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Sorry, I just saw the tag on this - for some reason I did not get a notification. This is out of my experience, and I'm guessing it's too late for me to chime in, but I do hope you were able to find some antibiotics and that they helped!

Thanks for the response @GaryE! That is very reassuring! That is very interesting! I would love to test that theory out! Too bad there are so few whales in the midwest!

Thank you so much for the responses! I do not have a dog @Colin_T, so I can't judge by that; the only animals I have are the betta and a nerite snail, so I can't go by that. Thank you for a bit more of the science, @Valkyrie_Lips! I did try playing a bit on Sunday in the same room, and didn't...

This is a bit of a weird question, but I am wondering if anyone has experience with or found studies about playing flutes or other high instruments/music/noises around aquariums. I'm posting this in the betta forum, since I have a betta, but if it needs to be moved somewhere else, moderators...

This looks amazing! Thanks for sharing the updates! I love the new lights!

My LFS has it in all their tanks which is what made me decide I never want it! I get free leaves every time I buy anything from them, because it sticks to anything they stick in the tanks: hands, bags, plants, the snail I just bought. I make sure I catch and dispose of every bit of it before...

Thanks for the update! This tank looks amazing. It is so interesting to see how far it has come!

Thanks! I'll look out for one of those!

What do you use for heaters in these things? I have a 1 gallon bowl that I started. Right now it just has plants, but I'm interested in getting a couple of shrimp to go inside, but the water is only about 70 degrees at room temperature.

I love how different these all look. I'm excited to see them with the intended stocking! I hope you can find the puffers soon!

Can you look up a picture of it online and see which way the knob is supposed to go? Otherwise, you could test it in a bucket.

Not going to lie, that dream cured a lot of my temptation toward MTS.

I had a dream that I came downstairs and realized that I had ordered a whole bunch of tanks and the delivery guy had just mounted them onto the wall like TVs and plunked all the fish in. It looked really good (like something you'd find in an interior design magazine), but I knew the tanks were...

Yay! I'm so glad your betta is doing better! Please keep us posted on him!

There is a form in the fish emergency forum. If you could fill that out, that would help us know if there is something else going on! https://www.fishforums.net/threads/start-here-with-your-emergency.422952/

I agree with Avel that you can increase the amount that you are feeding. He is looking pretty skinny. I would recommend slowly increasing since he is not used to a lot of food at once. If this was my fish, I would start with one or two pellets per meal, 3 to 4 meals a day, with at least 2-3...

That looks so good! What a fun room! I love the lighting effects! I am definitely looking forward to seeing how it turns out.

This looks great! I never thought of putting legos in a fish tank, but that is a super creative way to get a themed tank!

I like it so far! What plants do you have in there?

Thank you for your reply. I use water conditioner to treat for the chlorine/chloramine, so I am really much more concerned about the differences in pH at this point.

Thought I'd give an update! @StevenF seems to have found the fix! I tried letting the water sit (not very effective) and aerating it, and voila, I have a pH of 7.4. Thanks for all the advice! I am so glad to have a non-chemical fix for that!

So . . . what you are saying is, if I can't keep house plants alive, I might be able to handle aquatic plants?

Yes, I use tap water as the source water for refilling my tank.

Thank you, Steven! That information is helpful and just what I was looking for! I will try letting the water sit out and test it again. I'll keep you posted about what happens. Thanks again for the advice!

Thank you for the reply. I will keep that company in mind! I am not so much concerned with the current tank parameters, they are stable and within safe limits. I am more concerned about the difference between the stable tank pH and the source water pH, the amount of chemicals I have to use to...

Hi! I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, if not please let me know! I am looking for some advice on how to handle very high pH with fairly low kH in my source water. I'm new to fish keeping, and one of the first things I read when researching it is that when you add water to the...

This bowl is turning out so cool! I love it! I definitely will be stealing this idea someday!

That gives me an idea. It looks great! I can't wait to see how it progresses!

Just out of curiosity, what size is that bowl? I'm still really new to fishkeeping and I don't know anything about shrimp. I'm very interested to see how this turns out!

I just found this thread! I love the bowl idea! What a great project to add to your work space! I think I'm going to add this to my bucket list to do someday!

I don't know if this is helpful or not, since I've never had a male betta, I can't tell how my female's behavior compares. She is very active though, she is always swimming around and exploring. And when I come up to the tank she gets very excited . . . and is pretty likely to throw a tantrum...

I'm very new to betta fish, though, so I can't help with gendering yours, sorry!

I have a female betta and she definitely will definitely flare her gills at me sometimes.

Darn. I thought it kind of looked like pictures of green hygro. I was hoping it was my fault that it died and was hoping I could get some more of it once I have a little more experience with plants. I really liked the way it looked! I guess if it is not aquatic though, I will need to start...

Thanks for the tips, EllRog! I will take a look at the city's website tonight!

Thanks for the insight! If I can manage to get a "betta picture" :) I will definitely post it here. I thought it was coloring at first, too, but after looking closer, I'm just not sure, since there is that bony look to it. I'll try the more frequent cleanings and keep monitoring it to make sure...

Thank you! I am happy about it too! I do think I eventually want to get a male, but my roommate and I are enjoying Chadashah a lot and I have never once regretted having a female. She is such fun!

Here are the pictures! The first one is Chadashah. The second one is the original plant right after I set up the tank and pre-melting, pre-destructive/bored fish. The third one is Chadashah pretending to be a beaver. The fourth one is the mystery plant. Last week, I planted most of it into the...

Yeah, that is so true! I got it straight out of their plant display aquarium, so I'm pretty confident it is fully aquatic. I'm brand new to aquarium plants - we always had fake in the tanks we had when I was a kid. Since I have a really small tank I wanted something to help stabilize my water a...

Thanks, Circus!