there was a betta at work that had a realy bad case of ick, and i told one of the pet people about it (they had no idea what i was saying) so i told them it's a problem fish get when there stressed out and that they could buy medicine for it or if they wanted i could take him home and treat him over the weekend, and they told me they'd think about it, so later i find out they flush the poor little guy while he was still alive. how cruel is that