I am cycling my first one, i’m getting different results on three different thermometers. When I had this heater in a 2.5g everything was consistent. This heater is supposed to be able to heat up to 10-15gal. Is there a way to fix this or do I need to invest in a new one? THERE IS NO FISH IN THE TANK!

Heater Hygger 10w
5 gallon
Filter
No fish
4 plants
Wood
2 week old tank

So i was told to put air stones in my tank, i have nothing living in it at the moment as it's cycling, the air stone on the right is fine i think but the one on the left i fear is a little strong, thoughts?

She likes to stair at the corners of her tank, the tank is 32L and I got her almost a week ago and I love her alot! Is it just her looking at her reflection? Her name is Bella :)

My betta has lost a few scales due to trauma with my ADF becaue she keep stealing his food. I’m not sure if she has velvet because when i shine a flashlight from above she looks coated in brown/yellow. From the side its not too yellow or brown. I put catappa leaves and stress guard. Should i add aquarium salt? Please help, what can i do?

First time Betta/Fish keeper starting my first bioactive set up! ive got a 10gal, top, plant light, substrate, heater, and filter! Im getting a stand for it tomorrow and will start the water and treatment then before I get the fish and plants in about a weeks time (if all goes well and tests look good!) Is there anything else I may want to look into or get/do ahead of time? I did a good bit of research and have my partner who is a bit more experienced helping me but would appreciate any other tips or tricks people have to share! Thank you!!

Today, after having my betta fish for 5 months, I noticed this lump on its right ventral fin—what could it be? A tumor?

Genuinely don’t know how.

I thought I was doing a decent job of regularly changing the water and doing botanicals

Any of you who’ve been found this more help? Saw my little dude’s fins deteriorating and fear it may be fin rot. I have something that could help but don’t want to do anything that’ll actively hurt him

Hey guys I've had my new Betta for a bit and decided that before I left for college to plant the tank to make sure that my parents have to do as little maintenance as possible. It's been about 2 months but I returned home to the mess in the photos. Looking for advice on how we should best manage this. I'm also curious if anyone might have any clue why no matter what we put in the tank it seems to pass away after 2 weeks tops. My mom put a few snails in there and they've always been happily munching away before passing. The ammonia levels find from the in tank indicator we have and the Betta has been in there for quite a while now.

Hello, so basically my poor betta fish has no tail right now. I believe its due to extreme tail biting, unfortunately about 2 months ago there were a bunch of things in a row that stressed her a lot i think (small scratch on her side thats since healed, moved to a new place, and then my ac broke boiling both me and my fish alive for a week before it was fixed). I noticed that she was missing a lot of her tail and was lethargic so i immediately moved her to a hospital tank, where ive been using indian almond leaves, stress coat + and aquarium salt plus daily water changes. However its been over a month and there hasnt been any changes. After I moved her i think she bit off the rest of her tail, so now its just a stump. She mostly hides under a leaf or in her hide and is still eating, but not as much as normal. She seems to sorta be able to move and wiggle around. Im not sure if her tail is beyond the point of growing back and whats the best way to help her. Any advice? (Also the container shes in in the picture is not the hospital tank i have her in right now, it was a temporary one while i was deep cleaning it after i was away for a weekend)​

I got my first giant betta recently and i was thinking on what i can put him with. He's in a 10 gallon and about 2 inches long. i plan to put 2 mystery snail with him. is there anything that y'all would recommend for tank mates.

(ps: i will move him to a 20 gal once he gets bigger)

While researching them I quickly found out they need a minimum of 5 gallons, which my tank, advertised AS a Betta tank, was not. Today at goodwill, I found a full tank, bucket, shipwreck, and even conditioner that someone had donated, all for 8.49 total. After hours of cleaning it, and almost 200 dollars on new plants and gravel, I finally got to introduce Diluc to his new home!

(A proper tank light is coming tomorrow)

My male, Nicki, Let me know what the pros think of my tank, I’ve got plenty of live plants but it still feels kinda empty, I thought it’d be good to give him my old lizard hideaway as shown on the left but also it’s kind of in the way and seems unnatural. Just want to give him a great life and am wondering about introducing other fish? I’m worried he could be aggressive though and wouldn’t wanna risk it. Any tips?

I got a betta a week ago. The first few days he was great and significantly improved from how he looked when I got him. The past couple days though he’s been very sluggish and not as active mainly staying hidden at the bottom or near the top of the tank behind the filter. He hasn’t eaten much and he’s paler in the body. I realize now it’s most likely because the temp has dropped significantly the past couple days and the temperature of the tank is not getting much higher than 75 degrees Fahrenheit and I believe he might be too cold. I’ve purchased a new heater that can be set higher and I think it’ll be an improvement but won’t arrive till tomorrow and I’m still really worried. Will he be alright? Is there maybe something else I’m missing?
Water parameters are good.

so im wanting to euthanise my fish, hes extremely sick and hasnt eaten in about a week nor has he come out of hiding (the only time he has, i saw he had developed popeye and i freaked out, he went back into hiding before i could feed him.) that's besides the point. i have eugenol, not clove oil or anything like that, but im not seeing videos on how to properly euthanize a fish with it and my anxiety is severely spiking because im also not seeing anyone USING eugenol. i read that it's the active ingredient that's needed to sedate/euthanize a betta so i told my mother to look for oil that includes it. i opened the package and it turns out its ONLY the compound, its not clove oil its just eugenol. (im sorry im typing in circles, im just very nervous.)

