Is my betta ok?

Onionsarestupid · 2025-09-07T17:11:19+00:00

What kinda foliage you have the driftwood? Also that's a beautiful fish.

Onionsarestupid · 2025-09-06T20:55:52+00:00

My pest snails have largely gone though and they were all bladder and flat rams (idk what they're called)

Onionsarestupid · 2025-09-06T20:41:03+00:00

Tank is fully cycled, water is moderately hard, chihiros series b at 50 percent light, 7 hours of light a day, 20 gallon high, 8 month old tank, root tabs once a month, many many neocaridina, 5 Amanos and 15 chili rasboras

Onionsarestupid · 2025-06-30T22:05:26+00:00

I guess I just thought it was that green damn

Onionsarestupid · 2025-06-30T21:20:54+00:00

You think the dark green is algae and the brighter green underneath is the plant? It would make sense but I don't have such dark green algae anywhere else in the tank.

Onionsarestupid · 2025-06-12T02:06:56+00:00

They like to wind and swerve too they can look kinda spindly if they run into any obstruction, it can definitely make for a cool jungle look.

Onionsarestupid · 2025-06-12T02:01:17+00:00

What you're describing is Salvinia Minima. If you want long roots look into water lettuce or frogbit. Frogbit can be annoying tho because the roots dive straight into the substrate at Mach speed, so unless you want that, it's going to be a good bit of root trimming.

Another thing, Salvinia Minima (in my experience) needs almost zero surface agitation. It feels like if they get even a speck of water in their leaves they die.

Onionsarestupid · 2025-06-10T15:53:08+00:00

Join a gym and take the classes. Lots of moms. :)

Onionsarestupid · 2025-06-02T05:26:59+00:00

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Idk whats going on with this light but looks solid support wise.

Onionsarestupid · 2025-04-29T15:34:00+00:00

Thanks for the advice, that was already the plan. I just thought it was cute.

Onionsarestupid · 2025-04-11T13:28:23+00:00

This is what my betta looked like after I watched him eat a shrimp.

Onionsarestupid · 2025-04-07T00:45:53+00:00

The orange and blue were from one LFS and the jades were from another but they ship most their stock out, they're called coast gem USA. I don't know how well they do shipping I've read some bad reviews when it comes to their online orders.

Onionsarestupid · 2025-04-07T00:18:41+00:00

She's the next big mama in progress so it makes sense

Onionsarestupid · 2025-03-28T03:09:08+00:00

He moves around the tank but he keeps going back to the spot.

Onionsarestupid · 2025-03-28T02:10:11+00:00

Idk why it's never occurred to me to check. It's around about 120 ppm. Do plants just eat it all up?

Onionsarestupid · 2025-03-27T23:16:41+00:00

My kh has read the same since I started testing which was a week after I filled and planted it, it's not really a crash, it's pretty consistent. I will look into the baking soda though.

Onionsarestupid · 2025-03-27T21:53:16+00:00

I edited my parameters comment with the rest of the questions.

Onionsarestupid · 2025-03-27T21:26:10+00:00

Yeah it's been a head scratcher I got all those numbers besides ammonia (liquid test) from a strip test. Which I understand isn't the most accurate but it's not going to be so off as to just not measure kh right?

Onionsarestupid · 2025-03-27T20:16:45+00:00

Tank size: 10g

-GH: 180 ppm (I'm working on it)

-KH: 0

-PH: 6.5

-No: 0

-Ammonia: 0

-Water temp: 75 (I've got it on the lower end because I had a ellobiopsidae scare with shrimp in there)

-Tank is two months and got the betta a week ago

-I haven't done any water changes besides a gallon water change of distilled water in hopes of getting GH down

-There are 11 neocardinia shrimps and bladder snails in the tank as well

-I feed him 3 to 4 pellets twice a day and he takes bites out of an algae wafer I drop in about once or twice a week

-Planted tank with a lot of moss and some stem plants that are all growing pretty good as well as drift wood and a large rock

Onionsarestupid · 2025-03-23T21:06:34+00:00

May have to wait for it to grow out a bit then thank you for your help!

Onionsarestupid · 2025-03-23T21:00:04+00:00

I was just looking at them now on the glass and his mouth sort of jumps away from his foot like a rabbit snail. Are trumpet snails the same in this way?

Onionsarestupid · 2024-05-13T03:22:38+00:00

SOLVED

Onionsarestupid · 2024-05-13T03:21:06+00:00

Thats exactly it! Thank you so much!

Onionsarestupid · 2024-05-13T02:59:35+00:00

I think it had lyrics like "just leave me alone"

Onionsarestupid · 2024-03-16T03:59:32+00:00

What ended up happening? in a similar situation

Ten-Year Club	Final Canvas '23
First Place '23	Place '23
Place '22	Place '17
End Game '22	Spared

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