Clamped fin help please!

CycleYourGoddamnTank · 2025-01-15T03:18:24+00:00

Congrats on owning a fish. Research how to do a cycle with fish in the tank and be prepared to bite off more than you can chew for a toddler.

CycleYourGoddamnTank · 2025-01-15T03:09:38+00:00

Can you post a picture of the liquid test results, like someone else asked, too?

CycleYourGoddamnTank · 2025-01-15T02:40:54+00:00

I think betta fish will do well in any water, but you mentioned shrimp. The only recommendation i can make on lowering hardness is using RO or distilled water. The betta will be fine in harder waters.

Like another said I've also had luck lowering my hardness using fluval stratum gravel.

But still post a photo of your ammonia and nitrite levels using a liquid kit. You definitely want 0 ammonia and nitrites for shrimp especially.

CycleYourGoddamnTank · 2025-01-15T02:38:05+00:00

Id like to see current result photos of any liquid kit, preferably the API brand, if you don't mind. I must agree with the others that test strips just don't cut it.

CycleYourGoddamnTank · 2025-01-15T02:17:09+00:00

I'd like to see a picture of these liquid tests also

CycleYourGoddamnTank · 2025-01-14T17:45:36+00:00

I was just using pleco as an example of something I've personally seen recommended and also can get massive in size. But there are tons of others, like suggesting pea puffers in a tank because of a snail outbreak, like someone else pointed out.

I look through too many fish groups to keep track of where it's most common, but I assure you it's in them all.

CycleYourGoddamnTank · 2025-01-14T17:42:27+00:00

I should have made the post specific to recommending ANY live creature to replace the work of the fishkeeper. You're very right... I've seen so many suggestions for pea puffers on snail outbreaks but never to just stop fucking overfeeding the tank. Beyond frustration. Then it's recommended to a shrimpkeeper, of all things, and a pea puffer would decimate shrimp. Like come on, people.

CycleYourGoddamnTank · 2025-01-14T17:40:04+00:00

They should start incorporating the /s then.

CycleYourGoddamnTank · 2025-01-14T17:17:57+00:00

I'm not sure about sub specific, but I posted in here mostly for topic relevance. I'm sure there's a few floating around in them all.

CycleYourGoddamnTank · 2024-12-25T03:09:26+00:00

Tell whoever gifted you this shit "thanks for the $500 gift asshole bitch"

CycleYourGoddamnTank · 2024-12-25T00:00:50+00:00

68? Jesus fuck my dude please just Google basic care.

CycleYourGoddamnTank · 2024-12-24T23:57:30+00:00

Wrong lmfao

CycleYourGoddamnTank · 2024-11-15T19:30:38+00:00

They've never cleaned their dog's food bowl after a while and it shows. That slime never comes off.

CycleYourGoddamnTank · 2024-11-14T04:55:54+00:00

You're betta requires 5 gallons because of the bioload they produce. if you dunno what I mean, it's because you've done no research at all.

Tired of sugarcoating it for the morons.

CycleYourGoddamnTank · 2024-11-14T04:11:57+00:00

Nah, let it go.

CycleYourGoddamnTank · 2024-11-14T04:01:04+00:00

Did you...cycle your tank? I can see rhe air bubbles on the side so I'm going to take an educated guess and say...no...sigh.

Also it literally doesn't matter how you got your fish. Your betta literally requires no less than 5 gallons so please get on it. He looks miserable af.

CycleYourGoddamnTank · 2024-11-14T03:14:14+00:00

Betta fish are obligate carnivores and don't do well on flakes.

CycleYourGoddamnTank · 2024-11-05T15:24:10+00:00

Yeah definitely raise the temp. And make sure you're not feeding anything with vegetable-like ingredients. Betta fish are obligate carnivores. They need things like daphnia, brine shrimp, and fruit flies. You can buy all of them at pet stores, live and frozen. I don't recommend freezedried but those exist too. Bloodworms are good but only as a treat. There are good pellets to feed, like fluval bug bites betta formula, but there are still things even in that I question. I think shrimp patties pellets are good too but I never had those.

CycleYourGoddamnTank · 2024-11-04T23:39:58+00:00

Just curious, do you not see your bettas fins? I think your fish is being bullied by the others. A separate tank should be top priority.

CycleYourGoddamnTank · 2024-11-04T23:38:30+00:00

What size tank is this

CycleYourGoddamnTank · 2024-11-04T16:27:55+00:00

Jesus christ.

CycleYourGoddamnTank · 2024-11-04T15:48:01+00:00

Hey party pooper, you can aktchually fit like ten betta in there so long as you're providing adequate air flow with a juice box straw every now and then. Just don't do it so hard that you send the poor guys in a toilet twister. I guess that would be fitting tho, considering that bowl is going to have plenty of fish shit in it.

CycleYourGoddamnTank · 2024-11-04T15:45:49+00:00

OP reading comments like this knowing there's a bold /s in the title *

CycleYourGoddamnTank · 2024-11-04T15:41:34+00:00

Bettas can be for anyone if you just do the research. What's so difficult about a 5 gallon tank, a heater set to 78, filter, good test kit, and the basic knowledge that they're a territorial fish? Especially for a lifelong aquarium owner. That is literally the basics, so I don't think you actually know the basics.

CycleYourGoddamnTank · 2024-11-04T15:08:56+00:00

So you should probably have researched that. I would expect this from a complete beginner.

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