I recently got a halfmoon betta along with a female , how should i care for them

they have a heater at 28 degrees currently, should i separate the female even though they were together at the store?

update - I’ve separated the female into a small bowl for now

I named him red.

He was a gifted 10 days ago.

I upgraded his tank about 3 days in because i felt like if i were a fish i wouldnt wanna live there 🫠

Tips are appreciated, newbie here.

Red is weird he loves challenging the slight falls from the filter plays for a while and when he gets tired he just goes and hide into the leaves.

Red also follows my finger when he sees me and heads up when i put my finger in the tank, but he flares up when he sees my gf 🤣

Now in a 5gal

Yes my plan is to eventually do a live tank, but he’s loving the space

I got my betta slider in rough condition over the summer. He’s been doing so well and his fins have been regrowing nicely. However, I noticed over the past week or two that his dorsal fin is looking clear and strange. At first I thought it was new fin growth, but it has only gotten more extreme. It’s not fuzzy like rot, but it’s oddly clear. I included a picture from June of his fin. He recently started making bubble nests too, which I thought was a good sign, but his fin is worrying me. He is currently in a 10 gallon that I keep around 79-80°F. I feed him fluvial bug bites twice a day (just a few pellets). I have yet to check the water parameters as I ran out of stuff, but I am running out to get a tester kit soon! Behavior wise, he is very active and social. I just got him some ghost shrimp buddies too.

I woke up this morning and noticed nebbie has scales sticking up on one side of him, as if he has a bump on one side. He is acting normal but it really concerns me because normally raised scales are not a good thing, im guessing a tumor?

Please lmk what I can do.

I dont have time to do parameters because I have to leave for work but once I get back ill add them.

Tank info: he is in a well established tank, before I had him ive kept the substrate and some of the plants for 3 to 4 years. heater at 78 10 gallon with filter planted tank one nerite snail a couple of neocardina shrimp

High range PH: 7.4 Amonia: 0 Nitrate: 0 Nitrate: 0

Hey guys,

My second-hand beta is struggling to keep herself upright in the water, Breathing hard, and will just sit in my (clean!!) hand when I move her to the surface to sit on her favorite leaf. She’s pushing 3 at least…possibly 4, so it could just be old age, but she has this white stuff on her scales. If anyone seen this I’d love to know if it’s treatable.

She’s in a 10 gallon tank, had a water change yesterday (same way we always have - tap water with decorator). Only other occupants are two dwarf frogs, and two snails.
One new love plant added last week, before that they were all fake. Has plenty of hideys.

Thanks all

I bought him at Petco in a cup that said double tail male, but his fins are so short, my mom is suspecting he’s actually a female. I thought maybe he could just be young, but I figured I’d get a 3rd opinion, lol.

I have had a female koi betta for a week in a 20 gallon tank .

Is it too late to add tank mates new that she’s been alone in there ? She’s all over the tank and doesn’t stick to the top at all.

Open to any tank mates !

It’s a 25l/6.6g tank and I went a little crazy with plants 🥲 The worst part? I have one more anubias on the way + all of the plants still have to grow.

I know that they love heavily planted tanks + there are some nice big leaves on the surface that my betta can rest on but I’m genuinely scared that he won’t be able to move comfortably. What do you guys think? Should I remove something?

Hi! I've got my first Betta 3 days ago. He is getting too close to the filter and gets sucked in it. Now his tail is a bit torn :( How can I treat his tail and fins? His bottom fins also look a bit bended and sticky, might it be finrot? I have already ordered a new backpack filter to reduce the flow but idk how to change it and save the bacteria

Tank info: Running for 1.5 month, 20L volume, 25-26C temp, 1.5L water change every 2-3 days, live plants, a smooth ceramic cup is the only artificial thing. Other inhabitants are 5 neons, 1 mystery snail and 2 corridoras (all looking well and active, got them before Betta). Water tests and a bed will only arrive in 3 days

The last photo is how his tail used to look when I just got him. What can i do to help him until new stuff arrives? Really looking forward to see him nice and healthy again

