The Cruelty to Bettas
- Thread starter biondoa
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Ok I do get your point, but there is a huge difference between the way we keep our aquarium fish and the way bettas are kept in cups. We supply our fish with fresh water each week, we provide filtration , we provide food and we try to approximate their natural environment, albeit in a small way, but we do not torture them. At least I don't think my fish are being tortured. The little bettas in cups have no food , no filtration, not much air, and an environment that is like nothing they would live in naturally. Their water is polluted with their own waste. They have no hope unless someone comes along and buys them. Yes, buying them does keep the process going I admit. I don't knpw what the answer is, do you?
The answer is simple don't buy from those who house animals in conditions that you do not approve of.
Ok, got it too. Found a newly opened LFS in town that does house bettas nicely. The females are in community tank with other fish and the males in small bowls with always fresh water. Had to grab me a few females - so much nicer to point at the tank and pick your fish instead of picking up them nasty cups.
Picked up a blue, a red, a white with pinkish fins, and a grey one. Here is a picture of the red one:
I was afraid you would say that you wanted the others in pictures. Can only help with the white one and a really bad picture of the grey one with the red. None of the pictures of the blue worked out. There is too much room for them to hide in the 29 gal tank they are in. They love the bubbles in the back as well as being goofy by hiding behind plants. They want to be watched, but not with a camera.
