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SIP Djura

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Djura was my first fish. I got him when I didn't have a job and with the last of my money got myself a tank kit with a filter, some rocks, water conditioner and food. And such an angry red fish. I had never seen a Betta actually flare fully before i got Djura. I had no idea their gills also come out. I just wanted something to take care of and I chose a fish cause i like the sound of water.

Djura was my practice run fish. I made so many mistakes. I loved him so much but I barely knew what i was doing. His tank got algae, the current in his tank was too strong, i didn't get a heater for nearly 3 months due to lack of funds. But time went on and he was still my angry little fish.

I got a job and i was able to get a bigger tank, whohoo.... but unfortunately i made more mistakes. i didnt know how the heater worked... it took me a week to realize he wasn't doing well in a colder community tank instead of his little 80 degree tank. Even when i got him a new tank to be warm in, he still didn't do well. nothing i did seemed to work. He still wasn't eating

so finally i put him back in his little tank. I think he liked it in there, he went back to his old hiding spots, but he didn't flare at me anymore, he didn't come for food like he used to. A day after i moved him, there was a white spot on his side. i tried to look up what it was, but i didn't have time to stress or money to spend on medicine. A few days later that spot got bigger like a little bubble on his skin. every day it would seem to expand, and then pop and then go back to being a weird little bubble. i tried to use betta fix, it was the only thing i could afford but too little too late. It was body rot. I have no idea what i could have done... or how he got it...

Monday morning, Dec 5th... I saw bits of white flesh falling away from him... i couldn't let him go on like that... it had been nearly 2 weeks since he had eaten more then a few bites... he was so skinny...

I didn't have clove oil or anything nice.... I tried... i pulled up money that i had to feed myself to try to buy clove oil, but all 5 pharmacies were sold out.

I had to use cold water to put him to sleep and then put him outside to let the frost take him for good. I cried like a baby the whole time.

I wish I could have done more. I wish I had more money and more time and maybe he could have gotten better.

SIP Djura
I'll try to do better
 

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