Remember to consider disaster prep for your bettas

So I was forced to evacuate from the hurricane, it’s currently slamming my city because I live on the gulf coast. I had very little time to consider if/how i was going to transport my betta fish. At first i was 100% going to bring him, then i started to think about how i was going to do all of it- I had a few ideas but the day I spent preparing to evacuate was a horrible mess. At that point we didn’t actually know how bad it was going to get, but i felt like i wouldn’t be able to live with myself if i left him at home and something horrible happened. The house I live in is definitely not the most structurally sound, with high wind and the level of storm surge it was too unsafe. So I threw together a kit during my very panicked packing and this is what I have :,)

I brought distilled water, plus some home tank water/soil/plants, i’m hoping whatever bacteria was there sustains the water parameters until this comes to a conclusion. In my rush I forgot any sort of pump, but I only have one air pump and I didn’t know what would happen if I took the pump from the home tank for a few days. I also have an old heater. It’s so ugly and bad i know, he hates it so much, but it’s all i have for now. I wasn’t really prepared at all and my betta will pay for it. He seems to doing fine, just so boring now- doesn’t react to much unless i feed him. Which he does still eat, I think that’s good. To supplement the aeration the filter would have done, i’m pouring water in the tank pretty often.

Anyway, this is just me saying to make sure yall prepare for situations like this where the place you are ends up unsafe, and please hope rain is strong enough to get through his tough conditions until tomorrow.

So I was forced to evacuate from the hurricane, it’s currently slamming my city because I live on the gulf coast. I had very little time to consider if/how i was going to transport my betta fish. At first i was 100% going to bring him, then i started to think about how i was going to do all of it- I had a few ideas but the day I spent preparing to evacuate was a horrible mess. At that point we didn’t actually know how bad it was going to get, but i felt like i wouldn’t be able to live with myself if i left him at home and something horrible happened. The house I live in is definitely not the most structurally sound, with high wind and the level of storm surge it was too unsafe. So I threw together a kit during my very panicked packing and this is what I have :,)

I brought distilled water, plus some home tank water/soil/plants, i’m hoping whatever bacteria was there sustains the water parameters until this comes to a conclusion. In my rush I forgot any sort of pump, but I only have one air pump and I didn’t know what would happen if I took the pump from the home tank for a few days. I also have an old heater. It’s so ugly and bad i know, he hates it so much, but it’s all i have for now. I wasn’t really prepared at all and my betta will pay for it. He seems to doing fine, just so boring now- doesn’t react to much unless i feed him. Which he does still eat, I think that’s good. To supplement the aeration the filter would have done, i’m pouring water in the tank pretty often.

Anyway, this is just me saying to make sure yall prepare for situations like this where the place you are ends up unsafe, and please hope rain is strong enough to get through his tough conditions until tomorrow.