Re: Two new rescues!

by **Jake15** on Mon Mar 22, 2010 6:38 pm

Thanks for the kind words guys Very Happy

. Its very sad that he passed on, I suppose it would of been better than him suffering for longer whilst I tried to make him better, and to make it worse my first rescue dieing makes me even more upset. I haven't managed to get to the shop and have school tommorow, so will probably just discard the body as I can't get there Sad

. I'm still going to at least e-mail/ring them about this. R.I.P Aqua.

by **SheenaShoup** on Mon Mar 22, 2010 7:17 pm

So sorry bout Aqua Jake, you did what you could, your a good daddy! Sad

Flaring Flame? Anywho, go back and make them fix it (i believe you'll be bringing another one home!) and maybe tell them they shouldn't put betta in with barbs!!! hug

by **Jake15** on Mon Mar 22, 2010 7:35 pm

Yeah I think I'll try and go tommorow, I believe they are open untill late tommorow anyway. This sounds a little weird, but is there anyway I can 'preserve' the body untill tommorow? Sad

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by **SheenaShoup** on Mon Mar 22, 2010 7:40 pm

Keep him in some water from the tank in a cup like they give at the store or a plastic baggie rubber banded off?

by **Jake15** on Mon Mar 22, 2010 7:56 pm

Ok I'll do that then Sad

. Poor little guy Sad

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by **silverrabbit** on Mon Mar 22, 2010 8:25 pm

Best way is to put him in the fridge in his bag - i've done that to claim back for a dead fish from a shop before

by **Jake15** on Wed Mar 24, 2010 9:02 pm

Heres some more bad news. Flame has died, he seemed really well and the next he was dead. I took both the bodies back and got a refund. I havent got another rescue as I'm not to sure what is in their water or something for a 'healthy' betta to just die for no reason? My waters fine, he was in a strict quaritene system so couldnt of been from anything else. Strange but R.I.P Aqua & Flame.

by **silverrabbit** on Wed Mar 24, 2010 9:27 pm

Oh i'm sorry to hear this Sad

RIP little man. At least he had a happy end to his life living with you

by **Jake15** on Wed Mar 24, 2010 9:44 pm

Yeah, Its just sad that both of them eventually died. I spoke to the manager and he was disgusted at the fin rot the employee didnt notice! And he apparently has had alot of complaints.

by **silverrabbit** on Wed Mar 24, 2010 9:45 pm

Hopefully they'll do something to improve the situation then Smile

by **Netty** on Wed Mar 24, 2010 9:45 pm

So sorry you lost Flame too. I doubt very much it was anything you did but more likely they were both not in the best of condition when you got them. This unfortunately is quite common with shop bought bettas.

by **Jake15** on Wed Mar 24, 2010 9:46 pm

Yes its very sad. I have ordered perspex to divide the tank and going to buy one of your bettas when you breed some for the other side!

by **SheenaShoup** on Wed Mar 24, 2010 9:59 pm

That's horrible! hug

I feel for you Jake. RIP little Flame! Sad

by **Jake15** on Thu Mar 25, 2010 12:43 pm

Thanks Sheena!

by **tropical girl** on Fri Mar 26, 2010 7:52 am

oh im so sorry jake ive only just
read this thread,
rip aqua and flame,
at least they had a couple of stress free days
with you
you did your best you saved them from more fear hug

by **Storm** on Fri Mar 26, 2010 10:13 am

Ive always found in the LFS here that, vtails are oldish and don't last very long anyways. Howevr none of the V-tails arround here are in goo shape.

LFS should be traind, and have a licence to sell fish.

by **Irish_Lass** on Fri Mar 26, 2010 12:53 pm

I've only realised that I must have posted after the bad news. Sad

RIP Aqua. Jake, you gave him a safe environment for a few days & tried to help him. Nobody can ask for any more than that.

by **Irish_Lass** on Fri Mar 26, 2010 12:59 pm

RIP Flame. Sad

by **Jake15** on Fri Mar 26, 2010 6:16 pm

tropical girl wrote:oh im so sorry jake ive only just
read this thread,
rip aqua and flame,
at least they had a couple of stress free days
with you
you did your best you saved them from more fear

Thanks. I'm really upset still that I couldn't save both of them Sad

Storm wrote:Ive always found in the LFS here that, vtails are oldish and don't last very long anyways. Howevr none of the V-tails arround here are in goo shape.

LFS should be traind, and have a licence to sell fish.

These weren't very old and are half the size of Embry, Aqua I understand why he died, but Flame has really baffled me Suspect

Irish_Lass wrote:I've only realised that I must have posted after the bad news.

RIP Aqua. Jake, you gave him a safe environment for a few days & tried to help him. Nobody can ask for any more than that.

Irish_Lass wrote:RIP Flame.

Thanksss! Its good that I got them first. The employee recommended keeping with 'any tropical fish, only grow to the size of the tank and hardly seeing them is normal'. I really hope he gets fired soon as, but it was quite obvious he had either Autism or some Learning difficulties.