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For the last few days he actually seemed to be getting better, in the terms of more swimming and actually trying to eat, but last night he really took at turn for the worse, and his coloring became lighter (due to stress?). His fins were also becoming blackened at the edges, and it was fin rot...

Update: He's still hanging on, and still swims around, though not as often as he used to. Today I noticed that a long stringy poop is hanging from his body. Its coloring makes it look like a dull bloodworm hanging from him. Is this a good sign that he's at least pooping? Does he have parasites?

He’s not looking very good. After 5-6 days of doing water changes, he isn’t getting better. He hasn’t eaten in about 5 days, but his belly is still bloated. I’m not sure what to do. Here’s a picture:

Plants would definitely help. More fish will equal more nutrients for the plants, so plants might do well in an overstocked tank (though you shouldn't overstock a tank just for plants). Depending on how overstocked the tank is, you would have to do more frequent water changes. If it is only a...

Tank What is the water volume of the tank? 5 gallons How long has the tank been running? About 2 1/2 years. Does it have a filter? Yes. Does it have a heater? Yes. What is the water temperature? 78-79 What is the entire stocking of this tank? (Please list all fish and inverts.) Betta, an adf...

Hi everyone, My 1 1/2 year betta has constipation/bloating due to overfeeding (He was taken care of by someone else while I was away for a weekend). It's been about 2 weeks since, and I've been feeding him 2-3 pellets every other day. Last week I started doing 50% water changes every 2 days...

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll try getting a terra cotta dish. I can get some brine shrimp from my lfs. Would feeding brine shrimp once a week work?

The pellets are about the size of a normal betta pellet and are very very small. I used to feed him only bloodworms, but now I don't really have the time for it and would just overall like to switch over to feeding pellets. It's the ZooMed brand specifically meant for adfs and tadpoles. I...

Haha sorry! I just thought that the betta's face was super hilarious and fitted the caption as a meme. The picture does not belong to me, and I don't know what the betta's actually being kept in. I'm sorry if this offended anyone.

Fry will not be as hardy as adult bettas, and therefore cannot be in the same amount of salt water as the adults are now. Although good in small amounts, bettas and other freshwater fish should not be kept with aquarium salt permanently unless they have a disease or infection that needs salt as...

What is the size of your tank? Do you have a filter? Do you have live plants? Could you give an exact amount of guppies/other fish in the tank?

I'm guessing 28 mollies, 8 males and 20 females.

You could always try blanched leaves of lettuce or other veggies. The cory cats usually don't eat those and the pieces are too big for them to eat completely. Good luck!

Thanks for all the replies! It's been a few days and there are no new tears. The biggest tears are healing quickly (thanks to IAL and daily 15-20% water changes). I'll keep checking, but the shrimp have seemed to back off now. It's only one shrimp that's tearing the betta's fins, and that one...

Hi guys! So I currently moved 2 ghost shrimp in with my 1 year old veiltail betta in a 5.5 gallon. He's had a lot of fin issues in the past, but his fins were all healed up with treatments of aquarium salt and water changes. Two days ago, I noticed some fin rot (not caused by shrimp) and today I...

I have to treat my betta for mild fin rot, and ghost shrimp are also in the tank. He's always had indian almond leaves, and I just thought it'd be better to use aquarium salt first before turning to medicine. I'll only be adding about a tablespoon with the next water change.

I have 4 shrimp in a 1-gallon tank without a filter, and they do fine. I only added a heater because my house does dip below 68 degrees in winter, but as long as yours stays in the high 60s it should be fine. Make sure you grow a heathy amount of biofilm in your tank before you add them. Good luck!

Females are so underrated and many people just pass them by for the brighter colors and sometimes longer fins (for long-finned bettas) of the male bettas. They are honestly the same level of playfulness as males and also have huge personalities that make you truly love them. Plakats are also...

I usually keep my tanks on cabinets instead of just tables. You want to look for something that's solid with walls. You don't want just a four-legged table, since it might wobble. If possible, make sure at least 3 sides of the stand are solid.

Hi everyone! As you might have seen in a previous post, I have gotten a clutch (is that what it's called) of baby ghost shrimp. They're about a week old, so the earliest I could start selling/giving them out is about a week after the day I post this. There are about 20 shrimplets about 1 cm...