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My daughter will probably name pineapple as well once he arrives. It should be interesting. Her fish are glofish tetras and the latest one we got is purple and she named it Grape. The red one is Candy Cane and the green one is Lollipop. I kind of feel like she'd name my betta Sherbet or...

Okay, okay, okay..... Liberace SpongeRobert Gideon Von TicTac of House Opal it is.

Yes, it is a pineapple betta. Anxiously awaiting its arrival in the post. Hopefully it will color up as shown in the photo (fingers crossed).

You're wrong for that. And you KNOW it.

Oh wow - he is kind of opal colored. Very cool!

Hahaha he kind of does!

So I have a pineapple betta on the way. Photo attached. I need some name ideas from my fellow betta lovers. So far I've come up with Sponge Bob or Loki (big Marvel fans here - I know the fish looks nothing like Loki). Any ideas?

I've got an anubias barteri that is clearly suffering from nutrient deficiencies (I'm working on that). Two of the leaves are yellowing from the tip. I'm bumping up ferts but curious if these leaves are beyond saving. Will they eventually die in which case I'd be better to trim them now? Or...

I think the life span of a betta is 2-3 years so he is probably just old. They rest a lot on the bottom when they get older.

Yep, maybe too much flow causing exhaustion and stress? Just a thought not having seen videos or know specifics of how high your flow is turned up. Please keep us posted!

Is it possible he was a bit old when you got him? I think bettas only live 2-3 years so if he was already several years old he might be approaching end of life? One of the YouTubers I watch (Girl Talks Fish) had an old betta named Sonic and he would lay on the bottom of the tank. It looked...

The Marina slim filters do. I have been very happy with mine. Super quiet also.

Well I have a fish that is basically not eating at all. I don't think teaching it new feeding behaviors is in the cards right now. I've had these fish for a while and what I've observed is that they only eat the food from the top of the tank. Once it starts to sink mid-tank or bottom, they...

Luckily the hubby also suffers from MTS and after a couple of smaller 20g tanks he wants a large tank in our living room. I am looking at either the UNS 180 (156 gallons) or the Waterbox ClearPro 7225 (167 gallons). The price difference is not really substantial. I'm just wondering if there...

I have so many foods it takes up a whole shelf in the freezer for the extra containers. I take a little bit out at a time (defrost it) so it stays fresh. Seriously, my fish are WAY spoiled. I feed a mix of Tetra Color Flakes, Xtreme Krill Flakes, Fluval Bug Bites, Hikari food sticks, freeze...

These fish only eat from the top of the tank. They won't eat off the bottom.

Hi, everyone - I have a 20 gallon tank with 6 glofish tetras (skirt tetras). Parameters are all fine 0 ammonia and nitrite, nitrates under 20. Not planted (silk plants but I do have some moss balls in there), weekly water changes 25 - 30% with gravel vac, GH 2, KH 6, pH 7.6, temp 77. The tank...

You are not alone. I get extremely anxious with new fish - watching them like a hawk, freaking out if they glass surf, etc. One of the things that made me mellow out a bit and this is kind of counter-intuitive, but Corey from Aquarium Co-op said in one of his videos: "How do you get good at...

Just 3 minutes of corys munching on bloodworms. About halfway in there's a "Lady & the Tramp" moment where 2 corys go at the same bloodworm from both sides. LOL. It's so much fun to just sit and watch them.

You can see it on their little faces: "Thanks for the bloodworms, nice lady."

Mine looks similar and my OCD self goes nuts not knowing EXACTLY what my pH is. I call that 7.4 - 7.6.

Yep, the light is actually off right now. The only light they are getting is a little from the overhead light in the room, which I also have dimmed a bit.

I haven't fed them yet. They've been in the tank about 2 hours. They do seem to be doing well - not hiding too much. I may drop some worms in later this afternoon. Usually I wouldn't feed on the first day due to stress, but they seem to be settling in nicely. So I think an early dinner...

Oh man did I feel BAD! I put 5 in at first and was like - wait - there should be 6. Then I screamed when I saw one in the bag on the floor. Got that one in the tank fairly quickly. Then after I was done (or so I thought) I looked down at the bag and thought - dang, that looks like another...

Fun fact... if you order a certain number of fish online, sometimes they send you a BONUS fish. Not so fun fact.... I ordered 6 false julii's and didn't realize I had a SEVENTH in the bag for a few seconds. One poor little cory got left in the bag with no water probably stressed out of his...

My corys are here! I ordered 6 false julii's from Aquatic Arts online and they sent SEVEN! WOOOT!!!! They are so stinking cute. I love them!

Thanks, Willis! More pics DEFINITELY coming as soon as my corys come in. Fingers crossed for some healthy babies in the post!

I have a rod in my laundry room that is installed over a wash basin / sink. I drape the tube part over the laundry rod and let it drip dry over the washroom sink until the next water change time.

My snails are here! 3 zebra nerite snails. I love them. They are already making a dent in the algae on the tank walls. My husband calls them Roombas in shells and it's a pretty accurate description. Corydoras are supposed to arrive tomorrow - YAY!!!!!! Cannot WAIT to get my corys in!

Is there anything sharp or pointy in the tank?

Impatiently waiting for my corys to arrive and trying to find ways to keep busy to keep my mind off the time. Tick tock tick tock. Did some rearranging of the driftwood and plants (on rocks) today with another sand vac to remove more algae. The tank is looking a lot better compared to the...

Wow - it sounds like you are doing everything right. I'm stumped, too. I'm so sorry for your losses. Corys are awesome.