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I have a 10 gallon tank and I have been noticing that my fish like to stay under or near the driftwood but when I turn of the light they spread out more. I am thinking maybe they are scared of how bright the light is. What are all the floating plants I can get that don’t make the tank look like...

I don’t know. I have often been wondering the same thing, like why do fish of the same size as betas need huge tanks and then betas can be kept in 3 gallons? For example the electric yellow cichlids is very aggressive, grows to 3 inches but needs a 50 gallon tank at least, so why don’t betas? I...

I love that purple spot on her back. She’s so unique.

I agree with what everyone is saying. I had gone to pet smart last week and they had a bunch of betas in cups. It looked like a lot of them had fin rot and we’re dying. There water was white and cloudy it was just disgusting. It was then that I said I will never buy anything from there ever...

It looks like a pethia stoliczkana to me.

My jaw literally dropped when I saw your tank. It looks amazing! I loved the way it looked in 2020 it still looks great. I love the way you rescaped it. What size is it and what are you planning on stocking it with?

I would love to have so many tanks one of each of the options as well as large fish tank such as discus and cichlids.

I have already ordered the plants. A lot of them are slow growers so I am hoping once they get big I will be able to move some of them to another larger tank once I get another tank. Are these plants possible to trim so I can help keep them at a good size? Are there better spots to put these...

I am planning on putting it on my driftwood I also hadn’t realized they were floating plants.

Thanks you for the ideas I am pretty new with live plants up until recently. I have fluval plant substrate under sand to give the plants the required nutrients. My light is a model AQ085-14w I am not sure what brand. The light is on from about 6am to 9 or 10pm depending on when I go to bed. I...

That’s true if I were you I would just go with the 3 gallon then, I hadn’t realized how expensive the 6 was and it’s only 3 extra gallons. When you have it all finished put a picture up because I am curious of how it’s going to turn out.

Yes a 3 gallon tank would be fine but if you can I would do a 5 gallon.

I think a 5 gallon tank is the bare minimum for a beta. Some people have 3 gallon tanks which is fine but if you can get a bigger tank bigger is always better. Just do frequent water changes and find one that maybe has a filter to help with this. Bigger tanks are easier to keep clean just as a...

It does seem odd but since they are livebearers the baby’s will have yolks so they can grow these ones might have just not been as developed and still have a lot of their yolk.

I am going to order some plants soon for my 10 gallon tank with neons, black neons, serpae, and von rio tetras, and yea I know it’s overstocked. I am planning on getting another tank to spread them out a bit more in the future. These are the plants I am planning on getting: Anubias nana petite...

These are my fish they are doing pretty good right now except for one. How are your fish doing?

Yeah it’s defiantly very rough to put a fish down. See what other advice you get and if he improves. I got advice from someone to put one of my fish down because they believed he had dropsy he is still doing ok and it might be swim bladder so I would hold off for a little while. There are a bit...

I’m not really sure I have never owned any but I have had guppies in a 29 gallon before. A good option would be to have another kind of fish that might eat some of the offspring to keep the numbers down a bit. You could also sell them or give them to a local pet store to re home or sell

It looks like it went bad. I think I also see mold. I would probably not use it if I were you. What exactly is this? Is it plant fertilizer?

The he’s option probably the embers, shrimp, and snails. I would only recommend one snail since you will also have the shrimp. Betas don’t do super well with community fish because they are aggressive. It can work sometime but it has to be a bigger tank. Endlers are really pretty but since they...

What is he swimming like? I personally would not put the fish down until you are sure what it is. I have never put down a fish and will never I just can’t it’s to hard and you never know how much pain they are actually in.

It’s looks like a male to me because like you said the extensions of the caudal fin, and I don’t believe the females have that much color in their tail fin. He should be ok in that tank because they are fairly non aggressive fish and do well with most community fish. He would be fine alone it is...

It looks great! Bleu has so much room, I bet he is so much happier.

I would get a second tank, so you can keep your current fish and get some new fish as well. I would redo your current tank, and make both of them look really good and maybe try to make the aqua scape bring out the fish by having taller plants in the back. Can you send a picture of your current...

Ok thank you for the advice I think I will go with the 5 gallon and do some shrimp. Does the beta ever try and eat the shrimp because I have herd that happening before.

I am thinking about getting a beta in a month or two after some research. I was wondering what the tank size should be. I was thinking a 5 gallon at bare minimum, he would be the only fish in the tank. I just went to pet smart to look around and maybe buy some more plants for my tank. I changed...

Wow I always forget all the different color variations there are with all the livebearers. This is defiantly a very pretty one.

Wow these facts are amazing. I didn’t know anything about them they are so cool.

I want to get more live plants for my fish to help them hide from each other. I was just wondering what are the benefits of keeping live plants rather than fake?

This is defiantly odd behavior since they have been a mated pair. It could be because the female is just protecting her eggs even from the male but I’m not sure. This is defiantly very odd see what other people say.

This is a male guppy it is very colorful. The females don’t get so colorful. The dot is just part of his pattern.

Wow that is fascinating that fish can do that I hadn’t realized. At the moment I can’t get another tank because I don’t have enough space sadly otherwise I would have a separate tank for each kind of fish. I guess my original question though was would a nerite snail do good in my tank to help...

I just researched how to help get rid of diatoms and it says a nerite snail would help. The amount of fish I have is going to have to stay for the moment. I have a small room and not enough room for another tank. I am going to get more plants to help the other fish hide but for now the serpae...

I have had these fish together for almost a year and they have all been doing great together. I am thinking about getting a second tank in the future that maybe I can just do serpae in there. For now I am going to get more plants soon so they can have more hiding places.

Thank you!

It could just take them a little while to adjust to the new fish. Have the white clouds been bullying or chasing the platys around?

I think I’m an 8 I have a 10 gallon tetra community tank. I got ride of the plastic plants and now have Amazon swords that are doing well and some driftwood. I had a family tank a few years ago that had guppies which was fun but they have a lot of babies! I am wanting to get a bigger tank and do...

I have a 10 gallon tank that is a bit overstocked. I have 4 neons, 6 black neons, 3 red and yellow von rio tetras, and 4 serpae tetras. I have two Amazon sword plants and a substrate of white sand and fluval plant substrate. I have been noticing a brown algae that grows on the glass and is in...