My last post for the day will be discussing a current situation I am dealing with in my apartment.
My roommate and I got a betta fish last year when the Fall '09 semester started. It was mainly her fish and she took really, really good care of him until recently. I'm not blaming her at all, because I know she's been incredibly busy, but she has been neglecting him a tiny bit. His bowl wasn't cleaned as much as it should have been and I (and others) have noticed that he wasn't looking his best.
His fins were ripping and falling apart, his color was darker and more grey than deep blue, he barely ate, and he did nothing but lay at the bottom of his bowl. The first day I saw this I didn't think much of it, but a friend told me he was definitely sick. Now, many people told me, "don't worry about it, he's just a fish." But, my friends, a fish is still an animal, and I could not bear to see him looking so sad without at least trying to help him.
I studied up on fish illnesses and decided he had fin rot. I researched how to take care of this sickness and was in my car on the way to Petco in a flash. I bought a fungus eliminator designed to make bettas healthy again in no time. I also talked to the employee in the fish department about what I can do to make Fishy* (not his real name) happy and pretty again. As of the past week, I have been cleaning our fish's bowl every day and adding these fungus drops to the water. I've been feeding him less than previously to not overfeed him. Currently, Fishy* is still feeling ill, but he has been doing better every single day. I have felt so good working my hardest to make this fish healthy again. Seeing him eating and moving around a lot more makes my day every time.
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