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Hello everyone, I have a very mysterious ailment appearing on one of my female bettas. I have had her for almost eight months now, and she lives in a 5.5 gallon tank with two other female bettas. They are divided because as they aged, they became less and less agreeable with each other. My...

Update: After doing some research of my own, I'm thinking it might be a fungus related to an injury from the fight with the other betta. But would this be possible if it began as a lump that seemed to be the same color as the fish? I guess that could have just been torn scales or something...

Hello all, So I've noticed over the past week or so that aquaneesha, one of my three female bettas, has developed a strange lump of some sort on what I would describe as her "chin." I don't know if I could successfully photograph it, so I will just try to describe it. It's fairly large for...

Thank you for all the advice! So far we have had the temp up around like 83-84 since Sunday, and we have medicated/treated the water. The gourami did not make it, but so far he is our only casuality and some of the other fish began to show spots of ich later in the day after I originally...

Hello all, I am posting this on behalf of my dad, who has a 30 gallon community. Currently there are only about a dozen fish in the tank, and this morning we noticed that the gourami has some spots of ich on one side. So far, none of the other fish seem to show any signs of it anywhere...

okay, thanks for the advice. Yeah, I might consider getting them a slightly bigger tank, although I have to say, I've been spending a lot of time camping out watching them and they don't seem to be fighting anymore. I have one plastic plant in the tank with them that I was worried might snag...

Hello - a couple months ago I got three female bettas for a little betta sorority. I have them in a 5-gallon tank, and since I bought them they have grown and flourished into beautiful girls. They seem to be really happy and comfortable in their home. However, I had one that was being picked...

Wow, I want thirteen too! Haha. That is really awesome. I bet they are all such pretty colors! :)

Well I am no fish expert, but I can give you a specific case-study style of an example when it comes to female bettas. I had a male betta for a while and he died several weeks ago, so I replaced him with a new tank with a "betta sorority." I have a 5.5 gallon, so I was limited to only three...

Hahaha, that's funny. And I thought my fish were silly for reacting to their own reflection! The divider works great. I used that plastic mesh you suggested from Wal-Mart - it works like a charm. Once in a while they remember that there is more of the tank on the other side and try to get...

Thanks! I have to admit, I've only had them about three weeks or so, but their colors are already intensifying. :)

My new 5.5 gallon betta sorority! So this won't be quite as impressive as the green beauty of a tank above this, but I have finally got my first-ever tank put together in a way that I want to share on here! I think it looks pretty good. I have three girls in it, but I had to put in a divider...

okay, sounds great! I will check into that.

haha oh my gosh, those are some interesting stories! yeah, since i started this thread a couple weeks ago, i ended up getting a tetra whisper filter that works great with my bettas (the current was a little strong but my lovely boyfriend helped me rig a natural art sponge on the outflow and now...

Thanks to you all! :)

Okay, I will try that today. The funny thing is, Aqua and Gwen are cohabiting perfectly happily together now that Piper is in a separate bowl. Aqua is not chasing Gwen at all. They sit two cm apart at the top of the tank together, watching me and waiting to be fed! Thank goodness Piper...

Okay, I have an update - I couldn't stand watching the other two chase poor Piper every thirty seconds any longer, and I noticed that one of her fins looked a little split - perhaps from a nip? I transported her to a 1g bowl that I used to keep a male betta in. --- Don't worry, it's empty...

Saw this thread and thought I should probably properly introduce myself, as I have been obsessing over this site for the past couple weeks while I set up a new tank in my dorm room. I only have a 5.5g 3-betta "sorority" at the moment, but I'm really enjoying this new hobby! My girls are...

Hello, I recently started up a new tank as a small "betta sorority." I have three female bettas in a 5.5g tank. When I was setting up the tank I asked for advice on stocking it and received some suggestions for the betta sorority of three. One person warned me against it, but I tried to go...

I see - I'm a little confused about how the cartridge-less filter works. So for an AquaClear filter, what do you have to do as far as maintenance? I get how the cartridges work and how you have to change them. It's good to know that in the long run, it might be less expensive to have the...

Oh, I don't have an exact price point, but I was just wondering if there was anything in the slightly cheaper range, you know? I just thought that the AquaClear ones were a bit significantly more expensive, but I will check them out and see what I can find. I might try putting something...

Hello all, I have been asking lots of questions about a new 5.5g tank, but I think I have decided on picking out three lovely female bettas for it. So far I have a heater and the decor and such all set up, but I still need a filter. Some have recommended the AquaClear filter to me, but the...

Thanks for the welcome, everybody! :) About the three female betta - I do sort of like that idea. To be honest, I was a bit hopeful about having multiple fish in the 5.5 gallon, so I was trying to figure out a good way to do that. So you all think that a few of those glofish danios are out...

FastFly - thank you so much for your very detailed post. You gave me some really good info - I think I could handle the sponge filter now! :)

Thanks for all your advice so far, everybody! dkpate - yes, Louie was in the bowl when I found him. So he didn't jump out or anything! I have kept the bowl covered to make sure that didn't happen. What type of filter would you all recommend? I've been doing some online reading but I'm a...