He always flares up when I go over to give him his food. Or when I go near his tank at all. He certainly has a nice set of gills. He’d get all the lady fish if they were here.
Operation Fish Rescue
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I’ve never had a betta eat as much as Mira. He gets 8 pellets a day and finishes them ALL, then flares at me and swims around hoping to get more. He’s getting really big! And look at those colors! How did such a gorgeous fish ever end up half dead on the back of the shelf at Walmart?
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Mira is doing splendidly. Can you believe this is the same fish that wouldn’t eat a month ago?
alabasterwaterfordnebulae asked:
i am so happy to see how well Mira is doing. it is amazing. i commend you. i have to ask, have to taken any steps in the pursuit of legal action by any chance?
Thank you! He’s so happy now, it’s amazing how much he turned around!
I haven’t done any more than write a complaint to the Walmart corporation and reported the poor customer service to the local store’s manager, I’m afraid. I’m back at school now so I wouldn’t have time to do anything on a legal level.
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When I woke up yesterday this little guy was actively swimming around and looking for food. I think it’s safe to say that this betta is healed. I have decided to name him “Mira”, short for “miracle”.
Operation Fish Rescue: Day 7
He’s looking better, especially now that he’s got food in him. He’s moving around a little more and I even saw him swim to about 1.5 inches above the gravel, which is more than his usual 1 inch. I’m still feeding him in his cup so he can get the food easier.
Operation Fish Rescue: Day 6
When I woke up today, my little rescue fish (as I have been calling him) was more active than yesterday. He seems interested in his surroundings, although he still does not swim more than an inch above the gravel. I tried to put food in again, and I think he wants to eat but is unsure where to get the food. I have a feeling he was never in anything larger than a cup where he saw the food right above him. I’m going to try putting him in his old cup filled with his tank water and put him in there to see if he tries to eat food there. Afterwards I’ll put him back in his tank of course. I’ll let everyone know if it works.
Edit: He ate the food! He mostly ate the freeze dried bloodworms, but he did take one or two of the pellets. I’m so happy that he’s finally got some food in him, I really hope this is a a sign for good things to come!
reyquin-deactivated20120121 asked:
Hi there, I found your blog from the Betta tag. I can't offer you any advice other than what you've gotten already, but I wanted to tell you I really appreciate and respect what you're doing. Every time I go to Walmart I get so mad at their fish aisle, I can't believe living creatures are allowed to be treated with such negligence. I really hope your friend picks up soon, my heart goes out to him. Thank you for doing everything you can for the poor guy. <3
Thank you for the kind message, it makes me happy to know a lot of people are rooting for this little guy :) If I had the time and space I would have taken them all, but I only have one extra tank and not a lot of room at my apartment. I picked him because he appeared to be the least healthy of all of them. But again, thank you so much for your support!
Operation Fish Rescue: Days 4 and 5
On day 4 my rescue fish didn’t seem to be doing any better. If anything I thought he looked even more tired. I continued to medicate him, however, and I put a tiny bit of more salt in.
Today (day 5), I have a hopeful outlook on the situation. He’s starting to swim around a little more and he has a little more interest in things happening outside of the tank. He’s also realized that he can hide in the little pagoda that’s in his tank. He still has not swum up any higher than an inch above the gravel though, which worries me because he still isn’t coming up for food. I do not have a picture for today because the tank water is blue from the medication and I wouldn’t be able to get a clear shot.
Sorry for not updating yesterday, things have been a little crazy.
Operation Fish Rescue: Day 3
I was unexpectedly out all day and I didn’t get back until after 12 am, but the first thing I did was go to check on the little rescue fish. He seems less responsive than yesterday, but he’s not as lopsided as far as I can tell. It’s hard to say for certain if his health has improved or worsened since yesterday because I wasn’t able to check on him throughout the day.
On a somewhat derived topic, does anybody know if there is a certain license that is needed to sell fish at a store? I think it would be beneficial and more accepted by stores if there was such a thing, that way the stores would have to meet certain standards in the care and selling of fish. It would encourage stores like Walmart, who insist on selling fish but don’t really care if they die or not, to either stop selling them altogether or to pay better attention to the fish they are trying to sell. Having a a mandatory license like this would also be a lot easier to accomplish than trying to shut Walmart’s fish selling down entirely, and it could help the fish at many other careless stores such as Walmart throughout the nation.
