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Hi, this may be crazy, but I've just realized that my new betta can see his reflection in the sides of his ten-gallon (cycled) tank, and that he's patrolling like mad. Is he going to wear himself out? What should I do? Thanks!:fish2:

Hi, I had a happy, healthy betta for over a year--until two days ago. He was building a bubble next, and was active. But then I noticed that he seemed bloated, despite the fact that he only gets 4 pellets daily. Yesterday morning, he became lethargic, and I determined to do a water change a day...

Hi, I have a very unhappy betta with some white around his mouth. I tried Mela/Pimafix, but he still was lethargic and hanging around the filter. The LFS suggested erethromycin, which I have been giving for a week. No more hanging around the filter, but he spends his time sleeping on the bottom...

I have a betta in a filtered 10 gallon tank with two otos. They have been living with me for about a year, and took up residence in the cycled tank when my older betta died. I do a 50% PWC once a week. Water parameters are ammonia 0, nitrites 0, nitrates <5. Ph is ok. There are two live plants...

Hi, I have a new betta in my (cycled) 10 gallon tank, and, unlike my previous betta, he doesn't seem to like feeding at the top of the tank. When I brought him home, he wouldn't eat the "good" pellets but ate a few flakes. Definitely didn't act like the little vacuum that the old betta was. I...

I have two otocinclus in a 10-gallon, cycled, planted tank that had a outbreak of brown algae. They mowed through it wonderfully, and now the tank is sparkling again. I bought a cucumber and some algae tablets, but don't know how much to put in on a daily basis. Everything seems to...

Hi, I have a 10 gallon tank with decomposed granite substrate, and plants. I was hoping that the plants would eat up the inevitable detrius that accomulates and seems to miss my gravel vac, but no. If I disturb the substrate, stuff swirls around in the water. The water is clear, and the LFS...

Hi, I hate being a newbie! Now my 10-gallon tank is in great balance--the plants are eating the nitrates, even. But my betta that I posted about two weeks ago is starting to go transparent! What started as a couple of colorless patches has spread, as you can see by the picture. I got some good...

I posted earlier, wondering if this was Ich, and thanks, everyone, for reassuring me that it was not. But. What is it??? Four days ago I noticed two white patches, showing on either side, where the fins meet the body (picture 1 below). The lfs recommended a water change and dosing with API...

My betta has been in his new 10 gallon planted aquarium for a week now, and today he has two white spots on either side of him. Is this ich? He spent six weeks in my punchbowl while this tank cycled, with no problems, so I'm assuming that this came from the lfs with the plants, or...? Ph is 8.1...

Finally (!) got my 10 gallon tank cycled, and my betta seems happy. Just had to post the beginning of a whole new chapter in my life as a fishmother...

Every time there is the slightest change in my (fishless) cycling 10 gal. tank, the ammonia eaters go right on with the job, but the nitrobacters (?) just wimp out and don't keep up with the nitrites. Twice I thought I was cycled, but after a water change and adding a few new plants, they're...

:confused: My 10 gal. aquarium seems to be cycled, so I did the recommended 90% water change last night. But today I have at least 20ppm and probably more nitrates. Our tap water is showing 5 ppm. Where did all that nitrate in my tank come from? I'll do another water change tomorrow... Thanks!

I'm cycled! (Finally!) I have a 10 gallon tank with live plants, and it is devouring 4ppm of ammonia every 24 hours. Hopefully my "rescue betta" can move out of his temporary punch bowl in a couple of days. But now I am wondering--will he produce enough waste to keep the biofilter going? Thanks!

I am fishless cycling a 10 gallon tank, and was feeding the little ammonia critters about 100 ml of dollar store ammonia to get 4 ppm. I ran out, bought some from a different store, and with 100 ml shot my ammonia through the roof. I immediately did a 90% water change and then some, and it's...

I inadvertently became the mother of a betta, and am cycling a 10-gallon tank for him. In the meantime, he's inhabiting my punchbowl. Since September it's been just room lighting, and he seems perfectly happy (so do the plants) but I am wondering if I should mount a light on the aquarium. Thanks...