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nice! whoever lives nearby is lucky. :(

he's in a 55 gallon currently, he'll get an upgrade when he outgrows it. We have a large pond, though, if he needs it. I thought painted turtles needed more water (deeper, just more space in general) than other types? He does really enjoy swimming. When I said roaming around, I just meant he...

We had lots of snow! Unfortunately, some people don’t have power still after 4 days. We had 22 inches by the end of it. Pictures are from the first hour

I have a painted turtle who loves to explore outside his tank... when I do water changes, I can’t fill up the tank all the way to the top, because he’ll climb over the edge. I know I need some kind of lid, but I’m not sure how to do it. There’s a box with a ramp that lets him go up and get his...

Thank you so much to everyone who helped! The plants are looking so much better now, and sending off more runners than I can count! :lol:

What are your water parameters?

When I went to order it, the fenbendazole was labeled as deworming, the place I was getting it from doesn’t even carry flubendenzole. That’s why I was asking, will fenbendazole work for my purpose, or do I need to look elsewhere? Other than that, they just have the praziquantel.

What’s the difference between Flubendazole and Fenbendazole?

Yay! Welcome! We love questions, asking questions is how you learn. Do you have any ideas for the tank yet?

Haha yeah they need lots of food, they always seem to be hungry!

Haha how did you read my mind? I’ve been lacking motivation too, perhaps too much screen time. (lol can you spend to much time looking at fish related things?) I think it’s important to take care of ourselves when we’re young, so we don’t have regrets about what we could have done later...

If they’re already acting aggressively, then his deformity may have just made him an easier target.

I have general cure, should I start with that and see if they need the Erythromycin?

I agree with you completely.. and it doesn’t only apply to Betta fish, but any fish you’d find in a chain store.. (think goldfish) unfortunately, it seems like an endless cycle of cluelessness.

What do you feed him, how much, how often? Have you added anything new to the tank in the past two weeks?

Could you send a video so we can see the swimming pattern? @Colin_T

I think it looks nice! What made you decide to put the heater right in the middle?

It sounds like if they were first eating algae, they may need more plant matter in their diet, I would try supplementing with fresh veggies or a comercial veggie basket food. My fish especially love spriullina flakes :)

Of course! The change to 3 gallons is the least we can do to help with all the misconceptions about Betta fish!

Did he pass? We can still try and help if not. :-(

Where exactly do you see the problem? Some decorations in the tank look sharp, he could have been injured from them.

I signed! :lol:

I think it would be best to find out what is causing the algae. Yes, if you had a large pleco, you would see much less algae, but you should still figure out what’s causing the algae problem. :)

I have a tank that has finished cycling for livebearers. I’ve set up a 10 gallon as a quarantine, as the last batch of livebearers I got had an internal parasite I didn’t detect until a while after I got them, and I know internal worms and such is more common with them. My question is, what meds...

Okay, thank you!! :lol:

That’s good to know, thank you. So my only question is, what do you do if you use a water source not from the tap? Reverse osmosis, RODI, etc?

Is it something plants need? They wouldn’t be getting that in the wild...

I’ve never heard of chloride salt, could you possibly explain it a bit? I have well water, maybe that has something to do with it not growing.

The PH is not the most important parameter to monitor in a tank. Did you cycle the tank before adding fish? How long has it been set up? Are you able to give the current parameters?

Was your tank completely cycled before you added the fish? You said there may be a tiny bit of ammonia, if your tank is cycled than something has possibly caused it to spike.

Welcome! :lol:

That’s a good idea! I’ll keep it in mind. Thanks

New growth! They look much better, whatever the reason. I know eventually I’ll need a root tab. Besides the Seachem ones, is there other brands that work well? Thank you everyone for all the help!

Cn you start by filling this out please? I can start by telling you right off the bat that 20% water changes will not serve you much good. continue with water changes, clean water can help the fish stay healthy or get better. With every water change, tank another 10 percent ish out. Eventually...