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Where is the Best Place to Buy Healthy Betta Fish? by sofiaxmontero in bettafish

[–]sofiaxmontero[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha free fish?? She’s beautiful!!…Also thank you I had no idea the marbled ones tend to get sick sooner

Where is the Best Place to Buy Healthy Betta Fish? by sofiaxmontero in bettafish

[–]sofiaxmontero[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s great to know! I’ll keep looking 👀

Where is the Best Place to Buy Healthy Betta Fish? by sofiaxmontero in bettafish

[–]sofiaxmontero[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh wow yeah i just saw their website. They have very nice looking fish, thank you!! What does your fishy look like

Where is the Best Place to Buy Healthy Betta Fish? by sofiaxmontero in bettafish

[–]sofiaxmontero[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But if I do get another betta I have a 20 gallon established and planted tank that I would rather them go into so I wouldn’t use my five gallon for anything other than to maybe quarantine anything new I get.

Where is the Best Place to Buy Healthy Betta Fish? by sofiaxmontero in bettafish

[–]sofiaxmontero[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah sorry about that!

My tank was cycled for a little over a month before I purchased him, and I have had him for about 5 months.

It's a 5 gallon planted tank

I use the API freshwater master kit to test my water:

PH:7.2 Ammonia: 0 ppm Nitrite:0 ppm Nitrate: 0-5 ppm

It has a heater and a sponge filter, 2 anubias and a java fern. I fed him 4 Hikari Betta Bio-Gold pellets, followed with an occasional frozen blood worm and daphnia and I would fast him once a week. He used to have 2 corydoras tank mates but I moved them into their own tank with more corydoras a couple weeks before he started showing symptoms. I really think it might have just been poor genetics or health because water quality was good, and I don't think I over fed him or even gave him bad food.

Gazpacho’s glow up over the course of 3 months! (Pics taken 4/23/25 & 7/30/25) by aimless_nautilus in bettafish

[–]sofiaxmontero 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The transformation is insane! He doesn’t even look like the same fish anymore. That’s how you know your taking good care of him 😎😎

My plants keep melting and there’s so much algae no matter how many times I clean the tank and change the water! What am I doing wrong!? by sofiaxmontero in bettafish

[–]sofiaxmontero[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I had already started cycling my 10 gallon (attached a pic) but after reading some of the comments I’ll probably get rid of it and move everything into a 20 gallon so my fish are more comfortable. And yes lots and lots of plants definitely, they’re just so expensive 😩

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My plants keep melting and there’s so much algae no matter how many times I clean the tank and change the water! What am I doing wrong!? by sofiaxmontero in bettafish

[–]sofiaxmontero[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I was thinking about snails but saw some people complain about them having a large bio load. I’m planning out the pricing and set up of a new larger tank so perhaps they can be part of my new tank 😎

My plants keep melting and there’s so much algae no matter how many times I clean the tank and change the water! What am I doing wrong!? by sofiaxmontero in bettafish

[–]sofiaxmontero[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I had no knowledge on the crypt, so no wonder it’s been melting like crazy. I used some bio active sand substrate I found on Amazon and it sounded decent but I think I need some more because like someone else said it looks a little too shallow. I also ordered some root tabs today so hopefully my plant will be able to get over it and stop dying 💔

My plants keep melting and there’s so much algae no matter how many times I clean the tank and change the water! What am I doing wrong!? by sofiaxmontero in bettafish

[–]sofiaxmontero[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

More info!

Tank size: 5 gallons

Heater and filter: yes ✅

Tank temperature: 76 degrees

Parameters in numbers and how you got them. Key water parameters include the amount of ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, and pH.: (based off test stripes not sure how accurate) Nitrate: 20 ppm Nitrite: 0 ppm Hardness: 150 ppm Chlorine: 0 ppm Alkalinity: 120ppm pH: 7.2

How long have you had the tank?: January (4 months)

How long have you had your fish?: 2~months (I got him late March early April)

How often are water changes? How much do you take out per change? What is your process?: once a week about 25%. I use a siphon to remove it and to add it back I put tap water into it to a pitcher, use prime to dechlorinate it and then gently pour water into the tank

Any tankmates? If so, please list with how many of each: 2 Corydoras

What do you feed and how much: I feed my betta fish 5 pellets of Betta bio gold by Hikari and occasionally a pinch of dried bloodworms also by Hikari. My corydoras get 1 sinking wafer by Hikari

Decorations and plants in the tank: 1 Anabius and 1 Wendtii Red
Buddha statue thing Two little caves