Rescuing a betta fish from petsmart
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- Опубликовано: 8 окт 2024
- On march 4th 2022 i saw this little guy in petsmart. I asked if i could adopt him and they said yes. Adopting at petsmart means you get the fish free, you just have to fill in some paper work. i took him home and treated him for swim bladder disease and finrot. 6 weeks later he looks like a completely new fish.
Epsom salt bath:
1tbsp/gal for 15 mins (this can be repeated a couple times a day for a few days).
metronidazole fish food:
Can be bought online
OR
1 tbsp of food, 1/8 teaspoon of api general cure or seachem metroplex, 1 scoop seachem focus, and enough garlic guard or flavoring to soak food.
Bettas should ideally have tanks at least 2.5 gallons, with a filter and heater (unless you live in a tropical climate). water changes id recommend 20-30% every 1-2 weeks.
any questions feel free to ask :)
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Update 1:
The glow Betta is now living in my 10gal and the blue Betta is living happily in a 30gal serrority.
Update 2:
Unfortunately I lost almost all my Bettas to a fast moving unknown disease in a matter of a few days. Including these 2 rescues. However They lived happy lives while I had them.
What was the antibiotic that you used for the beta? I have one that is lethargic as well I would like to try to revive.
@@haileymitchell3491 I used Seachem poly guard but this is only good for external infections. is he still eating? any finrot? what set up do you have? these questions should help me try figure out what may be best
I’m so sorry for the loss. At least you gave them awesome lives!!
@emmathecabbage my new betta sits down often what do i do
@@seemamenon7223 can be normal if they have long fins. Just resting
Ms Cabbage, you are my kind of human! 💛 Found ya via the Dodo.
"To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
That is one of the most profound and beautiful things I have ever read. Thank you so much for sharing it.
So sorry you lost so many of your beautiful little friends- Thank you so much for saving Betas from such a bleak fate.at Petsmart. and for educating the rest of us- It’s so sad that the public knows so little about the proper care of these precious animals. I’m looking forward to watching your videos and learning more about them, and sharing your lessons with others! 😊
Hi Emma, i saw your video on the Dodo. Mentally sending you 100000 🐠❤️karma points🐠❤️ because you're so sweet for doing this. Bless you!
Thanks very much! :) He lived a very happy life. Along with the other fish I adopted in the video. Not sure if you saw the update yet but he along with almost all my fish suddenly passed a few weeks ago. I go into more detail in the video because there’s a lot to talk about but essentially we suspect it was some kind of fast moving virus or bacteria. Thanks so much for your kind words though :) I do love fish.
I too just watched the Dodo video. As I’m typing I see that they didn’t survive long .But I’m so grateful for your kind heart 💜 Thank You 🙏🏼 for an infinity!
Thank you for the rescue. He really did look like he was smiling in that one instance.
Hey Emma - this was a brilliant video. I adore my four fish - they are little characters, interactive, & playful. One of my girls gets constipated regularly, & you can bet I'll help her every time.
A friend said she would have her ten year old look after my fish if ever I went away - until she saw the care document I have for them! It's far more than just feeding them - which I wish more people would understand 💗
im so glad you enjoyed it :D she must be very greedy to keep getting constripated xD. one of my other fish was a complete pig.
Indeed fish really are tons of care! food, water changes, ferts if you have plants. everyone thinks its simple till they find out just how much maintenance they are.
hopefully as time progesses and information becomes more and more accessable, more and more people will understand their care. :)
@@emmathecabbage absolutely! Eddie (my fish) is a ryukin & unfortunate they are prone to digestive issues 😔 Although she does enjoy her food!!
