[betta lover1507]

so i was in the middle of cleaning my fish tanks, and my little brother went into the washroom i was cleaning the tanks in -_- we have two washrooms, geez so i got some pics of HIS tank. CAUTION: "if sensitive on animals, i wouldn't suggest to see the pics" :-( this are horrible things that people in youth could do, also am not saying all kids (under my age) are like this. i know really nice kids in this forum take well care of there betta's, fish, pets, etc. but this isn't the first time this happened to his fish, if i do get rights on his fish i would give away the poor fish (on craigslist).
CAUTION: these images are highly photo's of neglect, if you cannot stand them please leave the thread
some people in the forum didn't know how much neglect my brother could do, here is the photo's :

it is full of algea, and hasn't been cleansed for months here are the fish:

^ above is his betta, a blue combodian VT male named "Skybreaker"

^ this one is a black angel fish (i regret giving away) un-sexed named "Dusk"
here are a couple more of the betta:

he also has a flame dwarf gourami (could see it in the first pic) but i didn't get pics of it. another sad thing is that am not allowed to help :-( i'll probably soon have the fish or so am not sure. another thing is that he dosen't care, these pics are in his room. and the gourami and betta fights (thats why there chiped or ripped) the angel fish never fought anyone besides for food, i had him a long time. my brother killed his best friend "Silver" a white angel fish, killed my glofish "Chubo" (though i never gave him chubo )

 

[betta lover1507]

also i saved Oceanist, my HMPK that passed away. he lived a better life.
a pic of oceanist:

but he had popeye when i got him, it didn't really bother him since he had for so long :|

 

[Bombalurina]

Oh, those poor fish! And your brother won't sign over the tank to you? Why on earth not?

 

[styggian]

I know someone with a tank that looks like that and they also don't want help. People are possessive of their "things" even to the detriment of the creatures in their care.

 

[BeautifulBetta]

I dont understand this, seriously, why cant you help? Your dad should be ALL OVER THAT considering he's spent so much money on his own saltwater tank. I would just go in there and do it, I wouldnt care what anyone said. This could be a matter of life and death for these fish.

 

[Arashi Takamine]

Tell your parents he's neglecting his fish and tell your brother that you want your fish back. No way should that be acceptable.

 

[Waylander]

If someone is treating their betta so poorly it wont survive much longer, what needs to be done is simple... if this happens, don't allow him to kill another one.

 

[betta lover1507]

i know and styggian is totally right. i cannot help because the last time i "helped" i ended up having the betta (Oceanist) and my dad wants him to learn to have responsibility. and my dad is one of those people who thinks that betta's could live in such tiny bowls
and the reason i can't get my angelfish back is because i have no space. but if i do i have no choice and give Dusk (the angel fish) away. at least he/she will live happier, and so would that gourami. i'll probably keep the betta though. they know he is neglecting his fish (i talk about his fish all the time) they don't say anything -_-" and that gourami and betta fights all the time the angel fish is very scared and shy now. my parents know that he is neglecting but they don't really care i guess

 

[betta lover1507]

If someone is treating their betta so poorly it wont survive much longer, what needs to be done is simple... if this happens, don't allow him to kill another one.

i know am surprised they are still alive, he killed his female "Daniella" i accidently killed the HMPK

 

[kfryman]

Gosh, that is terrible, I think your pr=arents think if his fish die, that he will learn a lesson.

That tank looks terrible though, poor fish.

 

[Wolfboy51]

Just take him saying that he died and u flushed him, u could hide him somewhere.

 

[betta lover1507]

no, he needs to learn responsibility, he broke all of my older brother and dads xbox remotes besides one the broken ones has the joy stick messing up like you move it a direction is dosen't move, it just sticks there :I not the point

i have no where to hide a big angel fish :lol: the 20 gallon (In my room) will be very noticeable, the betta has it's own tank but my brother refuses to put him in there though it is small, but it is better to keep fighting with a gourami.

another thing is that he pays more attention to video games and his snakes since my grandfather found one of our runaway snakes,a ghost corn snake (female) named "Entity". my brother was sad..... for 10 minutes. asked in a week for another snake he just lost one?! so he got a baby ball python (female) and named her "May" then last friday my grandfather found her (and put her in a mayonnaise jar ) and gave us her back, my brother was happy.... for a couple of days. now he is all up on my big boy "Pursey", he is all like "aww pursey is so cute, can i hold him??" and he see's me holding him, am like "no" i know i could be stubborn with things, also pursey is my snake (look at signature, lol)

 

[Wolfboy51]

Wow your brother really should be taught a lesson

 

[Luimeril]

tell your dad that he's not learning anything by keeping that tank. the responsible thing to do would be clean the tank, and learn that angels, gouramis, and bettas can NOT live together. your brother obviously doesn't care, otherwise the tank would be clean, the fish wouldn't be together, and whatever fish is in there, would be happy. :I

at LEAST see if he will give you the betta. trade him, or pay him a little money for him, if you have to. :I

 

[betta lover1507]

i told him, he finally cleaned the tank yesterday *sigh* but it is still cloudy green-ish looking :\ he said he tried (am not sure, i wasn't watching him)
and i did tell my dad but he dosen't listen to me though.

 

[betta lover1507]

omg he gained some kind of fin rot, fungus, and a poped out gill! :-( i think he said he would give him to me

 

[Luimeril]

D: i'm glad he may be giving him to you. it really sucks when people treat fish like nothing. they never learn the joy of fishkeeping because they don't care. Dx

 

[cjayBetta]

and how old is your brother?

 

[betta lover1507]

well i only got the betta not the other two and my brother is 11 years old

 

[cjayBetta]

Yikes... He needs to loose his pet keeping privileges ....