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    sick female betta

    I have a community tank of 3 female bettas in a 20 gal lighted and heated tank. my white female i noticed a spot on her side that looks extremely white and looks to have red streaks underneath. it seems to be a raised spot just behind her head and that eye seems cloudy. the tank temp stays 78-80...
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    female betta wit swim bladder???

    I've had a female betta sorority of 3 for nearly 6 months or so in a 20 gal tank with snails and they have been doing fine with water changes and such... One of my bettas today during a normal water change i noticed she was breathing heavy and noticed a significant bulge near her midsection and...
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    Golden mystery snail

    I bought 1 golden snail n 2 black snails about thumbnail size nearly 6 wks ago n the black snails have doubled in size n the golden is not growing at all n not moving around much I also have a large golden almost the size of the palm of my hand. I have cuttlebone in my 20g and5g tanks and keep...
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    Cycling 5gal

    Cycling my 5gal with a female Betta n 2 thumbnail size snails have a heater n filter temp stays around 80. Checked my levels wit my API kit today n my nitrite was at 5 n nitrate is at 10 did a 50% WC n levels r the same any suggestions? Should I do another WC or will the nitrites convert on...
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    New to female bettas

    I have recently started cycling a 20 gal tank with a heater n filter. Started out with 2 large golden mystery snails 1thumbnail size golden snail n two thumbnail size black snails and a veil tail Betta bout a yr old. He was previously in a cycled 5gal wit the 2 large snails. The male Betta and...
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    sick betta

    i have a 1 yr old betta who is laying on the bottom of the tank regurgitating and his head looks swollen and his eyes seem to be bulging. i left home for 2 days n came home n he looked like that hes in a 20 gal i just started with 2 large golden mystery snails 1 thumbnail size golden snail and 2...
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    My snails w cracking shells

    I have a 5 gallon filtered tank with one male betta and 2 golden mystery snails. Im not quite sure about whether they are male or female. Ive noticed within the last week or so some very profound cracks on their shells . the smaller one has turned a darker orangish color while the larger one has...
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    5gal cycling

    I have a 5 gal with a male veil tail betta and 2 small mystery snails... i keep the temp at 78-80 filtered and with a heater and am currently cycling the tank. finally got my testing kit and been testing since 2/10 finally got nitrites last night when tested ammonia was 2.0 and nitrites were...
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    mystery snails newbie...

    got a couple mystery snails in a 5 gal tank with my betta... just wondering about good things to feed thing like algae tablets or fish food... ive also noticed that my smaller one floats in the water alot.... my bigger one is active all the time during the day... wondering what levels of ammonia...
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    betta sickness?

    have a red male veil tail got him 2 months ago and recently added 2 mystery snails to his tank... this morning his head looked swollen and looked like he had cottony patchy white spot over the top of his head and a couple other white spots near his head on his body... I immediately did a 60 to...
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    water testing questions?

    just got my API testing kit today and ive had my 5 gal tank with one betta for about 3 weeks now... Nitrites and Nitrates are both 0 but Ammonia is .50 so im assuming i need to do a 50% water change???
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    Lighting for bettas?

    Ive recently noticed that my betta is more active with his light off than on... are bettas more sensitive to some lights than others? i noticed he was sitting on the bottom behind his plants alot after his water change and thought it was his temp cause it had dropped from 80 to 78 once it came...
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    african dwarf frogs?

    how hard are they to take care of and what do u need in the tank for them? can they live with bettas? would a 5 gal tank be big enough for one ADF and one betta??
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    Ghost shrimp and bettas?

    would ghost shrimp and bettas be compatible? what would be the best type of food to feed ghost shrimp? ive heard algae wafers that sink to the bottom just wondering if anyone can suggest anything and what would be good hiding spots for them when they are moulting??
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    a few betta questions??

    :fish2: My veil tail male is a bit bloated probly due to stress from having fin rot and adjusting from going from a 1 gal to a 5 gal lighted tank. How can i adjust his feeding to where hes not constipated on a regular basis? Ive been giving him part of a pea a few times a week and since being...
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    darting Betta

    I have a male veil tail betta in a 5 gal filtered tank by himself. i did a part water change today and his temp is at 80... hes darting all around his tank and bumping into the sides and the filter up and down and really jerky and then stopping either under his filter or behind his filter and...
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    fairly new to bettas

    HI im making my 3rd attempt to raise a betta.I have a red male veil tail in a 1 gallon tank with a carbon internal filter and a fake plant and stones in the bottom. I do complete water changes twice a week. and feed him twice a day. Hes healthy and has shown no sign of sickness until yesterday...
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