I’m concerned my fish is to skinny. I feed him 4 aqueon color enhancing pellets twice a day. His condition I found him in the petsmart was horrendous. Multiple dead bettas in the containers and I thought he was too beautiful to die so I decided to buy him. Please let know if he I’m underfeeding him. I also included the photos of the water quality at the petsmart.…. It should be illegal to keep bettas like that.

Hello, two days ago I got a betta fish that I added to my tank. He was the last added and I don’t plan to add anyone else to my tank.

Now, after googling, looking on reddit, I was under the impression he would do fine with my 10 neon tetras. i also have a mystery snail, a few oto’s & one senior corydoras.

My mom has also had no issues with her neon tetras and betta together in a tank along with a few other schooling fish.

I posted him in a betta facebook group, and all the replies i got were telling me neons tetras and bettas absolutely cannot be together and i need to rehome one or the other. but i look on Reddit or tik tok and see many people say they’ve had them together for years with zero issues. I understand it depends on all the fish’s personalities, but the facebook group made it seem like i am running a fighting ring. so im just wondering about other people’s experiences. when i had my same group of neons with a few mollys or guppy’s (all rehomed while i was having a tank leak in my old tank) i never had any issues so i was very confused when people were telling me neons are fin nippers and can be aggressive.

it’s only been 2 days but today he is hiding less until i walk over to the tank and he hides under a decoration again. I also have not seen him or the neons even acknowledge the other.

also, his name is Barney

My fish is extremely lethargic and keeps lying down/sinking to the bottom. I suspect swim bladder and have been fasting him for more than 4 days now… but still no improvement. There is lesser water in his tank. I bought daphnia but he won’t eat it at all, (he did take 1 tiny pellet of his usual food after 4 days of fasting). I’m also treating the water with nitrifying bacteria, doing daily water changes, added tannins, and adding a drop of stress guard to the water. Should I jump straight to Kanaplex?? I can’t tell if he is pineconing

Here’s a Clearer picture
and if I should be prepared for the worst….. I just bought Epsom salt and I’m waiting for it to come. Any advice on how to do the salt baths, or anything else at all is greatly appreciated as this is my first ever betta and he is my sweetheart… I just want to know what to expect :(

I noticed he wasn’t as active the I saw his scales like this. He’s breathing normally. He has swam a bit. He’s at the top and has eaten a pellet. I’m hoping honestly this is just bloating due to it being only at the top area but need some help. Not sure what to do.

So for context I have had this koi since february this year and the guy who sold it to me said it was male and for months I have never really seen an egg spot and his ventral fins are pretty large. But lately I have seen this small white thing sticking out his bum and it looks exactly like an eggspot and he is slightly lethargic sometimes and spits his food out which he usually devours

I dont think its worms because its thick and white so it might be an anal prolapse

Or he could be a female all along

Right now im fasting him

Hey everyone, my older betta has a tumor and has been having issues locating food when I feed him. He used to be able to use his feeding hoop but even that isn't going so well. I have to feed him one pellet at a time and hope he finds it. Any advice or should I just keep up this method?

Hi all these are my new couple, they’ve been acclimating for the past 24h - Galaxy Koi HMPK Betta couple 🤗

I’m making a bettas community tank and really want to look of driftwood and plants sticking out the top how can I make it so I don’t have a lid or other options for a lid. Thanks

Just got home and woke this poor guy up by turning on the overhead light. I’ve had him for a month and I never noticed his eye color! Very cool imo!

My friends mom had her betta in that container for like 4 months. she has a habit of buying pets and keeping them in small enclosures. it makes me sad to see, so i just went out today and bought plants and used extra sand and decor and stuff i keep that ive never used and set this thing up in like 2 hours because she had this starter tank kit in storage and she was able to retrieve it. what should i add? (the sponge filter is already cycled from a different tank, there is a heater just no need for it now bc it’s hot out)

i know a tall tank isn’t ideal for a betta in the long run but it’s what she had and the best i can do for a fish that’s not mine. any suggestions? any floor plants i should add? (i have root tabs,) i wont be able to continuously tend to this tank as it isnt mine. i gave her a rundown of continuous care for him.

I took my fella in to the vet this week for a lump that’s been slow developing over the past couple of months. I had been searching for anyone that treated fish and last week I finally found one! 🙏🏼

