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Bettas breathe like any other fish. Their gills are just modified so they can breathe from the surface. I don't see how anyone should have any problem with bettas in larger tanks.

Walmart sells 10 gallon fish tanks for the same price as the 2g you're looking at. I'd get that and the filter and heater the same day, or within that week. I'd also cycle the tank before adding anything. It's just healthier for the fish that way.

Is that a crowntail or a veil tail? Or both? Very pretty! I've got a crown tail that looks like him :)

Haha Right? But it's a pain worth feeling :)

I hope breeding traps are more expensive than $10 where you are xD I can get one for roughly $5 here lol

Wait... is it UaruJoey? Dude! I love his videos :)

lol I'm at least 200 dollars in with a 5 gallon and a 10 gallon and 3 bettas... and that's also counting my previous fish over the past 7 years.... xD I took a lot of long breaks though. Anyway, if you guys think this is bad, try being an equestrian. I've invested at LEAST 20 grand in the past...

Alright. I got her from PetSmart, and they "garantee" all pets have vet assurance.... not sure what standards the vets are under :rolleyes: It's day 2 of her being home. being home, still showing barring. I'll just keep an eye on her for a while.

I know this isn't really a sickness, but it CAN led to all sorts of sickness! So, anyway, here's the story... Get comfy and grab a bowl of popcorn.... Today I got 3 new bettas, 1 male, 2 female. The one female is outgoing and very active. She'll eat when I give her food, she'll swim to me when...

I honestly wouldn't keep the fish in that tank any longer. I'd quarantine every one of them and clean that tank out well. I'd also take a water sample and look around for some people who know a lot about fish illnesses, and have them run tests on it. I'd also treat the one for fungus before it...

So, it's been a while since I've had any fish. However, the last fish I had kept dying with their tails to the sky and their faces in the gravel. I noticed this happened after I put my heater in. The heater is keeping the water in the right spot for tropical fish (had a betta) and it's...

yeah I've done tons of research and I know how to treat it, I just didn't know how long to wait to re-cycle. I'm going to wait to get the thermometer and test kit (I was planning on getting the API kit, don't worry lol) and the filter I've been nagging mom to get before I add anything. So I may...

The dude at the local petstore thinks it was because he didn't have a heater and the fluctuations caused it. It made sense because my room is the coldest in the house. I have a heater now, but still have yet to get a thermometer. When I start cycling again, I'm going to make sure everything is...

Okay I'll set everything up after I get home from school

The title pretty much says it. My betta didn't make it, the ich got the best of him. So I scrubbed everything down in white vinegar, rinsed, then filled the tank and buckets up with water with white vinegar in it, let everything soak for about 2 hrs. It's been two days since I sterilized, but...

Yeah, I'd try Bettafix or Maroxy. These both will help grow back his tail, too. I hope he gets better! My Betta and I are fighting ich. (but it's hard to fight when your mum won't let you get a filter -glares at mum- Yet she spends 66.60 on produce! -_-' btw, he IS very pretty :) you should get...

it looks like velvet to me. Treat the tank with heat and salt, and treat these guys separately. You can google the cure for velvet, too. Most petstores carry medications, but most people try to use safer ways to treat their fish.

If you're getting the minnow-sized fish, a perfext show-stopper would be a Betta. Choose a colorful one (mine's black, navy, blue, baby blue, aqua, red and purple all in one fish :P) just make sure that every fish you get for him is smaller than he is. Or you could get multiple females and put...

Will do :) Looks like he's getting worse since he's rubbing against EVERYTHING now, not just the castle. x.x Poor guy I hope I can help him, he's too pretty to euthanize :(

Oh my gosh, pet store* not pedagogy xD Ah yeah see there's a red flag already, since I have no heater I have room temp water, and thats what caused the ich In the first place lol but I'm selling paintings to get money, so if I can sell my butterfly painting I should have the heater by this...

Yeah I saw that at the pedagogy. I didn't get to cause I'm not sure how effective it is. I got nox-ich and ich tablets incase the no ich fails. I'm still getting a heater wether or not mom likes it.

I Know females do, but I noticed my male betta had a horizontal stripe in his gills. So I was just curious lol

I'm dealing with Ich myself, so I'll tell you how I'm treating it. Get a filter from petco or walmart (whatever's cheaper) and remove the carbon (if it's attached, cut a slit to remove it) and let that run your tank (keep the bubble filter or air) Now get a heater and aquarium or kosher salt...

Yep I figured. Hopefully I caught it before it got too bad!

I'm leaning more toward ich, I just caught him rubbing against his castle that's molded from coral grounds, so I'm going to try the heater trick, and if further action need be, so be it. :) I'll post progress/regression:thanks: