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Thank you both! I've never had a betta for less than 2 years so I was totally not expecting to lose her! A little silly how attached I got in 24hrs. Sigh. At least she had one day of being in a comfortable environment and a good last meal. Poor girl.

She unfortunately didn't make it. I'm going to treat the tank for the worms in case that is what it was and they contaminated the tank. And also will let it sit empty for at least a few weeks before putting another fish in there (doing lots of water changes while I wait). There are some ramshorn...

There's no other fish in there which is why she went right in the tank. I'll try to find one of those meds to treat the water and get things cleaned up. I do have ramshorn snails... guess I will try my best to round them up. Ugh. Thank you for the help!

Highly upset right now. Got a new betta yesterday and 24hrs later she's dead. I noticed in her last few minutes some red string coming out if her anal vent. Ugh. Looking back at pics of her yesterday still in transport cup they were present then and I didn't notice due to her koi pattern also...

Don't think she is going to make it and I think I now see the problem.... red coming out of her anal vent. Guessing she has parasites and that may also be why she's so small :( Poor thing. Looking back I even see them in the cup from when I bought her. Didn't notice with her koi pattern.

It's a super low flow that my previous male betta with ridiculously long fins didn't have an issue with. But I can try to stick some more floss in there to disperse the flow even more in case that may be it! She actually is tending to stay in what is probably the "highest" flow parts of the tank...

While Luna was active and hunting mosquito larvae yesterday evening (right after I got her), today she is mostly resting on the bottom of the tank. Occasionally zipping to a new spot and laying some more. She seems to bump around into things and the ground quite a bit. Sometimes she stops on the...

Very common for new tanks to go through an ugly phase with algae... it will all balance out with time and possibly some tinkering with light timing/intensity, water change schedule, feeding amounts, etc

Isn't that just poop? I would say to keep her separated for now and see if she recovers. Tails can grow back if not too far gone. Keep her in a quiet place, keep the water very clean. If she seems like she is really suffering you should euthanize her and dispose in the trash.

Nevermind. She's gorged herself on mosquito larvae already within 30 min of entering the tank... I think she'll be fine figuring out how to eat anything. Pic of her hunting attached!

I'd highly recommend not doing a "complete clean out" like that again... you are disrupting your cycle by rinsing all your gravel, plants, etc. What kind of cleaning are you doing for your filter? If you are using cartridges and replacing them, or rinsing the filter media with chlorinated water...

Hi everyone, meet Luna. I knew this girl was small, but it didn't quite hit just how small until I got her home and have her cup floating in the tank to acclimate. What's the best food for this tiny girl?

Could you just add another layer of 2x4 frame in the back? One board across the top down the length, and then 4 2x4 legs supporting it all the way to the ground. Screw it all down to the frame you already have. Basically adding the 1.5" width of the 2x4 onto the back.

Do you have any pics so we can confirm what is it exactly you are dealing with? From the description of "sludge" and being able to smell it, I'd say you have a blue green algae situation (which is actually not an algae but a cyanobacteria). How is the water flow in your tank? Do you think you...

It's been 5 days and he is still here. Anyone? Do I just euthanize? Let him keep doing his thing? I don't want my other fish to catch anything... I would say if anything he is getting a bit worse, but still moving around and eating so I am not sure what to do.

Red gills? Idk if that is necessarily good. Do you have a pic? I don't think healthy neon tetras have red gills.

Maybe say you are really into fishkeeping and show boss some pics of your tanks... offer to help take care of betta if they'd like it

It's kind of personal preference on that. I don't really vacuum my tanks other than light hovering above because it's planted and there's sand in my substrate. Whatever you feel like you need to do to keep things tidy. I'd recommend sand for your puffer so you don't have too much food scraps...

So how did your nitrates decrease so much?

Cory is still hanging out this morning... any thoughts?