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I've got desert water too. I'm in the Phoenix area. So for now, I just have a 5 gal and a 2.5 gal. I use bottled water mixed with some tap. My big want is a whole-house RO system for both me and the fishies. Then I can have any tank I want! I can dream. Sigh

Yep. And while you're at it, just get a bowl, add tap water, and put both Bettas in there together?

Ewwwww

Yep. I'll have to find someplace that will be willing to cut it for me. I think I found a place online that actually makes and sells plastic sheets. I don't know if they'll just sell and cut me one only. They appear to be manufactures, but I'm not sure. They claim to have 50 locations in the...

I didn't finish my post. For some reason, this app keeps suddenly posting while I'm still writing. Anyway, the dog would vomit off and on sometimes for a couple days after deworming. Then he would hardly eat, sometimes for a week, and we had to repeat the scenario over and over. At one point...

Ok. Prazipro, I'll keep that in mind. As far as deworming, I've dewormed my various dogs regularly for the past 5 decades, and the dewormer almost always makes dogs ill. Further, I had one dog - actually my boyfriend's dog - who had almost non-stop worms and parasites. He was a poo eater. Ugh...

That's a great idea! I've been looking for something to cover my fluval spec 3's hole in the middle that won't block the light or reduce the air exchange at the top of the tank. Brackets will work perfectly! Ty for sharing!

He does have a heater. It's a toasty 78-80F degrees at all times. It may drop a bit to 76F at night when it's a little colder in the room, but the 50w hyger does a pretty good job. I'll try to get a pic of him from above and post. Someone suggested the bulge could be pronounced because I'm...

Yes. I'm referring to the bulge at the back of his body, which appears to be his swim bladder. Yes, I'm referring to the bulge toward the rear. My photos are not the greatest, but I'll attach a couple more. Yes, I'm referring to the bulge at the back end. After I noticed the bulge, I read up...

Should I be worried? Is he sick? Mr Fred Betta has a bulge on both of his sides. I first noticed it months ago, just a few months after I brought him home. I thought he gained weight from overfeeding, so I cut back on his food, but it still exists. He's never exhibited any behavior that makes...

Awesome. Ty!

I honestly appreciate your reply, but I'm asking the same question again: What evidence or sources do you have to support your opinion, other than word of mouth?

I see everywhere that catalpa leaves are good for Bettas. However, I see no evidence nor research showing that to be true. Other than the given fact that tannins turn the water tea colored and that Bettas' natural environments contain tannins, does anyone know how or why It's believed catalpa...

This java moss came half dead/brown from the seller. Since I've not had java moss before, I didn't know whether this was normal. It was a very large bunch, about 3 good cups. Dividing it up didn't help because I would have had to manually pick out every strand of brown, and I'm not doing that...

Hi. I have a problem. I just purchased a big bunch of Java moss, and probably half is brown. I was also wondering if that was normal. I know it's not making me happy. Should I remove as much of the brown/dead stuff as possible before permanently affixing it? How did your Java moss turn out? Any...

First, I want you to know how much I appreciate your answer to my question. It took a lot of time for you to put that together, and it's sincerely appreciated. That being said, I only had to read it three times and look up a couple definitions before comprehension kicked in ☺️ but I always love...

Yes, that helped soooo much! Ty! I've read so much stuff everywhere about fish cycling that I think I'm on overload, and Fred wants to get in his new, more spacious home ASAP. :) I appreciate your help!

Ty for that I info Exactly what I needed to know! I'll do that. But I'm gonna beg your indulgence here for a bit further. I'm just so curious, and I want to understand this so I gotta ask. I guess there's something chemically here I don't understand in the cycling process. Why continue to...

Not a total newbie, but first new cycled fishless tank using ammonia, 3rd new tank ever. I'm a bit confused about how many times to cycle before it's safe. What I mean is I see threads that say, once ammonia, nitrites and nitrates are at zero, it's safe for fish. Others say, after zeroing out...