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Hi. My betta is getting pretty old, I got him late 2017. I was wondering if anyone knows what this is? It is possibly a tumor? Unfortunately my betta has been in slow decline. Seems like old age and this thing on his tail is getting bigger, starting to weigh him down.

This is the tank with the corys. They likely won't breed in this set up w/the betta. A planted community tank is way off for what pygmy cory cats need to breed. You'd also have to replicate rainfall to encourage breeding so it's tough, I would watch some youtube videos on it. If you are serious...

From a local fish store! If you have a good local fish store go there over petco or petsmart. You can test if a betta is friendly in store but honestly there's no guarantee because their personality develops so much more once they are 'home'. I think start off with 6 pygmy corys and the snails...

Hi! I know there's already a lot of suggestion in this thread but I wanted to toss in my thoughts because I have 2 ten gallon planted betta community tanks that are quite successful. The first one has a betta, nerite snail, rams horn snails, and 12 pygmy cory cats. A lot of cory cats I...

Hi Tina, welcome! I would first look into how to cycle a fish tank. There are lots of information sights with a quick google search. If your tanks are not cycled...please look into that! An uncycled tank is the fastest way to kill a fish. If you want a plant, an Anubias is a great option! Also...

Hi there, it sounds like you are overfeeding your betta. This can cause swim bladder issues. A betta should be fed every other day 2-3 pellets a day. Or you can feed 2-3 pellets a day but choose 2 days a week to fast. Fasting ensures everything is digested so the fish doesn't bloat or get swim...

Hi everyone. I just got some new chili rasboras and they have ich. I have never treated ich before. My tank is a 10g filtered, heated, and cycled. I have a betta, the chili rasboras, 2 nerite snails, a lot of malaysian trumpet snails, and live plants. My heater is not adjustable so I cant raise...

Thanks! Good to know your set up works well. I will transfer some gravel from my tank.

Hi everyone. I am going to set up a small glass bowl with a few floating aquarium plants that I will transfer from my fish tank. I was wondering if a snail can be in there? It won't be filtered or heated. Just the plants and a weekly water change. I have the option of a bladder snail, trumpet...

Are you stuck on fish? You could do one big kind of snail, maybe a mystery snail or something. A gourami won't do well with the betta, that is the only other kind of 'on it's own' fish for your tank size I can think off, other than the betta. You could also look into a pair of wild bettas if you...

Don't worry, I moved the betta to a 5g hospital tank! His permanent tank/the cory tank is med free! Thanks for letting me know that, did not know corys are sensitive to kanaplex.

Aquarium salt, kanaplex, neoplex, seachem focus, and imagitarium bacterial infection remedy. I just started him on kanaplex. Now that he's out of the big tank and i can see him better, the wound is pretty bad . Really hoping I see improvements in 24 hours.

Nothing sharp. No fake plants and the drift wood is smooth. He may be nipping at them but I have not seem him do that, I also don't know if he can reach his fins. I feel like he got wedged somewhere and thats how it ripped , he's pretty nosy and adventurous.

Im gonna go ahead and put him in the empty tank, just keep an eye on him and go from there. I'm not sure where the tear came from. He's been in the tank, same set up, for almost a year now and this is the first issue I've had. He's got short fins so he must have wedged himself somewhere. I got...

I do have a 5g cycled tank i was just about to tear down. There was a betta in there that just passed, he was a little over 4 years old but didn't look great when he died. I am worried he had a disease or something and I don't want this current betta to catch anything. It has been empty for...