I've always been a pet person but I always took care of large dogs and cats. My family also kept fish tanks with oscars and other larger fish in it as well. But I liked cats the most. 5 years ago a misfortune happened don't wanna go into too much detail but I was petless. I went on several years without one and I'm used to having something to take care of. A few years back my sister offered me her old betta container because the one she had died and she thought I could use it cause she thought I needed something to look after. I didn't take it and thinking about it I'm glad I didn't because I was largely misinformed about betta care.
My first experience with betta was 5 years ago and to think about it we really tortured the little guy. Being misinformed, we kept him in a little plastic fish bowl, dumped a whole lot of food in the tank in which he didn't even eat, did daily water changes with bottled water while cleaning his gravel out with dish washing detergent and dumping stress coat in the bowl once he was placed back in without even reading the directions. Poor guy. And being under the impression that oh well they don't live that long anyway I guess it gives people the impression that they don't really have to research their care.
But up until recently I was looking for another pet. I couldn't have a dog or a cat where I live at right now and I wanted to get a ferret or at least a snake... i wanted a pet that was considered more interactive than a fish because all a fish does is stay in a tank and are boring. But I couldn't find any ferrets or snakes around and I just started researching bettas due to that previous suggestion by my sister and just said screw it and just started buying tank equipment. I got my little guy a week ago and at the expenses I've paid for my equipment I started having a bit of buyers remorse. But in the short time being I've grown attached to the little guy and I get to see that bettas have a personality unlike when the poor guy a few years back that was kept in the bowl.
My first experience with betta was 5 years ago and to think about it we really tortured the little guy. Being misinformed, we kept him in a little plastic fish bowl, dumped a whole lot of food in the tank in which he didn't even eat, did daily water changes with bottled water while cleaning his gravel out with dish washing detergent and dumping stress coat in the bowl once he was placed back in without even reading the directions. Poor guy. And being under the impression that oh well they don't live that long anyway I guess it gives people the impression that they don't really have to research their care.
But up until recently I was looking for another pet. I couldn't have a dog or a cat where I live at right now and I wanted to get a ferret or at least a snake... i wanted a pet that was considered more interactive than a fish because all a fish does is stay in a tank and are boring. But I couldn't find any ferrets or snakes around and I just started researching bettas due to that previous suggestion by my sister and just said screw it and just started buying tank equipment. I got my little guy a week ago and at the expenses I've paid for my equipment I started having a bit of buyers remorse. But in the short time being I've grown attached to the little guy and I get to see that bettas have a personality unlike when the poor guy a few years back that was kept in the bowl.