 ·
oh you haven't reached crazy yet. I have 7 boys and am a college student living in the dorms.
 
#4 ·
Gosh I remember when I started keeping bettas 10 years ago, I was in college and the only animals we were allowed to keep were fish. I killed the first 4 or 5 bettas I got pretty fast and decided I should start researching them properly instead of listening to the petstore because their advice clearly was not working! I currently have 16 males and 5 females, and thats AFTER I cut back a bit because I'm moving at the end of the summer!
 
#5 ·
It's only just beginning LOL. I started with one and within 3 or 4 months I've moved up to 5 in my small bedroom!
 
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