rileyrk190

I had a feeling this week that Claude wasn't going to be with me much longer, and today i found him at the bottom of the tank. This was the first betta i was actually attached to, and is my second oldest betta ever. I think i am giving up on bettas for a while, because they just keep dying. I feel badly, like I'm killing them, so maybe its best if i take a break. I see bettas all the time in these little death cups, and they live like four years, but i cant even keep mine for a year, and he had a ten gallon tank to himself.

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Lucy

I'm so sorry Claud is gone. He was a beautiful betta boy.

Steve113

Apologies in advance if I am wrong.
And Sorry for your fish.

But in that pic of claude, I can see another male betta behind him - looks like he's in the same tank.

I might be wrong but that could explain why your bettas are not faring so well...

pinkfloydpuffer

I'm sorry you lost your boy. I know how you feel though... I'm taking a undefined-length break from bettas as well.

Steve-he said he had the tank to himself, as does his aquarium info. I think maybe the tanks were just right next to each other, so you can see both of them.

KyWildFish

Just a thought on all these fancy bettas not living long. Perhaps the more beautiful variety betta is not as hardy as the death-cup run of the mill type. Maybe the shipping of them from overseas or the breeding conditions make them weaker. I have noticed a lot of people with the nicer variety of betta struggling to keep them for any length of time, so I am suspicious of why they are all dying so quickly.

pinkfloydpuffer

I dunno, I haven't had good luck at all with my cup babies. Two of them just up and died within 2 weeks of me buying them.

rileyrk190

thanks everyone. It was a divided tank, they weren't in the same tank. I moved the plants so that claude could see kryzstoff and flare. Even so that was an old pic, and they were only in the divided tank for a month. Claude has had the whole ten gallon to himself the rest of the time and krysztoff is in my 55 community tank doing very well.

Steen16

Im sorry for your loss quite a beatifull boy

isis

Oh I'm so sorry

Alessa

Sorry you lost your beautiful boy Claude

COBettaCouple

I'm so sorry you lost him, I hate having to say goodbye to our Bettas and know how you miss Claude.

Red1313

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