Quote Originally Posted by wolfy-hound
If you take proper care then he's finally getting really old.
Typical pet store bettas are culls from overseas, and not very well cared for, so you'd be lucky to get 2 years out of them.
Your brother's much be a very well taken care of fishie! Congrats!
Wolfy
hehe this is the thing im somewhat confused about. ian(my brother) would catch minnows in a nearby lake with friends and put them alive in the betta tank and he would eat them whole. i figured he must have parasites from that. then a couple years ago his friend wanted to fight his betta and ians. ians betta completely demolished and killed the other betta sadly with not a scratch on him. also finally about a year ago ian forgot to dechlorinise the water and the betta flipped upside down pale white. amazingly after 2 days in a different tank he magicly became a normal betta again. and if this makes anything different he hasnt made a bubble nest in at least 3 years.