He's trying, bless him.

Should I be worried?

I asked my local pet store if they'd let me have Bubbles for free.

Hed been in the tank a few months that I know of and nobody wanted him. He appears to have early stage tumours ( which I believe is Quite common )

I've never had a Betta fish before, but he's so happy and active I felt he deserved a good home.

Can anyone give me any tips for his uncertain future please? 🙏

Just showing off my boy vader I got a couple days ago. He’s happy, healthy and thriving and absolutely gorgeous

this is blueberry pie, she started growing a tumor about a month ago and it’s slowing grown. she’s totally fine active swims totally normal and is a very active eater and hungry. but the tumors just so huge? should i look into euthanasia or something like that what do we think. it’s marked nsfw but it’s a video of blueberry and there tumor that’s a little bigger than the size of it her head.

This is a 5gal tank I’m keeping outside as a scud culture and with a female betta (haven’t named her yet). I used the Father Fish method (no cycling, fish in immediately, no filter, deep soil and sand substrate with natural debris sourced from a local ecosystem). The only tech I am using is a very low-flow powerhead to circulate the water.

I’ve since redone another tank I had with the Father Fish method and it really works. It’s basically a modified Walstad method. I will never cycle a tank again tbh.

With this 5gal, I modified it by not using any submerged plants and instead heavy-feeding floaters. I did this because I wanted the water column to be as shaded as possible to help with temp regulation and to keep the betta from jumping. Lots of scuds in the leaf litter and she is super happy. Her stress stripes went away immediately after I moved her into this tank from another setup (she chronically had them for like a month since I got her) and she is a lot less shy.

She spends her time hunting in the leaves and in the floating roots. Water parameters have been pristine, especially due to the water hyacinth! I highly recommend using it if you have a bright light source, as my ponds outside have had way more stable parameters since I added a bunch to them too. This tank has no artificial light and gets about 2 hrs of morning sun and then bright indirect sunlight the rest of the day. I live in the tropics and it’s about 75-85F year round.

This is my first Betta in over 5 years. I work at a pet store and got this big betta labeled Show Koi King Betta in. I feel bad for all them, but they get bought pretty quick and only have to stay in those tiny cups for a bit, but I felt worse because this guy is like two bettas and had to live in the same size cup. So I bought him, a 20gal Tetra kit, API test strips and their ammonia liquid test, Seachem Sure Start, Clarity, Flourish, and Stress guard, fluval bug bites flakes and pellets, mopani wood log, catappa leaves, dragon stone, some fancy shrimp and plant substrate, some gravel, and an anubias plant.

I've had him for a bit over a month now. All the parameters are okay, around 7.5ph, 30ppm gh, 60ppm kh, 0 n02 or n03, but the ammonia is a little high, about 0.25-0.50ppm. I assume the levels are a little weird because the tank is still cycling, unfortunately I had to add him in before it finished. About a week after I got him this whiteish translucent stuff showed up, but I looked it up and it's supposed to be harmless I guess. Today I did a water change and added in dragon stone and did a water test. The ammonia is lower but still kinda high. After I added in the stone I noticed I kicked up a lot of the translucent film, and weird oily looking stuff coming from the heater or the suction cup, so I added pristine and clarity to help.

Like I said I haven't had a fish in a while and wanted to post here to get any feedback or advice. I'll comment on this post to add additional photos and videos.

Edit: His name is Plakeemao
Edit2: heater turned off and stuff stopped coming from it, I guess maybe thats what water heating up looks like underwater?

I had two male bettas from petco (one in a 5 gallon the other in a 10) my first one died in about 6 months and I have one pineconing now 5/6 months after from him his water parameters are perfect temps at 77-79 I’m not sure why they keep dying and it feels like I’m doing something wrong and is discouraging me from the hobby. Any in site to why they are dying will would really help!!

5 gallon tank, with some neocardinia shrimp and a few loaches

All plants are real except the bamboo, and of course, the goofy cherry blossom tree.

***edit! I took the loach fish back because I was advised the tank was too small.

He has a bit of torn fins, I can't find money to get sand instead of those sharp rocks and he keeps damaging his fins (they're not rotting, actually growing back, but I feel very bad).

