In fact, this will be my first fish ever. So you can imagine I'm feeling really overwhelmed right now at the discovery that fish need way more than just a tank of water and a plastic tree in order to live.
So today I bought this handsome little devil, Monty!
And along with him I bought this tank and food that were both recommended to me by the store clerks, who also told me that I didn't need a filter and that betta were able to live in conditions without one. But after coming here I feel as if they were wrong. I also bought a plastic tree which none of them bothered to tell me that plastic could harm betta fins.
The store clerks told me that I should fill the tank up with room temperature tap water and wait 12 hours before putting Monty into it. It really pains me to watch him in the container of water with little to no room and I'm just wondering if they were correct? The tank of water has major bubbles in it and I'm also wondering if that should be happening.
And lastly, I noticed that Monty has black in his gills.
Does anyone know what has caused this? I've never had a fish, let alone a betta and I feel as though I have been left out in the dark. I really want Monty to thrive and live a happy life and I feel incapable of giving him that at this point. :-( Any advice is majorly appreciated at this point.
So today I bought this handsome little devil, Monty!
And along with him I bought this tank and food that were both recommended to me by the store clerks, who also told me that I didn't need a filter and that betta were able to live in conditions without one. But after coming here I feel as if they were wrong. I also bought a plastic tree which none of them bothered to tell me that plastic could harm betta fins.
The store clerks told me that I should fill the tank up with room temperature tap water and wait 12 hours before putting Monty into it. It really pains me to watch him in the container of water with little to no room and I'm just wondering if they were correct? The tank of water has major bubbles in it and I'm also wondering if that should be happening.
And lastly, I noticed that Monty has black in his gills.
Does anyone know what has caused this? I've never had a fish, let alone a betta and I feel as though I have been left out in the dark. I really want Monty to thrive and live a happy life and I feel incapable of giving him that at this point. :-( Any advice is majorly appreciated at this point.