@@emmathecabbage I'm so sorry - I just read about your fish. That's heart breaking 💔
Aww glad you could help that Betta! I just rescued one from PetSmart too. While buying some snails, I noticed a betta looking absolutely miserable in those cups. And its fins are all tattered and clamped, and it also has some stress stripes going on. It is completely gray and has no color. A worker told me that the little female betta has been in the cup for a couple of weeks now, and people havent bought it due to it having no colors and looking sick. So i brought her home with me. I am hoping now that she is in warm, oxygenated, and clean wster with a wide open space to swim, she will come around. The poor fish has some ammonia burns too it appears. I put her into a ten gallon tank, so hope she gets better! She definitely seems to be relieved to be out of the cup.
What a lovely start to my day ❤️
All the best to you and well done on saving that beautiful little creature 🙏
Very great video! Glad you managed to give the little guy a 2nd chance at life. I have a Japanese sleeve tattoo on my left arm and instead of koi I have 2 betta fish tattooed on my arm, that's how much I love betta fish.
I come from Dodo and you are amazing. Gud luckkk
thank you :)
THANK U for rescuing the little fish
What U did was remarkable cause he was dying & now he is very much alive & thriving🐠Many blessings to U & all Ur creatures 🙏💕🌟❤️
THANK YOU SO MUCH !! I'VE done this before as well..my last one had that stomach condition where they float on bellies up after they eat bc of bloat =\ we tried to cure it but never could. he still lived 3 years and seemed happy
You wonderful soul 💓
God bless you. The fish is looking very happy.i came here after seeing your video in dodo channel.keep growing 💗
Love from India🇮🇳❤️
That poor little guy. Thanks for helping him! Is it a glo betta?
Wow beautiful fish and amazing job saving him. Pet-smart has no business taking in fish and selling them if they have no idea how to look after them! :(
Clean water? Like what? Fossit water or purified drinking water?
@@delcastilloian for fish under perfect circumstances clean would be ‘no nitrates, nitrites, or ammonia, along with no chlorine or heavy metals’ different fish also like different hardnesses and ph between 6.5-7.5.
So to put it into practice, most people use tap water with ‘water conditioner for fish’ which removes chlorine.
What antibiotics did you use?
Seachem poly guard for the finrot. I’d recommend kanaplex though instead since its milder
That is way to small of a tank
@critterjon4061
If you read above comment - it was later moved to a 10gal tank.
What antibiotics did you give him that was blue ?
i used seachem polyguard.
Seachem polyguard
Hello miss emma. Maam what type of medicine or antibiotic did you gave to the betta? I also have a sick betta. It can really be a big help for me to treat my betta. Thanks miss emma
hello! i used seachem poly guard. this is effective on numerous external infections. do you know what your fish is sick with? different medicines work better with different issues
Hi miss emma. Thank you for your reply. My betta have fin rot and sbd 😥.
@@opawzero1371 ah ok. So luckily both of those are relatively easy to cure. Would you be able to get a video of him in his tank and upload it to your channel so I can see what may be causing the problems? As swim bladder disease can have multiple causes.
Hi Emma I was wondering if I could get some tips on how to save my 3 betta fish from fin rot one of them is very lethargic and stays at the bottom of his quarantine tank I’m kinda a beginner with my fish beings sick so I’m not sure what medication would be best for my fish
Hey. I’d be more than happy to try help :) would u mind telling me about each fishes home and how long you’ve had them first.
@@emmathecabbage thank you. I put them all in 1 gallon quarantine tanks I wasn’t sure how big of quarantine tanks they needed and I gave them a place to hide in. I’ve had them for 2 years but I bought them at a store so there probably like 3 years old also one of them is having a new symptom he has raised scales
I don’t think 2 of them have much time to be honest
@@MarieBlue-gl8sf hmmm. Raised scales indicates dropsy which is usually from organ failure. Could you get a video of them on your channel so I can get a closer look. Did they all have different tanks? How often were the water changes? Sometimes if it wasn’t clean enough, fish can get internal infections. Is their poop normal? Or white or stringy?
