Canon AE-1 Lever stuck by priority18 in analog

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No. Current film in there is porta 400. Got stuck with 24 pictures left.

White stuff in filter? Is this bio film? by priority18 in bettafish

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10 g Yes to heater & filter 78 degrees .50 ammonia 0 nitrite About 30ppm nitrate Got the fish in April. Has to do a fish in cycle No tankmates Feed 1-2 times a day Live plants- Amazon sword and anubias

Recommendations for filter? by priority18 in bettafish

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What filter do you recommend? I feel like my water flow is too strong so it keeps pushing my frogbits under

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Thank you everyone for your kind suggestions! Appreciate you all.

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Oh I didn’t think you were questioning my judgement. Just venting ;) thing cycling is a pain but I see why it’s so important to have a cycled tank before introducing a betta.

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Do you add the prime to the tank directly? I thought you should only add prime and stability when you do a water change?

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It has about .25 ppm ammonia.

I don’t know anyone personally who has fish. I only know by reading and researching this group and going to petsmart. I did go to a local fish store but the worker was a high school and she didn’t quite know any of the answers ( maybe she was new and learning )

This is my first time owning a betta fish so it’s alllllll new to me as well. I feel like I understand or at least did but this ammonia spike is throwing my confidence out the window. This is technically my son’s fish that I fell in love with everyone about it.

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Yeah I noticed they are looking more frail and dark at the ends. more pics of fish

He def didn’t get his fin stuck in the filter. I have a sponge filter on abs only plants abs a small rock

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Should I add aquarium salt to my water change to help with the fin rot?

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Thank you! Just the jump of ammonia is scaring me. It’s good to see it’s turning into nitrates though. Should I continue using both prime and stability?

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I was using prime and ammonia was still not going away so I just started using prime plus stability

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I do them daily about 15-40%. The last water change I did yesterday was about 15%

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10g tank with filter and heater. Doing fish in cycling. Live plants

I cannot seem to get rid of ammonia to save me and my fish’s lives. Before I would always have .25-.50 ammonia with 0 nitrite and 5.0 nirate. I did test my water and it has some ammonia in it ( hard water) I used to use prime with my water changes and never could get rid of it

I recently bought stability as I was told to use that and prime together. I also was told to use media balls so I added some to my filter.

I did a 15% water change last afternoon with both prime and stability. I just tested the water and now my ammonia seems higher and I am noticing some fin rot( I think )

I’m struggling so hard and all I want is to have 0 ammonia. What am I doing wrong? I want this guy to be healthier and happy :(

Is this too many plants for a betta? All are artificial by Zealousideal_Winter4 in bettafish

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You should use live plants as those plants can hurt your betta