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First, this site is awesome in that there are so many cool, smart and helpful people to come in the rescue, and for this, I thank you all! I wanted a "pet" to be with me in the cubicle world where it always seems so daft, robotic and most often, lack lots of "human" relationship. So I set out...

Hi, everyone- This is my new hobby so I have very limited basic knowledge. All your suggestions and recommendations are truly welcome! I have a 10-gallon tank with one half moon betta fish in it. I spent MONTHS trying to do a fish-less cycle and after MONTHS of "struggling" with it, the day...

My betta has swim bladder disorder and I'm trying to figure out if it's an internal infection, or if it's because of over-feeding, or both. Please help! I discovered him with the swim bladder visible yesterday's night - I was working all day so didn't check on him. In the early morning, I fed...

I got some really good info here on how to start a fishless cycle and set up my 10-gallon late, last October. It took nearly 2.5 months for my tank to get zero reading for ammonia. Since then, I started adding a few more drops of ammonia to keep the cycle going. My nitrite reading for the...

I'm following the "almost" complete guide to fishless cycle posted on this site by "Eco..." and there are still many questions that I don't know the answers to. I'm new to keeping Betta fish so please pardon my ignorance on the subject. I didn't prepare myself for such a "long" journey, but I...