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Male bettas don't play well with most other fish. It depends a lot on it's personality though so if it isn't super aggressive sometimes you can have snails or dull colored Corydoras etc. but it isn't usually recommended. Females are generally less aggressive and can sometimes even be part of a...

Just curious, do you guys have any good methods to prevent the baby shrimp from getting sucked up when you're siphoning your tanks?

Alright :) thanks. I mostly just wanted to make sure that at two weeks in there is still in a possibility of not being fully adjusted to the new tank. I've mostly had fish and snails before this and they're usually pretty settled in by the first week or week and a half.

Normal water as in ammonia at 0ppm, nitrite at 0ppm, and nitrate at under 20ppm. The pH hangs at about 8.0, which is a bit high for these shrimp, but many people have had no problem with it as long as it stays constant instead of fluctuating which it might if I try to lower it. I've only heard...

Not totally sure how old this yellow rcs is. I didn't even think my shrimp had bread yet until I saw this little guy... The shrimp in front is about an inch long.

I added 11 yellow rcs that I ordered online to my 5gal about two weeks ago, and two of them have died. The tank has been running for about two months, and is also home to some ramshorn snails and MTS. The water parameters are normal (high pH but I'd rather it be constant than mess with trying...

Thanks, and thanks for all the advice too

Yeah.... He just died a little while ago :'(

Yeah... I don't think Peanut's going to make it :/ he looked way better a few days ago, but now he's back on the ground gasping, his body is yellowing, and I can see dark splotches in his gills :'(

Figured out the fuzz :P it's no big deal and my snails love eating it... My betta is getting worse though :( same activity as before but now he's losing all his color and sometimes looks mostly brown/yellow... I think after the maracyn 2 treatment I'll just keep doing salt bathes, focus on...

I removed all the leaves with fuzz...

Sorry the picture isn't very clear, it wouldn't come out for some reason...

I can't tell if the betta seems any better than yesterday, but something weird is going on in my tank... The water is cloudy (which the instructions in the maracyn two said may happen) but my java fern has bits if white fuzz on it now o.O could this be the medicine, or is it a different problem?

That's such a cool idea! :D

What is that little tree-looking plant? It's awesome! :)

He seems a little better than a week ago and I'm pretty sure most of that is from the daily salt baths. He is a little more active and even though he still seems to float more than he should he is usually able to prop himself upright on a leaf or tube instead of just floating on his side...

Thanks! :) I've always had a tough time finding maracyn two in my area, but today I was able to and will now be dosing my tank with that instead of the melafix. :)

I'll definitely have to try that :) how do you soak it, just put it in?

Really? I never would've thought :) thanks!

And I heard that about double tails recently too :) I think they are so pretty, but if I ever get another double tail I'll make sure he's SUPER healthy before buying him... I don't want to go through this every time...

Thanks for the info about the melafix. He developed some moderate fin rot over the past week, so I will probably continue the melafix for a little while but at 1/5 the normal dose. I've been treating him for constipation for almost a month and he hasn't improved much and still won't eat, not...

I've done a 12-14min Epsom salt bath once a day for the last three days (I followed these steps: http://bettasplendid.weebly.com/salt-baths.html) and today I started dosing with API Melafix. Does anyone know if I should continue doing salt baths during the time I'm medicating, or would that be...

The 5gal has been running a few months. The salt bath seemed to help some, but he still won't eat... He's back to floating on the top, but I gave him another salt bath today and it seemed like he was able to stay in the middle for longer before floating again. I moved him to my 10gal which has...

Gave him an Epsom salt bath and I'm going to try fasting him for three days then giving him a blanched pea :/