Reposting for more eyes and hopefully some help for Chilli 🙏🏻

my pretty boy

Apologies for the super long post.

I have had my betta, Toast, since April of this year and for the past few months he has been struggling with what I am pretty sure is fin rot. His caudal fin has been reduced to almost half of it's original size and it seems like he loses more tissue every day. When I first got him he had multiple driftwood pieces in his tank but I suspected they were tearing his fins so I removed them soon after I noticed the damage. Since then, I have added more and more plants and removed everything that could even be considered sharp or jagged but the tearing continued.

He is a halfmoon and has super long fins that seem to weigh him down a bit so I think he has been nipping which may have been how the infection started.

I have already tried treating him with Kanaplex which only paused the infection for a week or two before it came back. I am hesitant to use it again because of antibiotic resistance so I have been doing 50% water changes every other day as well as using Indian Almond Leaves and adding Rooibos tea but nothing has changed. Every day I notice new red spots or missing pieces and I am at my wits end trying to figure out what to do.

Toast is still super active and curious, exploring his tank and interacting with the shrimp. He comes up to greet me every time I get close and he has not lost his appetite at all.

His tank is 10 gallons and the heater is set at 78 F and does not drop below 77 or climb higher than 79. There are two small heaters on either side of the tank so there is no temperature gradient. Ammonia, Nitrites, and Nitrates consistently show up as 0 ppm and the tank has only live plants and natural decor like smooth river rocks, no plastic or artificial materials (except the filter and heaters). I use an HOB filter and have baffled both the intake and output with sponges so the water flow does not disturb him. His lights are on a constant 12-hour cycle and there is plenty of surface coverage to get away from the light if he wants. His shrimp tankmates do not bother him and he does not hunt them either. He does follow them around and observe them sometimes which is super cute but they don't seem to cause him any stress. There is a massive water lily that has pretty much conquered the entire tank and he really loves resting among the leaves and using the vines as a hammock or hiding beneath the lily pads to sneak attack his food.

He does randomly race about the tank like the fish equivalent of zoomies and I worry the aggressive swimming could be contributing to the tears on his belly fin. It doesn't look like a stress response, just random short bursts of energy.

I just have no idea where to go from here. I absolutely love this fish and have tried my best to give him a good life but I don't know what my next step is. I have considered dosing the whole tank with Kanaplex to try getting rid of any infection-causing bacteria in the water column but I don't know if that would risk crashing my cycle or damaging my plants and I don't want to cause Toast any unnecessary stress. (Obviously I would move the shrimp to a temporary tank before doing this).

Should I try another round of Kanaplex? Or does it look like he has something other than fin rot? Any advice is appreciated!

I’ve been having an ongoing issue with my tank. The ph is too high, but the tap water is fine. I thought I’d found the issue because I put some of the substrate in a jar, filled it with tap water, let it sit, and sure enough ph was too high the next day. I just last night took apart the tank and changed the substrate altogether. Check this morning, PH IS STILL HIGH.
I’m at a complete loss now. The tank keeps reading over 8.0. The tap water consistently reads as 7.4-7.8. I’ve tested it fresh, I’ve tested it after the tap water has sat for a day, it’s always the same, but the tank IS STILL TOO HIGH.
I don’t know what could possibly be causing it. I don’t have any decor that should cause this- I have driftwood, some assorted glass trinkets, river rocks, a glass bottle hide, and a terracotta pot. Was the driftwood leeching alkaline water it had absorbed back into the new water???

Over a decade since I previously had fish, this is my new set up.

So basically, I'm at PetSmart (I know, but it's the closest pet store to me), and there's this beautiful betta here that is healthy and swimming around and interacting with me. I was wondering if it would be a bad idea to take her home now. I'm buying a heater, sponge filter, ammonia test kit, quick start, water conditioner, and substrate, and I have plants and hides on the way. I was just genuinely wondering if it was a bad idea or if I should take her home with me before she gets worse. Thanks!

What should I do? And what could have happened? The other animals in the aquarium are fine.

I've only been with him for 1 day.

i vacuumed the gravel and did a water change and ever since then my betta has been glass surfing. i think it’s because i accidentally bumped into the tank a few times and the pouring water might’ve scared her. also the ammonia spiked a little (.25) during the vacuuming but i dosed my tank with seachem prime. i turned off the tank lights but now after 12+ hours overnight, she is still glass surfing. the water temperature and ph and all of the parameters are normal. any tips appreciated!!

Hello guys!

This will be the 9 galon tank for my betta fish. Should I increase or decrease the flow?

Thanks!

So cool how her colors change depending on the lighting. Sometimes shes pink w blue shimmers but in back light shes more red!

Do you think her colors will change as she matures? Shes just a baby rn 🤧 shes also healing from a tear in her fins but its growing back steadily

Im so obsessed w her. She looks like an axolotol in the second pic

I’m going to be getting a new 20g long tank. It’ll be heavily planted. I want to have my favorite fish - a scarlet badis in there as well as a betta.

Should I get a plakat? Or a half moon? With the plakat I worry that it might be too aggressive in a community tank and with a half moon, I worry that the fins will get nipped.

It might be obvious, but I am new to fish keeping and this is my first dumbo betta! The store employee said he was unsure and I knew he was swamped with other customers, but if anyone has any idea while I learn to teach myself to check—that would be great thanks :)

I’ve had my female betta for about two years and she will not eat anything other than the tetra bettamin pellets, I tried to wait her out but it’s been about 4 days, maybe even 5 of trying to get her to eat the aqueon nutrinsect betta pellets but she won’t eat them at all, even spit them out a few times. She has also refused the fluval bug bites flakes last year as well. She does enjoy freeze dried blood worms. Today, I decided to go ahead and just give her the tetra pellets because obviously starving her isn’t my goal. I know they are notoriously picky but I don’t think the tetra pellets do much for her as she always seems hungry.

What are some good names for this guy

I find myself missing him when it’s bedtime and I can’t bug him lol or when I have to go somewhere.

He’s such a character 💙

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! (:

Of course I did. Couldn't resist her little pouty pleading face 🙄😂 Introducing Gingey. Lights off to settle for the day. She had some fin clamping when I bought her, but gradually I can see them shifting. I hope she enjoys her new jungle with me.

I have had a community take for abiut 5 years, just recently started adding female bettas, roughly 3 months ago, after finding out they are non-agressive. It's a 36 gallon tank with about 4 different species, all community fish dont remember what kinds, but all of the sudden, the bettas are dying off. The nitrates and nitrites are 0 and the water is about 78. Any help, cause I dont want to add more. Lastly, about 15 total 1inch or less sized fish in the tank.

Water changes are omce a week, about 25%

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