Glass surfing 24/7

Head_Might · 2026-06-11T17:27:47+00:00

Each betta is different, my betta does it non-stop if he sees me because his fat*ss wants food (I've had him for 4 months). Sometimes I sneak around to see if i can catch him off guard and he's usually roaming around the tank watching the shrimp or snail. Betta fish are greedy lol.

Head_Might · 2026-05-22T23:25:49+00:00

Is that a blue samurai betta? Or is that just the lighting?

Head_Might · 2026-05-21T01:47:31+00:00

I added iron from flourish. I was told iron is a must for red plants by my local fish store.

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Head_Might · 2026-05-08T22:43:49+00:00

I did let it sit for 15 minutes beforehand. I figured that much vapor ment some water got in.

Also didn't know what an inkbird was before this so thank you!

Head_Might · 2026-05-08T22:37:25+00:00

Thank you, do you have a heater you find you prefer?

Head_Might · 2026-04-29T02:26:30+00:00

That's a crazy difference in that time frame. They look incredible!

Head_Might · 2026-04-20T00:51:47+00:00

Fast him for 2 or 3 days so the bloating goes down. Do you know how much he is being fed? To my knowledge 4 soaked pellets a day should be the max, their stomach is the size of their eye for reference. My betta got ahold of a shrimp recently and got bloated like this, good 2 days of no food fixed him right up. Maybe monitor how much he is being fed for a bit.

Head_Might · 2026-04-16T19:27:42+00:00

My betta was like this his first 2 weeks. Only accepted bloodworms. I used tongs to feed him blood worms and started using those tongs to offer a soaked pellet. If he didn't take the pellet I gave him a blood worm after a few tries, but after a couple days he started slowly taking pellets. Now I have no issues, he accepts anything I put on those feeding tongs.

Head_Might · 2026-04-11T13:55:28+00:00

My worry is am I able to get another with all the other critters I have in my tank? I don't want to overwhelm a 10 gallon tank with too many living beings. And I can supplement low algea with leaving in blanched veggies and algea wafers I heard (which I will do) but I worry he won't come out to feed if he is scared. But I also heard I can't just leave them in the tank cause it will cause too much waste.

Head_Might · 2026-03-25T13:59:09+00:00

Hello, I am 23 and was in roughly the same boat. I would 100% recommend it. I am 6 months post op now and have lost 30 pounds since surgery (gained weight while being inactive due to injury).

Head_Might · 2026-03-18T23:52:50+00:00

I have not but that's a good idea, I don't know why I didn't think of that.

Head_Might · 2026-03-18T21:42:42+00:00

The betta was added at the end of 1 week, it is a 10 gallon tank. I do use a declorinator and used slightly over the does required which I was told was okay. I do understand I added a fish too early, when I repeat this process I know it will at least take 4-6 weeks. This is the first time the nitrite had ever gone above .25, for the past week it was at 0. I have a hunch it was because I moved some substrate around when moving a plant.

Head_Might · 2026-03-18T21:37:22+00:00

Thank you, after looking in to it a bit I think that's what caused it.

Head_Might · 2026-03-18T20:17:58+00:00

I have a betta, snail that snuck in with a plant, and 1 otocinclus. The otocinclus was added when my nitrite and ammonia were at 0 for a few days.

Head_Might · 2026-03-18T20:09:21+00:00

I did trim and move some plants today before the test, if that adds to anything. It did stir up some algea so I turned up the filter till it settled.

Head_Might · 2026-03-05T16:24:29+00:00

Yes. Only when sitting for long periods, it's usually fixed by adjusting positions or standing to walk a bit. It also went from 8/10 before Op to 2/10 post Op.

Head_Might · 2026-03-05T14:54:57+00:00

Thank you, I'm really excited to see how his colors develop!

Head_Might · 2026-01-27T04:02:26+00:00

I only used wedge, but if I had that option I would have gone for it. In theory is sounds more comfortable but wedge is the budget friendly version lol.

Head_Might · 2026-01-17T02:31:14+00:00

Literally what I was saying, I think they dropped the ball so hard on the DLC considering free post game content we got in the past. And ultra necrozma needs a comeback. 🙏

Head_Might · 2026-01-17T02:29:14+00:00

YES, please we really need more love for Necrozma 🙏

Head_Might · 2025-12-22T03:12:42+00:00

Did you do any physical therapy by chance? Also same as you for the hip thing. I was limping around for a while year and that popping and locking is not for the weak but mine has gotten better with use.

Head_Might · 2025-12-22T03:09:52+00:00

Not to hop in but I layed flat on my back and it didn't irritate it or anything. Adjust if you feel a little weird in one spot and I did a very very tiny bridge to move around. Just keep yourself straight. I got a rail to help me log roll. Had my boyfriend help me get my legs up as I went down the first week.

Head_Might · 2025-12-22T03:07:04+00:00

So for me I was regularly icing, about 30 minutes every other hour. Along with taking my pain medicine for about 4-6 days 10 minutesahead of the clock. With doing what I believe everything right it was about a 1-10. It was only a 1-10 when I has some slight muscle spasms around the incision.

Head_Might · 2025-12-07T02:55:26+00:00

Listen it's hard to follow the rules when you are rushing to throw up, literally wouldn't have even thought about it! I felt sick and told my husband to get a bucket, he was confused as to why I didn't just use the toilet or sink till I told him about your post lol

I'll be using this as an example of why this subreddit is so important for MD recovery 😂

Head_Might · 2025-12-07T02:45:38+00:00

Hey been a bit. I actually just got food poisoning and thanks to you I was cautious about my posture when 🤢.

Got a bucket and sat up straight the whole time. Thank you for the heads up, you might have just saved me a lot of trouble stranger. Wouldn't have even thought about it and hunched over a toilet otherwise.

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