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  1. New Member Introductions
    Hi! i am currently in the process of cycling my tank and boy am i confused. I have a 5.5 gallon with a heater, 10 gallon filter for faster filtration, fluval plant substrate, live plants, quick start, and driftwood. I added Dr. Tim’s liquid ammonia where i ended up w 4 ppm. A few days go by...
  2. Betta Fish Bowls, Habitats, and Accessories
    hey everyone, im in the process of cycling my 40 gallon breeder for my betta, and there's a lot of mould in there. i did some research and it says this is normal but there's really a lot and it's getting dark instead of staying white and fluffy. i have a few ideas where this is coming from...
  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 Care
    I've been working on cycling my tank. Would today (2/4)'s reading be considered 0mg/l or somewhere else between 0-0.25mg/l? Todays test is showing the exact same level as my untreated tap water, so could I consider that near 0?
  6. Betta Fish Care
    Hi everyone!! So I made a post a couple days ago regarding our betta, Iggy’s, passing over the rainbow fishy bridge😔 Dropsy sucks. I am starting to finally clean out his tank and get it sanitized and had a few questions regarding cleaning and then eventually cycling again. I want to make sure I...
  7. Planted Betta Tanks
    Hey everyone. A few questions. I have been cycling my planted tank (no fish) for over a month now. ammonia still reads 0 (sometimes it looks like it could be .25 but i cant tell. Some of my plants are dooing really well, but others not so much. I have these plants that have red stems and look...
  8. Planted Betta Tanks
    I started a planted tank this past thursday. I plan on doin half a dose of fertilizer after one week, but I am not sure where to go from there. I keep my light on for 8 hours a day at only 25% becuase my tank is only 10 gallons. Some of the water is evaporating and I am noticing a film on the...
  9. Betta Fish Bowls, Habitats, and Accessories
    Hello! I recently decided to upgrade from my 5 gal TopFin Hydro Change tank (don't worry, I actually use a gravel vacuum instead of the hydro change nozzle for water changes) to the 15 gal Fluval Flex tank to better accommodate my betta, plants, and maybe even a few new tank mates in the future...
  10. Betta Fish Care
    I've owned my betta fish for over 2 years now and I've been noticing him making bubbles at the top (not a bubble nest), always resting at the top, rather than the bottom and developing bits of black on his scales. I've just recently got a new 3.5 betta tank and I tried cycling it for the first...
  11. Betta Fish Care
    I've recently been doing a lot of research about bettas and learned a lot more about their care and things to look out for. I just recently got a 3.5 gallon tank with a heater and filter and I'm looking into getting some live plants for it too. I have my betta in a 2.5 gallon with a mystery...
  12. Betta Fish Care
    Hello! I’m a college student and I really wanted to get a betta to have in my dorm. Ive read into how to keep betta and want to make sure the little guy is comfortable and happy. I bought a 5.5 gallon tank from a local fish store and have started cycling it, using fish food to add ammonia and...
  13. Betta Fish Care
    Apologies beforehand for the lengthy post, but I have had a confusing last couple of weeks cycling my betta's new tank and I'm not 100% sure if it is ready for him to go in yet because I don't know what everything is suppose to be at before putting him in! Alright so 2.5 weeks ago I received my...
  14. Planted Betta Tanks
    This is my first tank! I read so much about the nitrogen cycle that my head could spin, so I decided to just move forward with what I learned and stop rereading everything so much. Now I’m looking for a little reassurance and guidance. I didn’t have a lot of confidence in any of the processes I...
  15. Betta Fish Care
    Hi everyone. I'm new to the forum as of about 10 minutes ago, but I'm really glad to have found it. Apologies if this is in the wrong place or I make any other equally silly mistakes. My beloved male betta sadly made a break for freedom a couple of days ago and jumped out of his tank. He...
  16. Betta Fish Care
    So a little over a month ago I set up my tank. I'm doing fish-less cycle, and added the Ace Hardware Janitor Strength Ammonia to start the cycle. My tank is 20 gallons and planted (with plants such as water lettuce, java fern, anubias nana, basically easy to grow plants). I'm also using a sand...
  17. Betta Fish Care
    So, the bf got me a tank for my birthday. It is a 3.5 gallon aquaponic tank. I understand it is technically too small for my betta, but it's what I have so going to have to make due. Anyway, I got a cute little betta guy named Smaug who is just as fierce and feisty as his namesake. I never...
  18. 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...
  19. Betta Fish Care
    Hi all. As you can see from my post history, I'm a new member and my betta just died. I'm very sad, and I wasn't planning on getting a new one anytime soon - I thought I would dismantle my tank, clean it out, maybe do a fishless cycle this time, and generally try to make everything perfect...
  20. Betta Fish Care
    I tested the water today and it read 0 ammonia, 2-5 nitrite, and 10 nitrate. I have a lot of live plants in a relatively small space, and I'm assuming my tank is still in the beginning stage of cycling, which is why my nitrite is high. I'll be doing daily water changes to keep that at bay, but...
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