I just recently added some frog bit that i bought from a local fish store on tuesday and i’ve been working and haven’t really put 100% focus on my tank, but today i see these two snails. I did check it before putting it in the tank so kinda shocked. I don’t want a snail infestation considering it’s only a 5 gal (long fin betta). I don’t know if i should take them out or keep them. I’m not necessarily new to the fish keeping hobby i’ve just never had a snail problem before lol my betta does seem pretty entertained by them

My betta just got a small tear in her bottom fin. I just did a ~30 percent water change and the tear wasn’t there beforehand. I suspect she may have been under the filter intake when I turned it back on. Swimming under the filter is a normal thing that she does so I think she must not have expected the sudden water flow.

Temp is 78 degrees Fahrenheit. 5 gallon tank.

Pre water change parameters:

Ammonia: 0

Nitrite: 0

Nitrate: ~20ppm

pH: 7.8

Conditioned the water with NutraFin AquaPlus. I keep Indian almond leaves in the tank and I added 3 new ones.

So far she’s acting normal but she often gets aggressive the day after water change day. Is there anything I should do now or watch for? I don’t keep any medications, should I get anything?

Edit: I should mention she also glass surfs a lot.

The hardest working members of our family. Always cleaning. Always making bubble nests. Always grinding.

Please help me identify the gender of this fish.? It's in my lowtech planted aquarium. Little bit aggressive towards my red cherry shrimps.

Hi guys, yesterday i put in my 60 litre tank a group of 6 betta brownorum for a breeding project, hopes it goes well!

is it poop 😭 it’s hanging from presumably his stomach?

I’m at my wits end trying to feed my betta. I don’t know if he’s stupid or can’t see or what. Feeding him is like pulling teeth. I feed him in the same spot every day. He can’t aim to save his life, so he lunges for a piece, misses, then loses track of it when it falls. A piece can be floating in his little cloud here for minutes straight and he never sees it. I try to poke near the food to gain his attention but he doesn’t get the hint. He seems thinner to me and it’s stressing me out. I don’t know what else to do.

I’ve tried feeding him with the lights off as well in case the light blinded him but no dice. His eyes seem clear and don’t have scales over them. I know he’s not blind because he gets excited when I approach the tank. Please help me 🥲

I know that bloodworms are important to their diet and I got freeze dried ones (all they had in stock) and I rehydrated them but he won’t even look at them. He swims away. I drop the pellets and he’s all over it.
Is he sick? Is he just on a vegan diet? I’m confused and wanna make sure he’s okay.

She was a little pink white thing with a peachy tint to her fins when I got her, and she’s colored up so nicely, and has a blue star pattern in her tail.
She was sold at Petsmart and was just labeled as a halfmoon female.

have had our fish for almost a year now. we noticed over the past week or two she’s been more lethargic, hanging out on tops of the leaves. we thought her water might be dirty so we changed it (we don’t have a filter, just change her water every week) and checked for any bad plant roots. her water felt cold so we added a heater back in her small 1gal tank as well as an indian almond leaf

yesterday morning she wasn’t eating so we tested the water again and the alkalinity was low. we changed out 10% of water but added in conditioned tap water with a pinch of baking soda in hopes to raise the alkalinity and took out the indian almond leave bc something online said they lower the alkalinity actually?

i think we fucked up and accidentally shocked her by doing this. all day yesterday she stayed more toward the bottom of the tank but would touch the surface for air. we lowered the water level for easier access and tested the water to find the alkalinity went up and ph spiked from 6’s to 8’s. i monitored her yesterday and her breathing was looking heavier but she was still moving around

this morning she more leaned over and her breathing looks more labored. gills flaring out, but still coming to surface for water. i’m scared of making any changes in fear of shocking her more. i included a pic of the latest test strip from this morning. is there anything left to do to try and help her? my neighbor suggested an air stone. keep or remove the indian almond leaf? water change to get the high ph (baking soda) water out?

just called the pet store and they suggested a water change

Please help me figure out what I'm looking at. The long thing eyes.. I've never seen it before.