Do I have a fish killer curse or what

[Jayce0]

Today it rained for the first time this year but for the wrong reasons.. both of my bettas died : ((((( one of the morning, one this night (literally just 8 minutes or so ago.. pretty sure I watched him give his last breathe..). I feel terrible, because I know they along with the third before could've you know, not up and die.

Is this just a normal part of fish keeping..? All 3 of the bettas you've owned dying despite how much you try to help them? I just feel like some rude witch cursed me.




But thank you to everyone who helped me and gave me advice.

(There was suppose to be a sad face in my title, now it looks like I'm angry and genuingly believe I have a curse..)

 

[pagoda]

Sadly, and very few livestock suppliers tell you this, but Betta's have been messed around with so much genetically that their lifespan has been significantly shortened and they are far more delicate in regard to water chemistry and illness/disease than they used to be around 30 years ago

The desire for longer fins and tails, the huge variety in colouring has all taken its toll on these little fish. When I started this pastime you had a choice of two colours...plain red or plain blue and the tails/fins resembled short/fat and not long/flowing.

It is a bone of contention that along with the glofish and the blood parrot, the Betta gets more money for the breeder if they look more exotic and colourful than the original plain jane.

No matter how perfect the aquarium might be, they just do not life long and healthy lives anymore. It is a shame but whilst people keep buying the more exotic looking Betta that come from questionable breeding/overbreeding, you will find that they do not last very long.

 

[Ouse]

Not cursed. These fish only live for a few years and pagoda described well why this is the case. Notice how balloon mollies only last around two and a half years whilst regular mollies that aren’t toyed with by breeders can last over five years.

I’ve had three deaths in one day before: a variatus platy, a guppy and a yoyo loach. This happened a while before my Fishlore days.

It’s normal to feel cursed from time to time, when an alarming amount of things seem to go wrong. You won’t feel cursed if you keep more natural, durable fish. Are you considering keeping different fish next time?

 

[Jayce0]

Sadly, and very few livestock suppliers tell you this, but Betta's have been messed around with so much genetically that their lifespan has been significantly shortened and they are far more delicate in regard to water chemistry and illness/disease than they used to be around 30 years ago

The desire for longer fins and tails, the huge variety in colouring has all taken its toll on these little fish. When I started this pastime you had a choice of two colours...plain red or plain blue and the tails/fins resembled short/fat and not long/flowing.

It is a bone of contention that along with the glofish and the blood parrot, the Betta gets more money for the breeder if they look more exotic and colourful than the original plain jane.

No matter how perfect the aquarium might be, they just do not life long and healthy lives anymore. It is a shame but whilst people keep buying the more exotic looking Betta that come from questionable breeding/overbreeding, you will find that they do not last very long.

Thank you, kind of forgot about them being fragile little buddies.

Not cursed. These fish only live for a few years and pagoda described well why this is the case. Notice how balloon mollies only last around two and a half years whilst regular mollies that aren’t toyed with by breeders can last over five years.

I’ve had three deaths in one day before: a variatus platy, a guppy and a yoyo loach. This happened a while before my Fishlore days.

It’s normal to feel cursed from time to time, when an alarming amount of things seem to go wrong. You won’t feel cursed if you keep more natural, durable fish. Are you considering keeping different fish next time?

Thank you, and I'm not sure if I can, I just have a 5.5 gal and a 10 gal. Can't do a whole lot with that, at least with the fish being happy with the amount of space provided. And i can only buy whats at petsmart (theyre all we have,, stupid petsmart destroying local businesses) so Im kind of limited haha (I would love sparkling gourami or pea puffer haha). I think most of what I can do is grab a sickly looking betta and make his life worthwhile for some time (before I make some sort of mistake..).