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Hi. I just got back from town with the fish. I let it acclimate and then used the net to put it in the tank. He most likely has swimbladder, I have treated this before with success, But also with failure 😞. I was wondering if you guys would have any tips on treating it. He is soo pretty and I...

UPDATE: 1 hour later. Milton passed away. I added a photo of his body. I'm not sure what happened - 24 hours ago he was fine and eating. Hi everyone! My half-moon double tail betta, Milton, has been acting very off since last night. I went to go turn off the overhead lamp before I went to bed...

Hello there! My fish, Bubbles has unfortunately passed away over the weekend but I still enjoy bettas. I have seen quite the controversy over feeding a betta with swim bladder a pea and I would like to ask if you can or not. I am so curious for my future fish who could get swim bladder. Also...

Hello, I have 3 year old male double tail male betta named Cosmo. Who has had swim bladder for one week. He is fed 4 flakes a day (I will start feeding him pellets). He lives in a ten gallon aquarium with a treated water and a temperature range of 72 to 76 with live plants. I have have lowered...

I'm new to all of this betta stuff, as I got my first betta 4 days ago. The past few hours, he as been darting around the tank extremely quickly, paying special attention to the back left corner of the tank. He swims up and down the walls really quickly and his movements seem to be twitchy...

Housing What size is your tank? 3g What temperature is your tank? 78-82 Does your tank have a filter? yes Does your tank have an air stone or other type of aeration? no Is your tank heated? yes What tank mates does your betta fish live with? none Food What type of food do you feed your betta...

hello all, I bought him little over 2 hours ago, and when i bought him he seemed to be swimming fine. He was in his cup, sitting at the top. (we had a 15 minute drive home) We got home i set up his tank for him with a submersible heater and everything. My father had switched him from his...

Ok so I was at my LFS and picked up a dying Betta. I know he many die, but I wanted to give this little dude a chance. I really felt bad for him and wanted to only help him. I purchased him and he has a swim bladder issue (a long with being discolored, cold, and stressed). He does not want to...

So I found a little guy , floating sideways in a cup today at petland they told us the blue water was medicine when the week before a lady told us it was so the fish wouldn't jump? anyways , I ended up saving him along with two others that were in the far back how do I treat swimbladder ? hes...

Housing What size is your tank? 1.5 Gallon What temperature is your tank? Does your tank have a filter? Yes Does your tank have an air stone or other type of aeration? No Is your tank heated? No What tank mates does your betta fish live with? None Food What type of food do you feed your betta...

I didn't know forum topic to put this under...nor is this an emergency (my babies are doing swimmingly ;)) But I read somewhere that a person fed their Betta fish bits of a cooked Pea to help constipation/swim bladder... Is it okay to feed you fish peas? And for what purpose would you do that for?

My Betta (Lan) was just purchased a week ago from petsmart. He is my first betta. He is being housed in a 1.7 gallon bowl. The temperature in this bowl is around 71. I tried getting a heater but I don't think it is working. The PH and nitrates levels are all fine--PH is even ideal. I have...