Melekalikimaka Posted March 9, 2008 Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 hullo everyone! these forums are really interesting! i've had guppies and wild minnows and frogs and goldfish, but bettas are my all-time favorite water-breathing critters, so I'm looking forward to learning a lot more about them! here's a little story: my neighbor once owned a male betta, but wasn't taking good care of him. i found the betta flopping around in about half an inch of very dirty water in an ittybitty bowl . so i took him home with me without asking my neighbor's permission and gave him a gigantic bowl of clean, medicated water and food, since he apparently hadn't been fed for a very long time. it turned out my neighbor was happy to be rid of him! but the betta, who i named CC for "christmas colors" since he was red with lots of green, perked up soon after i rescued him and lived for about four more years before he died of old age. so it was a happy ending for him, i think. cheers, melkie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 Hi Melkie. Welcome to the forum. Four years is a pretty long innings for a betta. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melekalikimaka Posted March 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 i forgot to mention i was around 8 years old when i rescued that betta, lol. my mum had to help me measure out the melafix for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappy Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 lol good job none the less!! And welcome!! =D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y2jdaze Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 well done! A betta lover just like us hehe do you have any right now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melekalikimaka Posted March 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 yup. i have one hyperactive old crowntail male (5 years old and still alive!) and one very small VT female who likes to bite everything! i used to have a lot more, around eighteen or so, but i made the mistake of getting them all at around the same time... so when they died, it was just one after another. so sad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y2jdaze Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 oh yes I've done that before! they die in clusters that's for sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest female fighter Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Ooo Melkie that's so cute. I don't know about everybody else but I am always amazed at how much personality such little creatures turn out to have. Amy : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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