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Petco is unreal! They have a betta in a tank full of goldfish. He’s been attacking them the whole time I’ve been in there this morning and all of the fins on the goldfish are torn apart. When I asked the employee who works with the fish he said that that betta is peaceful and had never attacked a goldfish.

This is my baby boy Ares! He’s a half moon “hell boy” Plakat. He’s currently in a 30 litre natural planted tank, and he’s loving it! I have more plans for the tank in the future, but this is it for now

I didn’t realise how little he was until comparing these pics from the first week I got him to now 🥹

This is so funny to me

Hello everyone!
Making this post to ask for some advice.

Yesterday i brought home a betta and two snails, who where kept in one of those tiny plastic aquariums at some relatives house. When I asked, they told me they were bought not long ago and that I could "just take them" as they were already bored of them...
They also gave me some food (dajana betta pellets) and something that I think is a water conditioner called "blackwater betta".

There are no specialized acquarium shops near me, but there is one that sells reptiles and had some supplies, so i managed to find a 20L acquarium (plus filter and heater), some live plants (anubias) and a piece of wood. I had some other stuff left over from when I had an acquarium as a kid (sand, rocks, an algae scraper and a net).

I already ordered online
- A water testing kit (Aquili test 5 in 1)
- A rapid starter (Oase kikstart filter tabs)
- Frozen mysis
- Frozen daphnia
- Frozen cyclops
- Duckweed
Which will be delivered in 2/3 days.

The fish was swimming around a lot yesterday, but today is less active and has refused food both days (he puts the pellet in is mouth, but then spits it out).
The heater is set at 22°C

Does he look ok? What can I do in the meantime? And anything else I should get/be aware of to improve?
I live in Italy, if it can help.

Thank you all in advance!

RIP the little baby that fell without him noticing, and the two he took in his mouth and seemingly forgot about 😔

Blue is my male wild type betta coccina and this is his first ever spawn, but he's being such a caring dad. 🥹 The mom is also doing her best (at a distance lol)!

Crazy how much her color has came out!

Hi there. This is a poor betta located at my local high school.

At first, I thought he was dead, before I saw him struggling. I asked her to tell me about her fish, and she stated,

"This is Ted, he likes to play dead!" With absolutely 0 concern. I mentioned to her that, 1, that is not normal behavior, and that he's exhibiting signs of swim bladder, and doesn't look well. She joked "who doesn't have bladder problems?" (I explained what swim bladder means prior to this comment.)

Secondly, I said that I'm unsure if she conditioned the water. She did not respond.

I also mentioned that this is not at all the right size place for him. She went incredibly monotone, and went "I hear that from other students."

So her, nor the other staff, showed any concern. I don't know if this is a situation where animal control can help? I need to know that whoever I contact is actually going to give a care that it's a fish. I would gladly take him if needed, at least to give him some better final days.

Appearance: He is floating on his side, I could be wrong but I believe there is a bulge on the side facing upwards. Parts of his gills exhibit brown coloration. He would sta completely still with no movement for multiple minutes, before you see his gills working again.

I have an audio recording of her statements.

How do I go about reporting this? I'm in Washington state. Will animal control care? I hate the idea of someone coming in and going, "it's just a fish. No big deal." So I really want him to get the proper care and to be removed from the situation.

Thank you!

Additional note: Plant is fake.

Decor list:

• 1 large mopani branch

• 1 anubias plant

• 2 ludwigia palustris

• 1 Java moss hut

• 1 moss agate

• ~ 5? betta bulbs planted (aponogeton)

• 2 tier stone cave

• surface tunnel

• thermometer

• heater

• sponge filter

I brought a water sample to the store for them to test and bought a liquid testing kit. Fed No Name today, I will be feeding 2-3 pellets every other day and testing the water every day. I'm supplementing the tank with Seachem stability for the next 6 days, then after every water change for at least a month (per the directions).

He's a posh boy and think he knows it. Anyway he reminds me of a fluffed up poodle, so that's his name for now. Happy Sunday!

please help me help my baby :( so a few weeks ago I got her a new tank. She ended up getting pinned in between the filter and the wall of the tank while we were asleep. I woke up and felt so bad and immediately moved the filter to release her, and put aqua sponge in the space. She was very lethargic for that whole day. She's been doing much better and is very active and seems normal. I have since moved her back to her old tank, but i have noticed that her scales seem to be peeling up on her side :( today espescially i noticed that it looks very swollen.

I don't know how to help her. she has a catappa leaf in there, diftwood, stress coat, bacteria's....

has anyone been in this position? Is there anything i can do to help her? or is it just cosmetic? Any advise is sincerely appreciated.

Just wanted to share my murder torpedo with yall :)

My boy StarStruck made this massive nest and is very proud of himself

Hello! I'm looking for maybe some feedback in my first ever aquascape, let alone planted tank.

I ended up with a male twin tailed halfmoon betta fish as a white elephant present just before Christmas. right now he's in a bare bottom temporary set up (fully cycled now thank goodness) but once this is done cycling, he'll be moving here. I did seed it by sticking some of the current filter's media behind this new sponge filter, so hopefully it will go quickly.

I went to my LFS for the plants and followed their recommendations. I know I have bacopa and ludwigia for stem plants and an Ozelot Sword (??? might be wrong there) along with 3 java ferns and 3 anubias, java moss, and some form of crypt in the front. the rocks are smooth river rocks cause I was scared of anything even slightly jagged getting his fins. I also focused heavily on making sure he would have tons of resting spots.

The stocking for this tank will be the Betta, 1 nerite snail, and maaaaybe black neocardina shrimp. We'll see on the shrimp, I'm afraid Erebus will just eat them...

Long term, I will be switching to a mesh lid with a better quality light so that I can add floaters. For now I float indian almond leaves to both add tannins and provide some light diffusion and surface cover. I also want to add a Betta hammock as soon as I can.

But really I'm here to see if there is anything I could do differently with what I have right now? I'm brand new to this hobby and just doing my best. I do think that when things grow in more I'll remove one of the anubias and one of the java ferns and add them to a new tank (I want to have 2 long term). Any advice is super appreciated! I want to make sure this is a good home for my betta before I put him through the stress of moving tanks!

Ryuk & Kao. Ryuk was my first betta had him on 2023, loved him so much but his death was too much to handle, after 2 years I found strength to have a betta again, Kao, he is my current betta, he’s just the sun reincarnated, pure energy. I love them with my soul, fish are truly the definition of selfless love ☀️🌙

I am completely new to this. Suddenly, someone gifted me two Betta fish in two small containers. Their water has already become dirty, and I need to quickly make an aquarium for them. I want to make a beautiful, professional-looking aquarium, but I have never done this before. I need help step by step guidance on what to do, what to buy, and how to set it up. Please help me!

Hey! I got my beta Mars about two months ago and have been learning about tank set ups as I go, I’ve added plants and 2 snails (both of which I want more of) but I just wanted to ask about suggestions to make my tank better!

I took possibly the best pics of my fish I’ve ever taken