ZombiesAteMyDog
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I was at walmart today and I saw a 1.5 gallon tetra kit ready to go for 20 bucks, then I saw the poor sad little bettas in their dirty little cups, looking like death warmed over.
if I was to want to rescue one of these betas, would I need to get the tank and cycle it first? or could I get the tank, fill it, set it all up, use the bottled betta water and add the fish right away and cycle it fish in?
now I understand obviously the tank needs to be cycled , but adding the fish to a newly set up uncycled 1.5 gallon tank where I am doing diligent water changes has to be better than leaving them to rot in that sad little tub where they just kind of float around in a cup of their own filth all the time?
if I was to want to rescue one of these betas, would I need to get the tank and cycle it first? or could I get the tank, fill it, set it all up, use the bottled betta water and add the fish right away and cycle it fish in?
now I understand obviously the tank needs to be cycled , but adding the fish to a newly set up uncycled 1.5 gallon tank where I am doing diligent water changes has to be better than leaving them to rot in that sad little tub where they just kind of float around in a cup of their own filth all the time?