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  1. Planted Betta Tanks
    Hello all! This is a picture of my new 5.5 gal tank. Is this enough cover for my betta? I feel like it needs more, I was considering duckweed for floating plants. I want him to be super comfortable when I get him. Tank is currently cycling. Cycling tips are appreciated as well!
  2. Betta Fish Bowls, Habitats, and Accessories
    Hello. I got my betta and tank on same day. I didn’t know about cycling. I’m trying to do a fish in cycle. I have a lot of different chemicals but I don’t I now how to go about a fish in cycle. Can anyone help. Also there’s almost always 0.5 ammonia even with prime and water changes it still...
  3. Betta Fish Care
    Hi everyone!! So I’ve been cycling my soon-to-be betta tank since Saturday, and it is now Thursday. I’m using Fishless Fuel. I started at 4ppm (a little too high according to help I received on Reddit and also articles online) and brought it down to about 1.5-2ppm on Sunday with a 75% water...
  4. Betta Fish Care
    Hey everyone! It's been a minute. My boyfriend and I took a bit of a break from betta-keeping after our boy Iggy passed a few months back, but we're ready to get back into it. That said, I have some questions regarding fishless cycling. I really want to make sure I do it right this time, so I...
  5. Betta Fish Diseases and Emergencies
    Hello all, My betta Cassius is not currently well. About 3 days ago I did a 100% water change, cleaned the walls and gravel and changed the filter. Big mistake I know because I got rid of the entire cycle. He immediately started acting unlike himself, darting around the tank, not eating, etc...
  6. Betta Fish Bowls, Habitats, and Accessories
    Hi all! I would have posted this on this discussion but it’s not open any more. Is it truly safe to do a fish in cycle this way? The internet is so full of LOUD opinions! 😅 I’m looking forward to adopting my new betta and want to do it right. If a fishless cycle is as safe as a fishless one...
  7. Betta Fish Bowls, Habitats, and Accessories
    I set up a new 3.5 gallon tank on Sunday afternoon. Sand, filter, heater, plants (live and silk), primed water, etc. I put an old carbon cartridge and a few bags of cycled ceramic rings in the new filter from a current cycled tank, along with a new sponge and some new ceramic rings. Some of the...
  8. Planted Betta Tanks
    Hello folks! I'm almost ready to get back into keeping bettas again, but I want to do it right this time and cycle my tank before getting a fish. I've never had success with the plants I chose (way back in college when I first kept bettas), so I'm wondering what plants are the best to start...
  9. Other Fish
    Hi there, I've been through 10 betta deaths thus far, and three were from cancer which i'm assuming was mostly due to BHT and BHA that's put inside Omega One Pellets and Flakes. All of course were in 10 gallon, heated, filtered tanks. I'm trying to invest back into other fish instead. *What's...
  10. Betta Fish Bowls, Habitats, and Accessories
    So I was planning on making a planted tank this time in a new longer rectangular 5.5 gal. I bought ADA Aqua Soil Amazonia and was waiting on my live plants to arrive so that I could do what I've seen all the aquascapers on youtube do: add the soil, wet it a little, add plants, fill tank...
  11. Betta Fish Bowls, Habitats, and Accessories
    Hello all, I plan on starting a planted tank with no fish or other animals. The goal is to have a tank ready to go and cycled if I see a betta I need to buy ("need"). I'm going to do a fishless cycle with fish food, and my question is: how often should I add fish food after the tank has cycled...
  12. Betta Fish Bowls, Habitats, and Accessories
    I set up my 29-gallon tank almost a month ago, and it's still cycling with consistent ammonia spikes and pH crashes. Last week, I got cloudy water that left a white film on everything in the tank—plants, rocks, on the substrate and even on one betta—the pH dropped overnight from a steady 6.8 to...
  13. Betta Fish Bowls, Habitats, and Accessories
    Hello! So this is my first time cycling a tank. I do the fishless fish food method. I plan on getting a betta once the cycle is done! So my tank is around 4.5 and 5 gallons. I started last week. Everyday I tested the ammonia and it never went over 0.50 ppm. Even today, it is still at 0.50 ppm...
  14. Betta Fish Bowls, Habitats, and Accessories
    So I want to upgrade my tank from a 5 gallon to a 10 gallon tank. I've never had a 10 gallon tank but I need the space. I have 1 betta and 3 cory catfish in my Aqueon 5 gallon. I have two questions: 1. What type of 10 gallon tank is best? The Marina looks nice... 2. I'm dreading cycling the...
  15. Betta Fish Bowls, Habitats, and Accessories
    Hey there, In a few weeks I'll be setting up a new 29-gallon. I'll be using Eco-Complete Aquarium Substrate which apparently includes some water containing "purifying bacteria" that help jump start the nitrogen cycle. I also wanted to use some established filter media to help the cycle along...
  16. Betta Fish Care
    Hello! I've been lurking for about a month now and have finally got myself with such a whale of a problem (hahaha) that I decided it was time to sign up and post! Okay.. So other than the fish I had growing up, I knew next to nothing when I bought my Betta. I read enough to put him in a 5...
  17. Betta Fish Bowls, Habitats, and Accessories
    So I'm starting a new 20 gallon tank. I've got a 150 watt heater, an aquaclear 50 filter, an air pump, and decor substrate, etc. About a week ago I filled it up with water (conditioned with tetra aquasafe) and let it sit for 48 hours, then to start up the cycle I added a raw shrimp in a media...
  18. Betta Fish Care
    I ordered the API Master Test Kit and everything is fine, except the Nitrate test bottle #1 doesn't have the dropper. Because of this, I've been using a medicine dropper for it instead. Is this an okay thing to do? Will the results still be accurate?
  19. Betta Fish Bowls, Habitats, and Accessories
    Ok I promise this will be one of my last threads. I'm planning to set up my one gallon tank and buy my betta fish. Then use my API test kits to test the levels every day. I will keep the ammonia levels down with water changes. My questions are: 1. Should I buy Ammolock? I can easily buy it. 2...
  20. Betta Fish Bowls, Habitats, and Accessories
    I was going to fishless cycle my tank, but then I got to thinking, why not just use bottle bacteria like Quickstart? After all people don't cycle bowls and they are still ok. Its a one gallon tank. I would keep the ammonia down with Ammolock and/or water changes. I have API test kits as well...
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