Recent content by Roo

I don’t have a Betta currently but in the past I had one like this. In my experience fin rot, you can see a white film at the edge of the fins…they don’t look healthy. From the pics looks like yours just ripped it’s fins which happens with the flowy fin types as I was told.

Solution I think I have found the cause of my Assassin Snail deaths. They have been joined in snail afterlife by nearly all off the pest Ramshorns. pH is at 8.2. I had been testing at 7.4 pretty regularly so I had neglected checking that. I had bought Indian Almond Leaves to see if I could get...

Yes. There are ample pest snails in the tank. Not overrun but they are visible on glass, rocks and plants. I also drop a few "extra" sinking pellets opposite from where I feed the tetras to let the pleco have variety. I alternate drop offs of pellets and algae wafers but don't feed those daily...

As mentioned above, my assassin snails are dying off. I found an empty shell and dead one yesterday. I confirmed 3 were still alive. This morning another one had died so I believe the other 2 are still living (havent found them yet). They are not old. I have taken over my tank in January and...

Hello. I am fresh "fish nerd" that has just come to realize I am indeed a fish nerd. I took over a 45 gallon tank in January of this year...my elderly parents no longer wanted it. The more I read about aquariums, the more I am realizing that my parents have been keeping fish poorly for my entire...