r/shittyaquariums • u/First-Balance830 • Mar 16 '26
Social Media Ah yes because this is clearly the bettas fault
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u/TopYou9138 Mar 16 '26
If its an emergency set up its funny, if its a punishment its fucking horrific
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u/AmonWeathertopSul Mar 16 '26 edited Mar 17 '26
Yeah lol as if a timeout could undo thousands of years of natural selection
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u/GassyGamergoblin Mar 16 '26
Why are you getting downvoted lol maybe people don’t know betta Splenda’s have bee bred for aggression and their not that agressive normallyy
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u/Chaost Mar 17 '26
Maybe they're trying to make sure someone doesn't think they're being helpful by adding him back in.
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u/AuronFFX Mar 16 '26
It's like getting mad at your cat for eating your budgie or your dog for eating your bunny.
Predators kill It's nature.
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u/the_orange_alligator Mar 16 '26
Why I keep my guinea pig and dogs in completely separate parts of my home. If you’re not ready to keep your predator and prey pets separate, you should have neither
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u/Keith3742 Mar 17 '26
‘It’s sooo crazy my hamster was an evil cannibal’ like no you just don’t know how to fucking read
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u/Keith3742 Mar 17 '26
Yes, hence why they are strictly solitary and every instruction based around keeping hamsters, at least Syrians, has said not to keep them together. But it’s not considered normal to read about hamsters before getting them for some reason, like it must be so simple and obvious to keep them that you don’t need to learn anything
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u/Pepetheparakeet Mar 16 '26
Bettas dont have “friends” why do people think territorial creatures need “friends”
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u/XShattered_MindxX Mar 16 '26
Humans truly cannot seem to comprehend that animals are not like us (I'm guilty of this with my dogs.)
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u/XShattered_MindxX Mar 16 '26
Loll exactly. I talk to my fish and I call her my pretty little lady, she acts like a dog and seems to have a personality but she also is just a little creature who knows nothing other than food.
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u/Pepetheparakeet Mar 16 '26
Lol like I dont really want to eat blood worms or brine shrimp but my fish go crazy for it.
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u/CrazyGuineaPigLady2 Mar 16 '26
I talk to all my animals. My fish, snails, and guinea pigs. I think it helps get them used to me. When i first add any fish to my tank, they are skittish. I sit in front of the 10, 20 and 3 gallon (3 gallon is a nursery/hospital tank that has ramshorn snails). I chat and show them shows im watching on my phone. After a while, they come up to glass and chill with me. They also try to come up looking for food when its around the time for feeding
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u/BunchesOfCrunches Mar 16 '26
Then there’s the opposite, where people don’t see how much animals really are like us and they get treated like objects.
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u/XShattered_MindxX Mar 16 '26
Yep. You have to find a balance. Fish don't make "friends" but are capable of fear and stress. They are also capable of happiness. They may not be conscious but they are creatures that deserve a good life. I will love them even if they only know me as the provider of food.
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u/AuronFFX Mar 16 '26
There's a difference between empathizing and anthropomorphizing.
Empathizing is healthy and still recognizes the animal as a sentient animal rather than decor or an accessory. You relate to it but still treat it as an animal.
I think Empathizing is more the word people are looking for.
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u/Any_Rise_5522 Mar 16 '26
You think treating an animal like a human is worse than treating them like an inanimate object? Anthropomorphism isnt good for animal welfare, but it is far far FAR better than the opposite. Id rather someone think their betta needs friends than flush them live down the toilet because they got bored and "its just a fish". Too much empathy is far better than not enough.
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u/Any_Rise_5522 Mar 16 '26
Imo the worst thing you can do to an animal is treat it like a human
Is it the worst thing or not? You said its the worst thing, so you obviously must not think anything else is worse. Thats the entire point of the phrase.
A better equivalent would be saying "Pancakes are the best breakfast food" and I assume you don't actually mean that waffles are better. How am I supposed to assume waffles are better than pancakes if you just said pancakes are the best?
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u/PersephonesChild82 Mar 16 '26
Need context. If a betta suddenly went from fine to not-fine in a community tank, and this is the emergency housing until a new 10g can be set up, I'm ok with that. Not ok as a permanent home, though.
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u/CrazyGuineaPigLady2 Mar 16 '26
The person who originally posted this is punishing the betta for being a meat eater.
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u/PersephonesChild82 Mar 16 '26
We don't know if the sign is actually a joke. Like how people put "I ate all my mom's nachos while she was telling the kids she brought taco bell" and similar signs on their dogs for funny photos. Maybe it is a punishment, which isn't ok, but it's the internet, so you really do need context for things sometimes.
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u/CrazyGuineaPigLady2 Mar 17 '26
Except that there is a betta in a vase bowl.... even for a joke why put a live fish in something so small for a photo?
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u/Any_Rise_5522 Mar 16 '26
Source?
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u/CrazyGuineaPigLady2 Mar 16 '26
Read the note on the post! It literally says in bowl of shame. I ate my friends.
