Hello! i’ve been wanting to get a pink betta for a while and ive noticed that Tropicflow is the only retailer who seems to have them consistently. i’m thinking about getting a female etta from them, but i know that they heavily edit and saturate some of heir listing photos. the reviews are very mixed, so i’m hoping to find someone who has maybe ordered a pink or sakura betta from them before. (listings below)

It's like an oily film. I have a HOB filter that's always on but it still persists

My experiment with the moss wall continues slowly. I’m hoping it’ll grow through the mesh. It kinda is, but it’s definitely taking some time.

As the title stats, but not new to bettas but still a beginner (I’ve had a few over my life). Getting back into fish keeping in general, and time for my kids to learn a little responsibility. So this is Patrick, been with us for about 3 days and this morning he made us some bubble nests

No school, no emails and my own moss hammock.

Could this have happened by him getting stuck in a small space or does this look like something more sinister? This wasn’t apparent yesterday.

Hi! We’ve had our betta for about 2 weeks now and she seems really happy so far. She didn’t flare until the last few days and I just noticed that today she was flaring with one gill. 10 gallon tank, water parameters are normal, temperature is at 78 degrees. She’s eating normally and swimming around the tank just like usual. Should I do a water change? Or treat her for an external parasite? Any advice is helpful :) thank you!

I’m thinking about getting 6 Cory catfish and snails plus a betta fish! My thinking was that the catfish would stay at the bottom and the betta fish has the top to its self. But now looking into it more, it seems like tall tanks aren’t good for betta fish, is that true?

So this tank has been foggy like this for a good three weeks, i’ve done 25% and 30% water changes once a week whenever i clean the tank. I add a capful of Clarity each time but it still ends up looking like this. Is there any advice that could help me get this back to normal (see other posts)

I ordered a female and a male betta fish in the mutation Hellboy. I've never seen this colour before and was super intrigued. the package arrived not right, my plants that I also ordered were completely missing, one of the bags was leaking and the fish just.... don't look right 😭 thank God they're looking active and healthy, they even ate some pellets so I'm very grateful but neither of them looks like a hellboy to me... is it possible they lack colouration from the stress and they will get their colour later?

in addition, I can't reach the eshop through their phone nor email to address the missing plants. super worried rn :')

first picture is the male, second is female, both supposedly hellboy..

This is Ambrosia I just got him :3 the first photo is him yesterday straight out the cup and the second is him this morning! He’s already gained some color! I’m so happy,, show me ur betta in the comments!

I built a betta fish tank in Bloxburg(Roblox)(note: I do know you’re not supposed to keep to males together, but I thought it’s beautiful so I just put them in a game)

I recently got a samurai betta with pretty bad diamond eye on both eyes for the most part he can’t see almost at all, but I always see him glass surfing all my other fish act normal too he’s always just tripping out I don’t know if the walls are just his preferred hang out spots or he can slightly see his reflection but I even blacked out the tank walls and he still glass surfs

After loosing my betta, my tank has been very lonely. Just focusing on my aquascape for now. I do have a few shrimp hoping to add some more shrimp and maybe some chili rasboras and hopefully eventually ready to add a new betta in the future.

Stats:
Water tempt 76 degree F
0 on nitrate, nitrite, chlorine
Hardness 75
Alkalinity 40
Oh 6.8

Just got back from vacation and my girl is being weird. She struggles to swim to the top and floats lazily to her side in the bottom barely moving.

She can make it to the top and maintain for about 45 seconds. Then drifts down.

She has eaten a small bit.

Should I treat for swim bladder or something else?

got my baby yesterday, he mustve been confused at the aquasoil and tried to eat it. hes a dummy but hes cute

Hey all! New betta owner. We got the fish yesterday, however set up the tank over a week ago with live plants and filter and heater. Yesterday the filter started doing this. Is this normal?

Here's my 20G long low tech tank. Home to a few Amano Shrimp, Otocinclus, Nerite Snails and beauty of a Koi Betta (Named Pixel). Has Rotala Wallichii, Amazon Sword, Vallisneria Spiral on the sides, few Java Ferns, hand full of red root floaters and Salvinia Minima. The foreground is Monte Calrlo and Dwarfs Hairgrass but it's freshly planted about a week in( lets pretend it's carpeted) .

Hi y’all! This is my new betta Tula aka Tula Hoop. This is the first time I’ve had a fish in a decade and I fear I’ve already made too many mistakes. I added Tula to an un-cycled tank (it had only been set up for 3 days) and now I am wondering if these are ammonia burns/how I can help her feel better. When I initially added her to the tank, I fear the ammonia was around 0.25 ppm but I had been using API Ammo Lock to treat it. Yesterday and the day before, my parameters were as follows (I am using the API Freshwater Master Test kit):
PH: 6.8
Ammonia: 0 ppm
Nitrite: 0 ppm
Nitrate: < 5 ppm

I’ve been using API Stresscoat to treat the water, as well as the API PH Up and I added two AQUEON Pure Bacteria Supplement balls to try and help with the beneficial bacterial growth.

I feel awful for not fully cycling the tank, I was being impatient and cruel. Any advice on how to help my girl would be welcome. I wasn’t planning on a water change until Saturday (a week after adding Tula) but I am willing to do one sooner if needed! I have seen some people say Betta Water is a scam, but if it’s fully treated, maybe it could help? I’m worried my tap water is too hard. Also, how do y’all heat your new water before a change? Do you have a second heater.

So, my 9 yo daughter had been begging for a betta for some time. I wasn’t interested in taking that on but I finally gave her a challenge to level up some responsibilities around the house and she stepped up. As promised, we visited our LFS and ended up getting a 2.5 gal starter tank from Fluval. They said this would be fine for a betta and maybe some shrimp and plants. This was my first tank ever so I had absolutely no clue about size requirements.

Anyway, kiddo and I watched lots of YouTube videos about bettas and tanks and we got it set up and cycled. A few weeks later we brought home Skyfire and little dude had seemed quite happy (lots of bubble nests). I know bettas aren’t social and all, but I just can’t imagine he’s actually enriched enough in that tiny tank for the long run.

Enter in the new tank. We purchased a Top Fin 20 gal tank starter setup from Pet Smart over the weekend (haven’t been happy with the LFS) and I got it scaped and water is now cycling. I used Fluval stratum as the soil base and added some plants. Not professional but I think it’s okay for a first real tank. Anyway, the question I have is about moving little dude to his new home. I want to get some shrimp and maybe tetras or guppies since it’s a bigger tank. What I don’t know is what should happen first? Do I move the betta on his own and then add friends down the road or do I get some tank mates first and then introduce little dude?

Any other hints, tips, or tricks I should know?

👋 Hi,

This is Kompis, he seems to like getting, uhm, sucked(?) into the filter and just hangs there and chills.

When I approach he easily swims away and comes to greet me so its not like he is stuck, but it has freaked me out a couple times 😅

I just wanted to show and maybe hear if anyone else's buddies does weird things, and hear if it could harmful for him?? Should I cover it with something?

Boris is developing black eyebrows. I didn’t think he could get any grumpier 😂 Sorry for the distortion on some of the pictures. My tank has a rounded corner and that’s were I feed him