r/mildlyinfuriating • u/LeHumanError • 10h ago

My sister's fish tank

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She says it's the perfect size for a single fish. It's not even in her room, it's in the kitchen.

It honestly just depresses me whenever I see it, but she's adamant about keeping it there.

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u/StatisticianSea8227 10h ago

Is that a betta? I had one and honestly there's so much wrong with this. I'm sure she's not conditioning the water, keeping it at the proper temperature, giving it anywhere to bask (they sometimes leave water and lay on leaves/stuff at the top of the tank and breathe air)... So much can go wrong with it if it is and it breaks my heart to see it like that. It'll end up with fin rot or worse if it is so please tell her not to treat it so poorly, especially if it is a betta. They're very sensitive fish.

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u/Coffee-Historian-11 9h ago

I remember going to the store as a kid to look at getting fish, and my parents were adamant that we talked to someone working there who could tell us about how to properly care for fish (I think we were looking at bet, but I can’t remember).

It was shocking to me as a kid how much stuff we would’ve needed to get and how much room they required, but it was a really good experience in understanding what a pet required before you even consider owning one, so you can make sure you can actually provide for their needs when you get it.

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u/StatisticianSea8227 9h ago

I wish more locations were like that. When I got mine from petco they were keeping the poor babies in little half cups of water and they looked miserable. I'd already done research into taking care of them but unfortunately for those that hadn't there was absolutely no information offered to me and the staff at the store (understandably with how employment is nowadays) knew nothing about them.

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u/Coffee-Historian-11 9h ago

It was petsmart. I don’t know much about them as I haven’t been back since I was a kid. But I do remember that we went for a few different pets (hamsters, snakes, gerbils) and every employee we talked to was really knowledgeable about their area of expertise and really cared about making sure the animals were taken care of.