Recent content by greylady

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Hello, I'll try to keep this short but I know more info is better. See my profile for details on tank. Got a pregnant Marble Molly a while ago (over a year probably), she had >40 fry, re-homed all but 5 female fry (also re-homed the mom). She came to me already pregnant so not sure what male...

Yikes! That's a lot of shrimp! Lol, guess I'm ok then. Thanks :)

I've had the in my tanks for years and love them.

Hi all, I have a 20 gallon long freshwater planted tank with 6 Neon tetras, 4 Cardinal Tetras, 2 fancy tail guppies, a zebra snail, numerous MTS. Approximately 2/3rds planted. I had a Ghost shrimp that was carring eggs right before she dissapeared a couple of months ago. I assume she passed...

I have a Zebra snail and she lays them all over my tank too. They are really hard to get off thigs. She's even laid them on some of my MTS! Lol

OK, thank you all so much for your help!

Thanks everyone for the welcome :)

Ok, I will do the fast then pea then fast thing for a week or so, do you think that will be enough time? What is the reason for salt? I keep reading people do that but what really is it for? How does it help the fish? I think we are talking about two different kinds of pellets, these are...

Thanks, no they are just small pellets and I do soak them first to help soften them. The problem is not relieving the bloating, the pea seems to do that, it's the fact that he bloats everytime he has even the smallest amount of food, ie one small pellet. He goes completely skinny again once...

Aqueon Betta Food, is that good? I read all the ingrediants on all the food in the petstore and this one had the most protein (37% fishmeal) Do you think flakes would be easier for him to digest? Is there enough vitamins and protein in flakes? I heard flakes weren't that great so I haven't...

ok, I will defiantely throw away the blood worms. I must have mis-spoke, or mis-typed and did not state that correctly. He bloats after having one pellet, even softened, and he did the one time I gave him the bloodworm, even after soaking it. The pea unbloates him... but only until I give him a...

Yes I have an API Freshwater Master Test Kit, I've been testing every week since I set it up in early March. The tests always read zero ammonia, 0 nitrite and 0 nitrate, the PH reads 7.6, which I've read is a little high for betta's but I also read messing around with the PH is more harmful then...

Thanks for the reply! I have been doing the fast/pea thing for three weeks now but it's always the same, he eats, he bloats, he fasts he gets a pea, he gets better, he gets one pellet, he bloats...it's crazy. I have not given him the bloodworm except that one time. I have no problem throwing...

Sorry to start a new thread on an old subject but I typed this all out one already on a thread that was already discussing this topic and when I was finished it said I couldn't post due to the thread being old...so here I go again. Background: 1 white betta, Gandalf. "Bookshelf" tank from...