@@emmathecabbage I think my one fish indigo had dropsy yesterday I looked at him and he lost all of his color so i got a storage container for each fish so that they would have more space in quarantine. and I ordered medicine 2 days ago but today he died I don’t know what to do with him but I do water changes almost every day. and there poop is just stringy also I will post a video of them on my channel thank you for helping me this is the first time I’ve lost a pet
One of my bettas have clamped tail and tumors like bumps. Not eating. Can’t swim just lays on the bottom can I help him?
I would think there would be something you can do. Would you maybe be able to post a video of the fish on youre channel so I can get a look?
How do I add a video?
@@bethanypeterson4180 on mobile there should be a ‘+’ button on the bottom of the screen in the middle. On PC I think there’s a button in the top right somewhere saying ‘create’ but I can’t remember on the top of my head the specifics
I would recommend keeping him in a 3 gallon tank or more.
. . It's best to give at least 5, but be kind and give 10. Yes, it's more money but bettas need more than just 3 gallons . .
What plants did you use to decorate your tank?
In the bowl or the tank? Or both?
Petsmart should be ashamed of themselves.
Omg I been feeding my bettas peas to help them poop
It’s okay. It’s an easily misunderstood myth. Goldfish is where it comes from because peas are good for them but Bettas not to much. Try daphnia instead :)
My betta made a full recovery and swam well in his quarantine tank but when he transfered to his big tank, the dropsy returned. Should I just keep him in more shallow water at this point?
what meds did you use and for how long? sometimes antibiotics/antiparasitics etc, need to be used for a while longer than when they appear better because they can remain in the system
@@emmathecabbage Maybe that's why, I put him on ParaGuard for 3 days and Pea feeding (as well as Epsom salt baths)
@@exid193 pea feeding oddly enough isn’t the best for Bettas since they are carnivores. A better alternative would be daphnia if I remember correctly. Did you try fasting him? Usually paraguard treats primarily external infections making me lean towards constipation being the primary cause
@@emmathecabbage I did for about 3 days. I tested his appetite when I got him with a speck of dirt sized pellet (basically very small) and he ate it so thankfully he still had will to eat
@@exid193 ah ok. It may be worth trying to repeat the fast and Epsom salt baths and see where he’s at after
Hey Emma the Cabbage I have a sick betta and would like to ask for your advice. He lives in a 2 gallon tank, 1 heater, and sponge filter. He hasn’t been eating at all! I had tried every thing I had tried to give him pellets, bloodworms, and more but he has no interest. My betta has been laying at the bottom of the tank and only comes to the surface to get air I thought that maybe he was stressed so I added 1 tbsp and some mega fix but it hasn’t helped. He does appear to have a little bit of fin rot or ich because of a small white area near his tail, and head. The fin rot isn’t that serious anymore. Please help!
Would you be able to upload a small video or image on youre channel so I can look? Also how long have you had the Betta?
Hii, so I will upload a video of him tomorrow but I had my betta for about two years now also I added 1 tbsp of aquarium salt
Hey I just uploaded the video of my betta
He doesn’t look toooo bad from what I can see. How often and volume do you clean the tank? When was the last time you did it? It could be that there’s some bad water quality or bacteria build up
I used to do water changes every week but now I have been doing more frequent water changes like 2-3 water changes a week, the last time I did a water change was 1 day ago
I came out this morning and my beta is dying. He seemed fine last night. I dont know what to do 😢
What are his symptoms?
U WERE ON THE DODO
Yes I was :)
@@emmathecabbage And the dodo vid got more likes than the original??! ;(
You should add blood worms into his diet
He used to get them now and then before he passed away :)
You know petsmart doesn't sell sick animals of any type. They are not allowed to by law. Nice try
Go into almost any petsmart and you’ll see a sick fish being sold. Just because they aren’t supposed to doesn’t mean they wont. A lot of employees don’t even know they are sick. But also he wasn’t ‘sold’ to me. He was adopted out. Meaning I had to sign a bunch of paper work stating I know he’s sick and I will provide him necessary care. Although this practice was discontinued several months ago at my local petsmart. No clue if others still do it.