[TNTCanada]

The sad thing is there are a lot of pet stores that would sell you the same thing.

With this said it doesn’t matter how much schooling you have, I had a Biologist argue with me that you can keep Bettas in a bowl with a plant and the Betta would live a healthy life as long as there was water in it. They said the Betta would eat the plant and the plant would keep the water chemistry and water quality good. I tried to tell them Bettas are mostly carnivorous they argued with me and said they are herbivores and they knew better because they were a Biologist.

So would I trust this person (Biologist) with my tank NO.

But there are Biologists like Christy would I trust her with my tank, Yes.

I also know a Biologist that calls me when they have problems with their tank and my title is “Retail manager” in a grocery store.

School only teaches you so much the rest is up to the person.

A title is only a title.

What was the intent of this student? I’m sure they were just trying to do something good. Mistakes happen and I’m sure they have learned from this.
We all make mistakes, have I killed a fish do to the neglect of not doing enough research, YES. Most everyone has at some point in this hobby.

Did I learn from it yes, will I do it again I sure hope not.

To end my comments I say lets give this student some slack they, I hope were just trying to do the right thing but just didn’t do it right.

Just my 2 cents

Cheers
Tyler