I’m a new fish owner and saved my little guy on the brink of death from petco. I decided to name him Spirit, a play on his pale coloring from the very start, and in hopes he would thrive. A week into owning him I went to an exotic pet store seeking new plants to fill the tank up better. They ended up giving me a free dwarf crawfish which was super tiny because he was attached to one of the plants I wanted, and didn’t inform me of how terrible this decision can be. Well as soon as we got home we did some research online and definitely read about red flags with keeping these two species in the same tank. I had been wanting to remove the crawfish but it was very fast and I gave up quickly after failing numerous times to catch it.
Now a week into having the two in the same tank, I woke up to my betta being completely gone. I’m so sad it ended this way, he deserved better. I’ve been sobbing all day thinking about how I tried rescuing him, and how I was worried the first few days thinking he wasn’t going to make it- noticing his poor coloring, curved spine, and fin rot. He had been doing so well up until these last few days where I noticed his behavior wasn’t as bubbly as it had been, and him being more reserved and hiding. I failed him and I regret it terribly.
RIP Spirit.
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Posted by Hungry-Decision-1313
3 Comments
I have a mexican dwarf crayfish and she’s never even tried to mess with my betta.. I guess each ones different
Many times when bettas are in poor health in the store, they dont bounce back and pass away. You said he was completely gone. As In there is no remnants of him at all? Also what kimd of crayfish? I wouldn’t be surprised if he was just too far gone from his time in the pet store.
im sorry for your loss 🙁
i had a dwarf cray with my betta and they got along great, it really just depends on the personality and what space they have. they were in a 29g when i had them
the cray passed frol unknown causes, i got her from a shady mall store so im not shocked