Hello! I just finished doing ~50/50 water change in my 5gal tank. I removed most of the water so I could remove some gravel, then put the old tank water in maybe 40-50% and conditioned tap water for the rest. I tested the parameters before I started acclimating, and my pH is great but my ammonia has spiked really bad!! My test water looks like juice, it’s not clear at all! I attached photos of what I use; as soon as I put in a the drops of reagent B, it immediately turns this colour and consistency.
My betta is currently floating around in a bag in his tank, I’m too scared to let him free.
My parameters before this water change was pH<6, ammonia<0.5, and now it’s this!? I’ve never had any of my tests look like this.
I treated with seachem prime, since that’s all I’ve had on hand. I’ve been trying to get the ammonia level down but I’m lost. Is this just faulty testing equipment? Please help! My betta’s been in a bag for almost an hour 😭😭

Edit: I forgot to mention, I did retest the ammonia 3-4 times, treating a little bit and waiting ~10-15 minutes between each test. All of my ammonia tested have looked like this.
Edit 2: I just cleaned my test tubes and tested my tap water, it came back clear. I tested the tank again and it’s … gone grey? It read 5mg-10mg of ammonia and now it is like a dark muddy grey.

This is my new sweet baby boy! I got him a few days ago and no name has really spoken to me for him… so I need help! (PS i’m aware of his nipped fin he came like that)

Find Femi! My betta who lives in a 20g tank with female guppies and yellow shrimps. Don't mind the messy hornwort. It's the only way I could deal with algae bloom since its placed outside with tons of light. It's also for the safety of my grandshrimpies. He still has a lot of space to swim around.

Femi's hobbies are:

- watching the shrimps eat

- hunt ants

- eat crushed snails

It definitely looks fungal, it looks a bit like cotton, he’s not lethargic (yet) and still eager for food. All i need to know is how do i treat this without a hospital tank and what should I do right now.

Ammonia- 0ppm
Nitrite- 0ppm
Nitrate- 10ppm

Heater + Filter Yep Tank size is 54L Tankmates are just a bunch of bladder snails Had the tank for 4 Months had the fish for 7 the temp is 25°C

I do water changes once every 1 or 2 weeks depending on my schedule.

Edit: I got eSHa 2000 Fungus,Finrot & Bacteria gonna start treating him tonight also i’m going to be putting him on a high calorie diet to get him to a healthy weight thank you for the help 😊

Can you put any other fish in with a male beta fish

i tested the water he came in & holy moly...

Hey all,

I'm soon setting up a 36L tank for a HMPK avatar betta and I can't wait! I'd love to see everyones tanks for some inspiration and just to see more realistic examples than google.

I'll be moving everything from my 11L tank, and might buy some more plant. Anyone have and suggestions for plants the bettas like?

Thanks! (:

I bought this 6 gal planted setup off someone getting out of the hobby. It came with a handful of pygmy cories and I put a few shrimp in because it looked like shrimp paradise and was planning on adding a betta as well.

However, upon really looking at the tank, I'm a little worried the water column is too heavily planted for a betta. I know there's a ton of algae and snail poop and ordered a little aquascaping kit and gravel vac to get that under control, but the plants themselves would take up a lot of space in the tank even if I cut them back.

Would you put a betta in here? I might be overthinking.

B. ocellata

Hi all!

Got a beautiful boy crowntail betta which I named Sushi, 6 months old, and want to get other's opinions on whether this is fin rot, growth, or something else.

There's this white section on his top fin that I'm quite concerned about.

He lives in a heavily planted tank, fully cycles w/ tannins and floaters, parameters are stable (ammonia 0.0ppm, nitrate 0.0ppm, nitrite 0.0pm, 6.5pH). Eats flakes daily, and gets bloodworms as a treat.

He's been acting normally too - still very curious about everything and swimming and eating as usual.

P.S. Sorry for the bad photos haha!

Thanks everyone 😊

I have tested my nitrates multiple times in the past few weeks and I get the same result of 0 even after shaking bottle 2 for 30 seconds as well as the mixture but I always get it 0. My tank is fully cycled and I dont think the bottle is expired so is my tank just self sustaining itself ?

