digging

I recently moved from a house to an apartment in another city, and after hearing how gross the local city water was (my friend had it tested and found high amounts of cadmium and fecal matter.... yuck!) I opted to buy filtered water from the store. It was Primo brand, the kind you can walk in...

My betta spends 30% of his time trying to fight his reflection, 20% of the time sleeping so hard I think he's dead and 50% of the time swimming into the tightest spots he can find in the tank. I honestly think he spends time digging small tunnel systems under the drift wood just so he can swim...

I've got two fish with similar troubles, but we'll start with Ryou because he's the one that is scaring me the most. Ryou is a pink veil-tail with blue and purple flecks in his fins and tail. I bought him in November after watching him sit unwanted at the local pet store for three months. He...