My first two bettas that I owned (Dave and Jay) lived to the very very old ages of 5 and 6 years old. I'm 100% sure they died of old age. Sadly this is one of the only pictures I do have of them
My clowntail betta, I named him Duke. I "rescued" him from a pet store chain. All of their fish had died due to someone putting liquid nickel(I think?) in their system, whoever did it had also killed the bettas in their cups, the guy was just getting the whole shelf and about to throw them out when I saw him move. He was sickly from the day I got him, but he lived for a year and eventually died of columnaris.
My crowntail betta, I named him Willie Nelson, he also passed away from columnaris a bad case of cross contamination when I had attempted to give them a divided ten gallon.
Here's their ten gallon before they got sick.
[King Pretty Pretty Bacon and Eggs, Eaquire] was this fish's name, he was so pretty that I felt the need to over-name him. I moved two hours north shortly after I got him, sadly he passed away from a very aggressive case of dropsy.
I cleaned my betta tank well and waited for two months before thinking of getting another betta (I lost Duke, Willie Nelson, and [King PrettyPretty Bacon and Eggs, Esquire] within three weeks of eachother, so I was also very discouraged. But having to leave my goldfish tank home, I got an itching for water. I NEED fish around me, so yesterday I pulled out the tank and after visiting several places got my koolaid female betta Miss Drank.
My clowntail betta, I named him Duke. I "rescued" him from a pet store chain. All of their fish had died due to someone putting liquid nickel(I think?) in their system, whoever did it had also killed the bettas in their cups, the guy was just getting the whole shelf and about to throw them out when I saw him move. He was sickly from the day I got him, but he lived for a year and eventually died of columnaris.
My crowntail betta, I named him Willie Nelson, he also passed away from columnaris a bad case of cross contamination when I had attempted to give them a divided ten gallon.
Here's their ten gallon before they got sick.
[King Pretty Pretty Bacon and Eggs, Eaquire] was this fish's name, he was so pretty that I felt the need to over-name him. I moved two hours north shortly after I got him, sadly he passed away from a very aggressive case of dropsy.
I cleaned my betta tank well and waited for two months before thinking of getting another betta (I lost Duke, Willie Nelson, and [King PrettyPretty Bacon and Eggs, Esquire] within three weeks of eachother, so I was also very discouraged. But having to leave my goldfish tank home, I got an itching for water. I NEED fish around me, so yesterday I pulled out the tank and after visiting several places got my koolaid female betta Miss Drank.
i know what you mean about feeling discouraged, im at the point now of maybe taking the plunge again.
