potter

I am still crushed by Wasabi's death yesterday that I could cry when I think of him. It hurts so much I can't bring myself to post about his death. I woke up in the morning and found him dead. Few days ago he suddenly became bloated and started pineconing out of no where. He was healthy and there was no indication until he bloated and I saw a little pineconing and started Epsom salt and Maracyn II in very clean water but it was too late despite all the effort he didn't make it. It was dropsy and my favourite betta got it . I went out today and bought a cloud blue and red finned VT boy with some blue wash on his body that kinda resembled my Wasabi. I love this new boy already but I can't stop thinking about my Wasabi. I really miss my Wasabi and I couldn't stop crying. He didn't even get the chance to enjoy his new 29 gallon home yet and he passed.

Also, 2 of the females that I have gotten from the petstore didn't make it. They were sick when I got them, the cellophane female was already floating and she died the next day before I could name her. Another female with beautiful green and red fins with red lipstick also refused to eat and had holes in her fins. Despite medication and clean water and trying to get her to eat, she just wouldn't and fade away . I did do an exchange (I took her body back though for burial) and got a sort of pale orange VT boy that is really too big for his cup. He is really big so he may be old I don't know. He doesn't look as pale now in his new home and I am glad that he is happy and eating.


I am down to 6 bettas right now and I will be moving them in to a divided 29 gallon very soon as I have been setting it up for the past 2 weeks. I hope the newcomers will make it. I find that once they don't eat when they come to you, they usually will never eat and fades away. I hope my new cloud boy will eat.

MissMTS

I am so sorry to hear about Wasabi You did the best that you could for him. Bettas really break our hearts when they pass away. I hope that your new boy makes it and that all of your other bettas continue to be in good health.

The only thing I can say to help you in the future is this.... Pet shop bettas are much more prone to disease than bettas that you buy from breeders because they are kept in such poor conditions. My bettas that have not been from petshops that I have ordered from Thailand or from other breeders have been much healthier and have been much longer lived. I know it is a more expensive way to go, but the fish tend to be healthier and cause less heartache than the cup babies from the LFS.

potter

Thank you MissMTS. I know they are more prone to get sick and some of them came to me already sick. They also look thinner than a breeder's betta. Its just that when I walk in to a store, I couldn't help looking at the bettas and ended up getting them but Wasabi's death really hit me very hard. I didn't realize I could love a betta that much only after 2-3 weeks having him.

Lucy

I'm really sorry. They capture our hearts so quickly it really hurts when they pass.

RIP Pretty bettas

ccb04

I'm very sorry for your loss.

Much like yourself ... I really feel for the fish in chain stores. I've taken to 'rescuing' them. While I know it increases the chances of disease, decreases mortality, etc... I just can't help it.

Amanda

I'm so sorry to hear about your bettas' death.

Je55*e

I'm so sorry about Wasabi and the two ladies, Potter. At least they knew some good care before they passed, especially Wasabi. R.I.P., all.

potter

Thanks. I have tried everything with the ladies but the one that died later on whom I named Snow White were just too sensitive and she is so scared to death of me and just wouldn't eat from day one. Broke my heart too.

Thank God I am not the only one out there who is so weird. I just can't help it when I take a look at the bettas in the store. I do quarantine the newbies and Wasabi was one of the odd one that I bought healthy because I just love his pattern and I'd never thought he'd get sick and I put him in the healthy tank with Sushi (my first rescue that gripped my heart and will never let go). That totally crushed me. Don't I deserve one betta that I bought healthy that I really liked?

I now feed Pepso food to all the newbies because I believe most of them come with parasite issues. I also watch them REALLY closely especially the first few days and if I see anything new coming up, its going to be nipped at the bud. Its a ticking time bomb if you don't clear it while they are still eating. The other day, I looked at how they changed the betta's water and I understand now why disease spread so fast in the store.

Cloud boy is doing well so far in the QT tank. He is eating and seem curious of everything. He was very timid yesterday. Every time he sees me, he goes "ahhhhh" run and hide. Today, he seems okay with me and the best thing is, he is eating. I might name him Cloud boy or Yoda but he really makes me think of a cloud when I look at him. The huge VT boy whom I named ET, well he just made me think of ET when I look at him is also doing well-his fin rot issues gone after a week and eating real well. He is a piggie from the start and his fin rot did not faze his appetite one bit. His fins curls though and is very long and he is sort of strangely unproportionate but he will always be special to me.

I am now looking at a small CT in the store that came in way too young. He is still all black and despite being there for weeks, no one is buying him-no surprise to that one. I might get him to join us and grow up with us.

agabr123

i'm so sorry to hear that RIP

Phinny12

I am Sorry.. I know how you are feeling.. I recently tried to rescue a poor little guy. I got attached to him so fast but he didn't make it either...I felt really bad. Still think about him...

COBettaCouple

It really is hard to lose any betta, even ones we brought home knowing they didn't have much chance to survive the day.. and even more the one's like Wasabi.

potter

I agree. It is very hard. Even worse when I saw a betta that resembles Wasabi on Aquabid-really hurts when I think of him. I try to keep myself occupied with the others but deep inside there is that hollow feeling of sadness when i see that picture . I would so love to have that betta on Aquabid but I cannot afford to import him and I am not sure if I can handle another betta that looks exactly like him right now as it still hurts.

http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/aucti...sct&1243486577

COBettaCouple

Ya, I know what you mean. I still feel like that when I see Bettas that look like the ones we lost, especially a Betta named Sora.