my beta is sick! can anyone help???

[dramaqueen]

Originally Posted by AngelicScars

Well, if you care enough about your pets you'll do all you can to help them.

I agree totally. Why have a pet if you don't want to take care of it?

[MrVampire181]

You should ask my friend that, she NEVER did anything for that fish, he lived 4 years, why?

[dramaqueen]

I had a neighbor like that. She didn't want to fool with him so I took him.

[MrVampire181]

How come bettas live so long in those horrible conditions?

I was about to ask her if I could take him, but he died, R.I.P Bettas, that was his name.

[crowntail lover]

I also had a neighbor that didnt give a h e double candle sticks about Edger so I took him and he is just fine now...

[blondy1254]

its a fairly large tank but it has a filter so i dont regurlary change the water

[1077]

Originally Posted by IonBaller07

That sounds very time consuming.

Given the fact that the majority of people keep these fish(Bettas) in small enviornments of less than five gal. (poor fishies) I would think a water change would take no longer than texting a message.
Water changes using a dechlorinator often times are more beneficial to the fish than any of the slew of recommendations for medications.
Many problems with these fish could be avoided completely if folks would just come to grips with the fact that fish need filtered,heated tanks, with a healthy biological filter. Until they do,,, They will always be dealing with problems attempting to keep these fish. Hell,,, any fish, healthy in the long term.