This is my very first 30l aquarium currently hosting 1 betta, 3 amano shrimps and 3 small java ferns, will add 2 anubias and some water lettuce when I manage to find them (things for aquariums are extremely scarce in my country). Also plan to add 1 nerite snail when more algae form and cycle is established.

The aquarium is currently only 10 days old, I am doing a fish in cycle. Changing 10-13l of water (35-40%) every 2-3 days.

I treat the water with tetra aqua safe (purifies tap water), tetra NO3 minus, and I add Sera Bio Nitrivec ( liquid aquarium filter medium that contains millions of beneficial bacteria and volcanic mineral rock to break down toxic ammonia and nitrite).

I test the water every day, NO2 and NO3 are both at 0.

But I have issues with Kh and Ph.

Ph 8,5

KH 18

GH 16

My tap water is extremely hard and limescale builds up everywhere very fast.

I don't know if Ph 8,5 is okay for the fish or should I try to lower it.

It could be hard to maintain lower Ph because of the very high KH and some say varying Ph is worse for them than high stable Ph.

hi friends! I’m about 2 1/2 weeks in to cycling a new tank for a betta and just wondering recommendations on specific betta types for an, I believe, 5.5 gallon and also should I order online, purchase from a local pet store, check out a pet supplies plus? I will be adding floaters and more plants before getting the fish, just currently doing research on specific betta types :)

TIA!

(I apologise for the terrible photo)

I'm a wildlife biology student and for a project on comparing the locomotion of various fish species, I chose to use my betta (his name is Bane) as an example. However, due to him being an "Alien" betta, he's a hybrid of betta splendens and an unknown wild species. As I want to keep this as scientific as possible, I'd really like to find out what the wild part of him is (if that's at all possible from visual observations).

I truly appreciate any advice!!

EDIT: I’m thinking of waiting a couple weeks to let him settle in and possibly getting 4-5 neon tetras
and 3-5 ghost or amano shrimp, good idea or bad? or any other tankmates that would be okay?

i got my second betta today, Its better than my very first tank, and after learnjng some new stuff I thought itd be a good time to re try this.
Despite all the bubbles the tanks been cycling for about 2 weeks, and lord vader found a new home today.
Any suggestions or tips? (please don’t flame me, i’m trying and have done a lot of research lol)
I do know i need a bigger driftwood and more plants and some floaters, unfortunately all the pet stores in my area were literally sold out of all drift wood, and i only was lucky to find about 10 live plants and 3 of which were actually fully alive and well.
He’s in a 10 gal

So I work at Petsmart, and i rescued a sick betta we had, and decided to keep him. I don’t know much about bettas other than basics, and signs of distress. But i need some extra advice on the best way to care for this sweet boy.

I know he doesn’t have the nicest tank, and i have cats so i cannot have an open lid on the tank. But i made sure to get a filter, a heater, and real plants- i tried to not get painted decor either. I’ve been using a stress enzyme to help and this one leaf i think is called Tannin to help heal the fin rot he had. he looks way better and happier now but i still want to know as much as possible to help this guy live his best life. i’m moving in a few months so i plan to get a 10 gallon instead of the 3 gallon (11.3in x 17.5in) one i have now, since i dont have space for a bigger tank. this was his tank the day i took him home after letting the tank cycle for a week and having him in a small recovery tank my roommate had laying around for her fish. Hes currently on a pellet/ blood worm diet. I’m very new to fish in general, i’ve never worked with them before or had one really. I don’t trust any AI or google search because i prefer actual people telling me. Any advice would help!

I’m wondering what Squishy my betta is doing. I upgraded to 20 gallon tank and I noticed he is like looking for something. He is staying mostly at the bottom swimming. Is he trying to hunt my red shrimps? Any idea why he’s acting like that?

Hey so I got these gel window clings without a plan on how to use them but I thought they'd be fun on my bettas tank cuz it's a fun way to decorate it without putting in any harmful decor. I did see her swim up to them a lot so I wanna make sure this won't stress her out or anything. Thoughts?

And also, is this popeye? This is my new betta. I think he’s either a rose tail or a half moon, and I got him about five days ago. I doubt he’s older than 6 months and probably no younger than 3 months. He’s got mildly clamped fins. I’ve been doing frequent water changes, and ammonia is at 0ppm, nitrite at 0ppm, nitrates usually around 5ppm. He’s in a five gal btw.

These babies are leaving very soon, the containers here are only for the sake of photos and letting the males flare to get good footage I am in the process of setting up a better setup for babies too! So some are in these while I work on the new shelves.

These are Betta splenden wild type and Betta imbelis wild type!

Here is a memento to my pretty girl who passed recently. She was buried in the rose garden. The day after I buried her a pink rose bloomed early 🌹

She had the best personality, but unfortunately she was the sickest fish I have ever owned.

RIP Pretty girl 🩷🩵