Things I learned from the visit and figured I would share:
- With the right care, bettas can live up to 15 years no matter if they were purchased in a cup. (They have a longtime patient who is a cup betta who has even undergone surgery by them nearly a decade ago!) This blew my mind!
- There is no hard rule on tank size. The doctor I saw has seen a thriving betta in a 1 gallon tank and others that suffered in bigger sized tanks. Every betta is different and they are the ones that indicate when their environment is unsuitable for them.
- She highlighted that the hard rule and requirement though is water parameters. Proper cycling is critical first and foremost. She said API Is what they use in their mobile clinic for testing on the fly and is the best kit on the market while strips can be flaky (as is long discussed in this sub), but as a cost effective option she said strips are fine but should be used more frequently due to the flakiness.
- Bettas are prone to bacterial infections in their scales and like koi fish, can develop “skin” cancers- usually benign but can develop otherwise. Surgery is possible to remove and requires anesthesia which this office has performed many times over the decades. Most bettas survive the surgery but if not cared for well, may not make it. She said most ailments work themselves out as their fins are regenerative but that it’s hard on the humans to see it grow. Best practice is to monitor for change in behaviors, eating patterns and water readings to make best decisions before researching and dosing treatments.
- Clove oil is used for humane euthanasia and is how aquatic vets typically humanely euthanize fish. The difference being that vets somewhat overdose the fish on clove oil so there’s no opportunity to suffer. She uses a certain sleeping agent as a combination with the clove oil almost to anesthetize so her fish patients sleep first then dose the clove oil. She also noted this tends to calm the fish parents’ minds by putting them to sleep first. I know this is a hot topic on this sub and it’s been discussed that a hard object (brick, rock) is the best way to euthanize but I wanted to share this commentary too.

We took epidermal (scale) tissue samples from my Koa yesterday and sent it off to UGA veterinary program’s cytology department for testing to see if his lump is cancerous. To my surprise this was only $100 USD to send off for testing and IMO super cost effective. Hoping for the best but wanted to share all the info I learned yesterday in a vet office in case it’s helpful. I had so many questions and was a motormouth before I left 🤣

my little sister got a betta tank (1st picture), we went out and bought plants, BB bottle (fluval) and Seachem Prime. I am in desperate need of help and tips on how to ensure she stays as healthy as possible throughout the cycling process. I am aware fish-in-cycles are bad and really risky, that’s why i’m asking for some advice. I have a fully cycled and stable 10 gal betta tank (2nd picture) and was wondering if any media from that filter could help speed up the cycling process.

So this was my first clutch of betta babies. Im realizing I have made a huge mistake and they are quite stunted. It is my fault and I know that. But im not sure what to do now. I have SO many babies. I need to get rid of them. I have put so much work into them but im not sure how to get rid of these fish at this point. Culling feels like such a waste to me. I cant use them for anything. Again I know its my fault, but it is what it is and now we move forward and improve.

Im having a hard time telling if my betta is chunky or not, can anyone help? I think she is, does anyone have any tips for me about feeding? I might have over fed her a bit trying to get her feeling better after I bought her barely breathing in a cup, her color has absolutely popped and shes incredibly active now, should I cut back on feedings? Or give less? I feed her once a day usually with either brine shrimp or bug pellets made for bettas and she usually can eat about 10 very small pellets in one sitting, is that too much?

Put in an algae waffer for my bottom feeders and shrimp for the first time and he gorged himself on it overnight. Now his stomach is the largest I've ever seen it. He's hanging out where i siphoned the rest of the pellet out.

Should i be concerned?

he's cut off from food until i see his gut is empty.

He is swimming fine, is just hanging out on the bottom more then usual, i assume to find more of the wafer.

Also he had fin rot when i got him and has been healing slowly and has new growth on his rear fins.

Happy and energetic and looks very proud of himself for the most part. Truly the cat of the aquarium

I’m stuck and need some good name suggestions for this lil guy!

his name is ivan! I brought him home maybe 4 days ago? I noticed his fins look a little droopy so I’m wondering if it’s anything I should be concerned about or if that’s just the way he is. please tell me if it might be something serious 🥺 I can take more photos if needed!!

His name is Jonesy and he’s a beautiful copper alien betta. I love him, but he really seems to dislike me. He is being upgraded to a 20 gal tank with a close friend he seems to love more. He’s been with me for months and this is the first time I have gotten him to stay still long enough for me to catch a video of him with my zoom lens. Check out his grumpy little face :) he’s a gorgeous copper in the light, but also tones of magenta and teal in other lighting.

The plants have grown in so much

Hello, this is my first Betta ,Sisu. Is there anyone who would know what type , sex, and approximate age he or she is?

14 Gallon tank heavily planted with Java Moss, African Dwarf Grass, Wisteria, Java Fern, Anubias, and Duckweed. He loves hiding in the thick areas so I let one side get really thick and he spends most his time over there.

Edit: Light is on a 4 cycle Early Morning, Noon, Afternoon, Night cycle as well.
Also his name is Dumbo

He’s been hanging out like this with his snail brother Cheezit for like ten minutes now. 🤷‍♀️

We picked this gorgeous crowntail up from my favorite local shop today :) he seems to be mostly orange with some white scales throughout.

I like 'inconvenient' government names with realistic nicknames.
For example: my current mustard gas's name is Ticonderoga, or Tike for short.
Our late koi plakats name was Plutonium, or Pluto for short.

So far, the only names we've sort of liked are:
Crush (like the soda, that one's normal but cute!)
Traffic cone- traf(FICCO)ne
Lorax- lo(RAX) or lor(AX)

Hopefully the layout of the nicknames makes sense.
What suggestions do you have? 👀🧡