Recent content by MartyTheSnail

Thank you all for your advice. I have decided not to get rasboras or any fish for that matter. I have decided to purchase another frog as a friend for my current one and leave the tank like that.

I have an African Dwarf Frog (Had two but the other one died :( ), a nerite snail, two ghost shrimp and three ramshorn snails in a 5 gallon tank. My tank is lightly-moderately planted. I was wondering if I could keep my frog with some small rasboras. I was thinking 6-8 chili rasboras. Please let...

It is with a heavy heart that I write this warning. By some terrible chance, Towelie became lodged in a hole in the stone. It is there that I found him deceased today. So to anyone considering adding whatever type of stone this is to their tank, be careful. I am sad Towelie passed so soon and...

My betta recently got a similar wound near his dorsal fin as well, he is recovering well so I’ll try to give you advice. I honestly didn’t do much for him besides clean water and dosing API Stress Coat as was suggested by an employee at Petco. I’m not sure if the Stress Coat did anything but...

It has those exact roots! I thought they were twine and pulled one off though… it’s currently floating around the tank as it’s too small to properly secure to anything.

Alright, thank you! I was just wondering for the future.

Thank you so much for your help! I’ll leave the mystery plant where it is for now and see how it does. Also, do you think I could add some shrimp after the tank is more established or is my tank too small?

I just finished aquascaping this 5 gallon for my betta fish Towelie and I have a few questions. 1. I know sharp decorations can be dangerous for bettas, but are my rock and driftwood dangerous? 2. The taller plants in the back of the tank are a little too tall and have leaves slightly out of...

I’ve finally gotten him to eat using Fluval Bug Bites soaked in garlic juice. Smells awful, but works great.

I hope these photos are better. Please don’t judge me too harshly but he got into the siphon which caused the injury by his dorsal fin. I’m not sure if you’d know this but do you think I should medicate his tank or just keep the water clean?

Alright, thank you for your help! This is a little unrelated but could you tell me if he’s a dragon scale? He wasn’t sold as one but looking at photos of dragon scales I’m unsure.

I have had him for 3 days now. I was able to get him to eat one pellet right after posting this by dropping it directly in front of him. I’m starting to believe he’s not blind just dumb :confused:

I recently purchased a “blue marble” betta fish named Towelie. He has not been eating and is persistently glass surfing. It seems as if he cannot see his food as he swims past it whenever I try to feed him. I tried to make him flare with a mirror as was suggested on this forum as a test for...

Oh that makes sense! Thank you so much!

Yesterday, I picked up a new betta I named Towelie from Petco. He seems to be a bit stressed as he is glass surfing and not eating but I know this is normal for the first days. I noticed Towelie has small red dots or holes on his face. Does anyone know what these are? Should I be concerned?