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Just a quick summary. The eggs are corydora eggs, females will spawn even w/o a male present though the eggs will be infertile. The fry are bristlenose pleco fry, not common plecos. As another stated, commons will not breed in the home aquarium. Also, I suggest you not gift those fry to your...

Sounds to me you didn't cycle the tank before adding your betta. Read up on the aquarium Nitrogen cycle to get a better idea of the problem. I suggest you change a good 75% of the water ASAP and then start doing at least bi-weekly 50% water changes till the tank is cycled, at which point you...

I see a bunch of mosquito larva (almost ready to turn into adults actually) and some little fish that somehow look a lot like a live bearer of some sort.

Don't worry, the edges should always be dark as that is the point of new growth.

http://www.fishforums.net/threads/kms.449665/ I think the proof is in the pudding here. We've all made mistake due to misinformation and stubbornness. Everything is a learning experience, but sometimes it is good to listen to other's advice.

Whichever one you want to keep, keep that one. This is a prime example of why you don't want to keep gouramis with bettas.

Then please explain what you mean by non-rift valley setting.

What do you mean by "non-rift valley set up"? Are you talking about a planted tank, low pH and soft water, with tropical fish, in a cold water setup?

No, unless you have straight up black water conditions you should be fine. Can you get an exact pH and hardness reading?

Looks like a happy betta. He's a VT by the way. His dorsal fin is far too long and thin to be anything else. Healthy fins none the less :D

Mostly, if not all, VT. VT is a dominant trait, this is why you don't want to cross VT with any other fin type.

I've had exactly one bubble bee cichlid and he was a harmless thing compared to my other mbuna. I ended up rehoming him though, I felt my 55gal, 4ft tank was not quite big enough for him. I believe he was around 5-6in when I traded him in and you was still a young boy. Only keep this fish in a...

Babies are doing well, I culled a few more that were just not normal, their body shape and fins were really weird. Now there are 3 marbled fry, one female and 2 males. Still looking for more. The female is in a few of these pictures.

The picture is pretty blurry, can you get more pictures from different angles (top, both sides, front etc)? I suggest you also look up "show quality crowntail betta" and you should get a pretty good idea of what you are looking for. Generally you want a good amount of web reduction, straight...

Live bearers can and will hold their young till they feel safe enough to give birth. Try adding more plants to provide a bit of shelter for her. If that doesn't work then maybe she's just not ready, though I'd say she looks plenty ready.

Got myself a new light for the dresser holding the 29 and 20gal. It's a 4ft LED shop light. I haven't hung it up yet, I think I'll ask my dad for help with that. Besides, I believe the dresser and tanks will be moved across the room soon anyways. The shellies have yet to breed as far as I can...

Fry are happy and fat. I moved the ones in the 10gal to a tote that has about 20gals of water in it. I counted around 38 fry when I moved them over. They're eating pellets and sinking shrimp wafers along with daphnia. I've skipped a couple water changes due to my work schedule but I'm still...

Could you get a head on or perhaps top view picture of the fin? Even if it were deformed it wouldn't effect the fish too much, I suspect it to be an infection of sorts. It looks rather fuzzy and white to me, which could either be fungal or bacterial.

Finally an updated picture of the young ones. They've taken to sinking spirulina pellets. I'm working on weaning them from baby brine shrimp.

I moved the 7 remaining fry from the older batch into a different 10gal so the ragged CT can have their tank w/o fear of him eating my cherries. One of these is more than likely a male, his fins are growing long and his beard shows ever so slightly. They've learned that shrimp pellets are...

He's either a half moon or delta depending on how wide his tail spread is. I can't say for sure if the price was right as that all depends on you. Was he worth the money you spent? As for color, he is of no particular color form (such as cambodia, butterfly, or solid colors). Here's an ok...

Red tail sharks are not good community fish, especially with smaller species. Same for pictus cats as they often eat small fish. I'd not have white clouds nor guppies with the two relatively large bottom dwellers. What is the entire stocking and what size tank is it? Did you cycle the tank...