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Cool. I would get the API Master test kit and test for ammonia. In my experience, that's the most common reason for trouble with bettas.

What else will you have in the 75 gallon with him? I'm thinking about what I can do someday when I get a bigger tank and an EBJD.

Go for celestial pearl danios, harlequin rasbora, and neon tetras. I know they are all smaller, but really great fish for a 40 gallon.

What about ammonia? The pictures don't look too bad. Almost looks like two different fish though.

It's hard to tell from the pictures, but have you tested your water? What are the readings for ammonia, etc? Would need better pictures to try to assess what is the problem.

I vote Celestial Pearl Danios, Harlequin Rasbora, or Neon Tetras. Any of those would love that size tank.

Is it best to keep them alone, or ok to add tank mates?

Beautiful tank. I've always wanted a Jack Dempsey, but I figured I need a bigger tank. I assume eventually he would have to go in a bigger tank, right?

The key thing is to make sure your water quality is good in his tank. Also, if you're deep-cleaning his tank, you may be killing all the beneficial bacteria if you're not careful. What do you mean by deep cleaning? I would recommend getting an API Water Test kit and test for ammonia, nitrite...

In my opinion it's not as important exactly what percentage of water change you do, just change as much water as you can (up to 75%) as often as you can and keep it as clean as you can until you get ammonia down to zero. Once the water quality is pristine and you have aquarium salt, that's your...

It seems to me that it's cycling, just very slowly. It can take several weeks in my experience. There are some things you can do to speed up the cycle I understand, though I'm not an expert on that. Maybe someone who knows how to speed up cycles will chime in.

Get the API Water test kit and test the water. Especially for ammonia. That's often the reason for fin rot in bettas.

I don't think so, but maybe someone with more experience will chime in.

Look through pictures on Aquabid to see what kind you like the most. It's all personal preference.

I've often thought about having a single shrimp in my tank to avoid overpopulation. Does anyone think that would be bad?

I don't think so. I've found fish stores are usually happy to take them though. Some even give store credit.

Yup. They love cucumber.

I love Blue Velvet Shrimp. These are mine. Yours has such a stunning color. Amazing.

I vote for Harlequin Rasbora. I had those for a while and they are beautiful and wonderful fish.

You don't need CO2. If the light and fertilizer are in good shape, that's usually the key point I find.

I think about 20 would be just right.

Beautiful fish. He looks pretty healthy to me and doesn't seem like fin rot, at least nothing to worry about yet. It looks like your water quality is great. Is there anything sharp or with edges that he could be tearing his fins on? I wouldn't worry too much based on these pictures. Just...

It can take a while I think; sometimes several weeks. I think you can add a little bit of food to speed up the bacteria production. Or you can try to seed it with filter media from a cycled tank to speed it up. I have a terrible time being patient while cycling a tank.

I am not an expert but my Amazon sword is doing very well. For what it's worth, I have pretty deep substrate (at least 3 inches), a bunch of root tabs and I use the Aquarium Co Op fertilizer every week. I assume you have a good light. Sometimes you just get unlucky with the plants. Maybe get...

I have a question for the group. Right now I have a 10 Gallon with some Neon Tetras and I have a 20 Gallon with some CPDs. I also love Harlequin Rasbora and was considering a tank to keep them. However, maintaining three tanks is a lot of work, space, and equipment of course. The thought...

Looks great! I love CPDs. They are such a cool fish. I had no idea you could keep that many. I suppose they don't need that much room and they don't have a huge bioload. What is that plant on the right? I bet they love hanging out in there. I have a huge Amazon sword that they all hang...

So it must be something particular to that tank then. To clean the substrate, just swish over it and suck up any debris that comes up. No need to take all the water out or any of the substrate itself.

It's fine to do it all at once, as long as you are making sure the water replacing isn't too different from the water you took out (dechlorinator/temperature/etc). I personally try to do water changes of about 30% at a time, just because I don't want to risk any large swings in parameters...

Aquariums and fishkeeping is a pretty good hobby to have these days. I definitely get to see more of my fish and have more time to work on my aquariums.

Beautiful tank. I hope you post a picture once it's grown in and with fish!

Wow. I love your tank and your CPDs. How long have you had the 15 in the 10G? Everything going well? Nothing else in there? I only have 8 in my 20G along with 4 Kuhli loaches. You've inspired me to get at least a few more CPDs as I just love those fish. Didn't realize that I could probably add...

My java ferns were all dying and then I bought the fertilizer from Aquarium Co Op which is super easy and now my java ferns are all thriving.

It's hard to say if it's just one having trouble. It sounds like maybe a swim bladder problem. I have a 20 gallon CPD tank and I found they are quite sensitive to water quality issues, especially when they are young. I let ammonia creep up when I was a beginner and didn't know what I was...

You could add some Indian Almond Leaves. Bettas love them and I think they can help a bit with fin rot. They also lower the PH naturally if I'm not mistaken. You could put in some java fern or frogbit relatively easily which would help.

Have you tested your tap water? Sometimes there is ammonia in your tap water. You need to figure out why your ammonia is high for a long term solution to address the cause. Maybe clean out your filters (in tank water) and your substrate as best you can. You could be overfeeding.

If there's more white color in your new tank, they could be adapting to the background? I'm not an expert but I think they adjust their color a bit to the surroundings.

I only replace mine when they start to disintegrate. Maybe every six months or so I replace one cartridge at a time. Seems to work fine.

Looks great!

It's hard to tell as the picture is not great. 0.25 ammonia can cause damage in your betta, particularly if that's been the case for a while. Just make sure your ammonia is down to zero and keep an eye on it. If it grows, that's a problem. If not, it might be ok.