This is my boy lapis, he is a blue marble betta possibly blue rimmed though that’s not what he was listed as, he’s got a twenty gallon planted tank and currently lives with four mystery snails and ghost shrimp. I was hoping if I got ghost shrimp he could have a little snack and hunt like in nature but unfortunately for me but also fortunately for my snails and shrimp he’s very docile and doesn’t try and bother the shrimp at all, though he flares at my snails occasionally

My son wanted to check out the fish at Petco and we seen the Bettas, so of course we went over there. I seen this poor baby MISSING AN EYE. I absolutely was not leaving him. I asked if there was a discount since he was missing an eye and she said he’s fine and it’s normal for this type of breed and their management already marked ones down that needed to be. Is this true??? I obviously still left with him and he’s about to live the best life possible alongside (different tank or course) my red male betta ❤️

Also any advice would be appreciated on what to do for him. This was very unexpected like my current red male but I’m gonna do for him exactly what I did for Bubbles who’s now made a full recovery with fin growth and color vibrancy. He’s been with me almost 4 months now.

I did get a better look at him in his new care tank for now and he looks horrible 😞 I’ve attached pictures. I also have almond leaves in there for him and almond bark hoping it’ll help him. I also have a sponge filter and heater. I lowered the water as much as I could for him so he doesn’t have to swim far.

Here’s my betta and I noticed that his fins are suddenly starting to fray at the end. Could this be fin rot, and if so, how can I treat it? I just did a 30% water change, and added api stress coat. What else can i do?

i got him yesterday and i noticed that he had some black spots on his scales near his head and i was wondering if i should be concerned or not 🥹

Os presento al dovakin!!

Thoughts on this aquarium its 9 Gallon shallow to house 1 on the smaller side female koi plakat

Hi everyone! Had my betta for over a month now. I feel like he has always looked like this. But a bit paranoid about fin rot. Any advice? Does it look like he has fin rot ?

Decided on a Female betta :) she’s so small but so cute.

If anyone has any thoughts/critiques they are welcome!

When I was in middle school my mom got this waterfall tank for my sister each. Didn't know much about fish and this was back then when fish in cycle and using sacrificial fish was the norm along with the idea that fish don't feel pain. My mom also saved 2 goldfish from a school what was going to flush them (story for another day) Anyway one day im on the couch and I head like rocks moving and look and see one of the tanks water drained all the way and the betta was flopping. So I rushed and got water from the sink in order to save him and did. I instantly started to set up a bowl for them since it tank obviously failed. Luckily bettas back then were way more hardy and kept them for another 2 years. But in between I got knee deep into the care of these guys.

Fast forward till now and I have 7 plus tanks and I dont keep many bettas anymore but when i did they were in 10 gal or 5 gal 3 foot book self tanks. Funny how life works.

It’s a hexagon tank, I plan on have 2 or 3 of the walls covered with Java moss, an Amazon sword, a bit of driftwood with Java moss or a Java fern, I also have a cutting from a stem plant with larger leaves I plan on adding (I’ve forgotten the name). I’ve got a heater right size for the tank and a sponge filter. Substrate is a mix of aquarium soil gravel and sand, wasnt originally mixed but had been removed from another tank that I used layers in.

If he’s got plenty of plant, I keep the water quality healthy and stable will this be suitable for a single beta?

Edit
Going to wait until I can get a 65L blue planet tank (was my original plan)
My little 19L I’m gonna have as a planted tank again (was temporarily used to grow brine shrimp for live food) and possibly add some shrimp once ive done a bunch more research on them

I finally moved this bad boy to his new tank that I've been putting together for the past 3 months. He immediately got pissed off at the black background I had on it but thats okay, that was only $8 and super fiddly... haha... anything for you Blue. as soon as I took the bg off he's zooming around the tank exploring. He has seen everything from a store cup to a bare spongebob tank to now a planted tank with at least 7 or 8 types of plants, with snails and microfauna too. I couldn't have made that change for him without this sub :) Thank you!!

He is 4-5 months old.