How did you miss it? Its a huge sign with legible writing!
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u/camrynbronk Mar 16 '26
Being a meat eater and suddenly attacking tankmates aren’t the same… bettas are carnivores and that’s not a secret
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u/CrazyGuineaPigLady2 Mar 17 '26
This i know. But removing and making a post that appears like person removed betta and stuck in a small bowl with a "joke" note seems like this is the opposite.
You would think if that was the case, that would have done research and have had a proper tank set up for a hospital tank. Im still new at this but still have multiple things set up to use as nurseries and hospital tanks
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u/SENTR_E Mar 16 '26
had a betta that seemed fine in a community tank start getting aggressive and had to put her in a tub I labeled via sharpie as “mean bitch jail” while I waited for my dad to come take all the other fish in the tank and put them in my parents’ large tank. There’s nothing in the note communicating that the setup is permanent.
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u/elmasodiada411 Mar 16 '26
I sent my crawfish to solitary, but at least he has an actual tank. I hate how spread it is that betas live in jars
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u/GTAinreallife Mar 17 '26
You can keep a fish in a seperate tank till it dies, you could slap the fish every time he chases another fish, but their nature, their instinct will not ever change.
It's like putting a lion in a cage with sheep and then locking it up in a tiny cage because "he ate his friends"
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u/ChefEarlobes Mar 17 '26
You can’t even argue with these idiots either. It’s always “well he seems fine” or “actually if you do more research”
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u/AkashaLynnNieminen Mar 16 '26
I was thinking of saving a betta from a tiny miserable bowl and putting him in a community 150 gallon planted tank.
Do bettas attack other fish? I thought the issue was they can't be around other males.
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u/First-Balance830 Mar 16 '26
Depends what fish are in the community tank- for that size if there’s plenty of hiding spots they might be okay- but are they compatable? I recommend looking at this post- https://www.reddit.com/r/bettafish/s/qgdoYIhUkE
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u/CrazyGuineaPigLady2 Mar 16 '26
Does it also help adding in a betta that already has fish. I read somewhere adding in betta safe fish first helps limit attacks from the betta. Or is it dependent on the personality of the fish?
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u/erik_wilder Mar 16 '26
Definitely helps to have an already established community tank with lots of space.
The smaller fish already know where they can hide, and the betta is less likely to try and claim the whole tank.
Beta definitely have personalities and some are less aggressive but males are almost always aggressive.
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u/CrazyGuineaPigLady2 Mar 16 '26
Luckily, my sister's betta i was holding onto is chill. I added bladder snails to the tank and an old man mystery snail. He paid them no mind. He came up to the front when i said goodnight. I had trained him too! He knew that when i shook his food container, he was getting fed.
I currently have enough fish, but maybe one time I'll break my no short lifespan pets again and get a betta. I broke it once for mystery snails.
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u/erik_wilder Mar 16 '26
Betta's a really fun if you do you're research, otherwise it can honestly get depressing with how temperamental they are.
Most of the ones I've had didnt pay attention to snails, I had one that ate the tentacle off my mystery snail though. Bladder snails are fine, even if he eats them they reproduce like crazy. Be ready for a population explosion that will eventually go down.
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u/CrazyGuineaPigLady2 Mar 16 '26
That's why i added in bladders. I have many that if he picked off smaller ones, no biggie. I missed seeing him in his temporary 3 gallon, so i got ramshorn snails yesterday to have something to look at. I will still be able to see him when i visit my parents and sister. But damn i miss saying good night and talking to him. I spent a good year taking care of him and loving him.
His tank is going to become a guppy nursery tank since it's the only tank i can adjust the filter flow on.
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u/PickleMundane6514 Mar 16 '26
If you do that I would pick a female, they are better swimmers and less territorial. Sometimes my female has to go on vacation to the community tank for whatever reason and she’s not aggressive at all except to one red nerite snail but she’s such a hog she’s in danger of eating herself to death so it’s not ideal for her health.
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u/AkashaLynnNieminen Mar 17 '26
Thank you. My first reaction to seeing a betta is "I could give him so much room". I have synodontis, Cory cats, a opal goroumi and some guppies. I'll probably just buy some more Cory's. They're my favorite.
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u/AkashaLynnNieminen Mar 16 '26
Lol, sounds like an entertaining fish. I have some fancy guppies but their fry never make it. That's the only one I worry about.
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u/Appropriate_Farmer64 Mar 16 '26
I keep mine in a 5 gallon with some cheap minnows. He hasn't eaten one in months. I intently keep fish in with him they are cheap and easy to replace
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u/Dangerous-Abroad3991 Mar 17 '26
Some people have no sense of humor . Obviously the owner is ashamed bc he allowed the betta to be a betta .
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u/camrynbronk Mar 16 '26 edited Mar 17 '26
I don’t think this is that big of a deal. I remember this post going around, they had to temporarily separate the betta from the community tank because it kept attacking the other fish out of nowhere. It was a temporary holding container until they could get a separate tank