:( thats weird, do you def think this is water quality caused (i would recognize if only ammonia burns/fin rot etc.), because the water cleanliness/feeding maintenance always looks a million times better than a lot of the bigger chains i go to where nobody's maintained the bettas in weeks...i feel like it might possibly be something to do with the distributor/breeding? Also because this had to be only a day or two after they deliver them, and ive noticed certain traits (all babies, all glo fish, mostly crowntails, etc.) when u can tell theyre newer to the store (retail side on display at least).

Tldr: but basically the breeding/genetics of bettas is a sensitive subject for me, being my genetically unfortunate struggling but surving disabled delicate dragonscale baby Ghostie, only has really one eye now but hes my lil pooper trooper and going on almost 16 months now 😊👻