I'm a student with depression, I don't have much money, I thought Eugene has pretty bad conditions (I didn't get him a hammock yet or a heater or the sand and I feel very bad), but he seems so happy and lively and I just wanna cry. He loves his tank so much more than the plastic cup he was in when I first got him, he recognizes me and asks for food and he bites my fingers and I love him so much. He used to be scared of my hands close to the tank, but now he swims up, watches what I do and eats from my finger, I never knew a fish could be so expressive and so adorable…

I'm still quite sure I'm a bad fish owner, but I guess not as bad as I thought…

Hello everyone!
I recently set up a ~40L (~12gallons) aquarium, ~25 degrees C (30x60x30cm) with live plants and my plan was to keep a Betta fish inside. The tank has almost finished cycling, it eats around 2ppms of ammonia/nitrites in about a day and a half so i haven’t added any animals.

My original idea was to first add around 10 shrimp with 1 Nerite snail, followed by 4-5 Kuhli Loaches and then the last member added would be one male Betta (probably short finned).

Now I’m not sure its a good idea anymore.
What do you think?

Thanks for everyones input!

I finally have my betta and nerite snail in my 5 gal tank and it has been continuously cycled for over a week (since starting my fishless cycle for almost 2 months now) I just wanted to show off my male Nemo Koi Betta and Nerite snail George.

Thank you everyone who helped me with my questions about changing my internal filter with HOB filter and for stabilizing my ph with crushed coral!

I still have some of my filter floss and ceramic rings from my old filter near the water flow just until my tanks filter becomes more established.

I just need help naming my new betta. He is curious and really cool. Thanks again for the great advice from this forum🐟🐌💜

I just got my betta fish yesterday, and im thinking is he struggling to breath or is it normal? He swims and rests too and i dont knw if im just paranoid

Not sure what is on her side, but lately it's been dragging her to the bottom of the tank. But not too long ago she figured out how to use the roots and air pipes to prop herself up near the surface. She seems in good health otherwise and still has the zoomies ocassionally

I was thinking of looking at buying a betta tomorrow (the tank has been cycled for a year) what do you think?

I've only had him since the end of August. When I first got him, he was in a ten gallon. I downsized to a 5.5 gallon recently. I think he likes it a lot better. He was always stressed in the 10 gallon. Its like a completely new fish.

set her and her shrimp friends up for halloween :)

Hi guys!! Wondering what everybody thinks of my setup for my new addition gila! (King gizz reference if anyone has caught that). He is settling in amazingly to his new kingdom and has been loving swimming in the tall plants

I have been planning this tank for over a year now, and finally took the step into setting it up properly!

This is my new betta . His name is Mulano.

What breed is he? Im cycling my first tank, should I keep or remove him?

I have some fake and some real plants, some wood and a heater and sponge filter(other filter came with the tank and has been cycling it for 3 weeks so I got the sponge filter just in there with it temporarily). I'm so excited to put a betta fish, some snails and shrimp in here soon

I have had tropical fish tanks on and off my whole life. However I’ve never had a betta! I feel like I can sense he isn’t that happy and I am determined to get him there!
I’ll start by saying I know I shouldn’t have.. but I got this fellow at petsmart. He was looking so sorry and the fish next to him was decaying and slimy. (Yes I did let the manager know and asked them to change the water out).
So I took him home.
I promptly bought a 3 gallon tank and bought 2 gallons of betta water (I know I was probably scammed lol) and filled the rest up with regular tap.
I let it run a full 24 hours before taking him out of his cup and into there.
There are 3 total live plants and 1 fake one.. and the betta leaf bed? Again another scam probably)
And a heater that is 15w and at 78 degrees.

I just feel like he isn’t happy! Now it’s only been a few days.. maybe going on a week. But from what I know of this kind of fish is their fins don’t look like this when they are happy.
At this time 3 gallon is the biggest I can go!

Does he just need more time to adjust?
Does he need less light?
More plants?

I’m investing in getting this guy happy!

Saw online and just wanted to confirm my betta doesnt have them. Shes super energetic in this six gallon cube tank, and i dont think i have anything that can be cutting her fins (maybe one piece of spiderwood but thats it). Thanks!

no co2, damn cambomba grows fast it’s already time for another trim

Fish:
1 female betta
11 harlequin rasboras
12 amano shrimp
Too many ramshorns
a couple assassin snails

plants:
val
cambomba fucata
rotala blood red sg
ludwigia super red
red tiger lotus
cryptocoryne spiralis
java moss
anubias
java fern
red root floater
dwarf water lettuce
amazon frogbit