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Has she been acting weird other than that? Like swimming funny?

Have you overfed him at all? Sounds like swimbladder to me. How big is the fish? If you aren't aware, the 14 gallon is way to small, even if you had no other fish in it. That's also part of the problem. He's getting stressed:( Goldfish need at least 30 gallons. If it's swim bladder, try...

How do they smell? Lol. Well they smell like fish food. I'd have to say they haven't changed much in smell since I bought them. But the frozen stuff that you buy stays good forever? Or have you had to throw anything away?

They just went bad last month. I've had them for a year and a half. How long now would you recommend using them before throwing them out?

Should you throw away outdated fish food? Or is it safe to give to fish for a while after the date? I bought a large container of bloodworms like 2 years ago and my bettas have hardly scratched the surface...since they don't eat too much. I thought I would have used more and it seems like a...

Sorry I should have clarified. I meant it may be time to put him in his own tank, permanently. As in set up a 3 gallon eclipse and keep him in that for good. Gets rid of both problems of bloat and bullying. :) I'm getting my pleco into another tank in about a month. Then my betta will be alone...

Well it may be time to put him in his own tank at that point. If he's becoming more of a hassle than a joy I mean.

About the only thing you can do is take him out of the tank while you feed the others. Every betta I've always had will eat until they kill themselves, unless you stop them.

My betta does the exact same thing, only with the algae wafers I put in for my pleco. I've started taking her out of the tank and putting her into the container I bought her in for a couple of hours while I let the pleco eat his pellet chunk. Otherwise, she just hogs the thing and gets bloated...

That would definately work for a 29 gallon, minus the tigers. You are right they can be nippy...As thominil said, try some cories. They are extremely fun to have when you have a bunch. Make sure you get around 6-8.

Quite impressive.

Just to completely update this thread, my fish have completely healed! All ich is gone, and I just began lowering the temp last night. It was at 86ish this morning and so set it to about 82. I'll lower it to about 78 and keep it there tonight. Also my betta's fins haven't gotten any worse...

If you took those at 8MP how did you shrink it down to fit on this site? What software specifically?

Those are a couple of the most beautiful guppies I've seen. Very nice.

Welcome Frank:)

Hello haydenlee! Just thought I'd let you know that if you are just starting out with fish, and have never owned a SW tank, I would think twice about that for now. Personally I would start a freshwater tank if I had never had a tank before, and see how that goes. Keeping an aquarium isn't a...

With my recent out break of ich, and getting that under control, I'm curious how you all go about sterilizing your syphon hoses, etc. I've just been running everything under very hot water for a couple minutes. Is this effective?

If you would like to keep goldfish, get the Moor and put it in a bigger tank. The smallest I'd put a goldfish in is 40g. 55g is even better if you have the room. Then you could 2 or 3, and they'd be happier.:) Catfish are definately out of the question...unless you go with a smaller...

Since you already tried maracyn, just stick with the pimafix/melafix for now, like you said. It may take more than 4 days for the meds to really start making a difference. Follow the directions in regards to changing water and make sure you treat for as long as it states on the packaging. If...

Since you say that it looks like white patches, it's definately not ich, so raising the temp would not work to get rid of your problem. If you post some pics that would help diagnosis, but I'm about 95% sure from your description that what you have is a fungal infection. After googling the...

Great news! My betta has one small spot on her bottom fin. All the ich has dropped off , and she is not clamping her fins anymore:):) Her tail is torn in a couple spots, so I need to watch it for a while. Also I'm going to leave the temp where it is, 89F, til next Monday, just to make sure...

What the heck are your water parameters?? And what do you feed them?? I've never heard of something like that LOL.

As far as I could tell this morning it just looks torn, so for now I'm going to just watch it and change water everyday. Keeping the water clean should help stave off fin rot. I was thinking about it and what you said makes sense, about the flashing causing it. Sight....all this from not...

I have good news to report. Woke up this morning and most of the spots on my betta are gone! There are still one or two, however. She's still got clamped fins as well, but it seems as though she may have a huge rip in her tail fin:( I may have to end up getting fin rot meds. Does anyone know if...

Bettas can be unpredictable, even if you think you know them. What seems to be a peaceful betta may just turn on it's tankmates. My opinion is that all male bettas should be kept alone, because after all, they are animals and have aggresive instincts. Could you get a picture of the 'rust'...