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My local aquarium shop is wonderful, he keeps the bettas in proper 15 or so gallon tanks with other suitable fish, none are in small cups. I only ever buy from him, he cares deeply about their welfare.

If I were to go down that route it would be at least 90 litres, lots of Java fern and anubias.

Right, thank you all for the advice. As much as I'd love to have some colourful koi girls, I won't keep them together if it's possible they could stress out or their tank mates could negatively affect them. I appreciate the help! This stuff is really good to know. :) Stay safe and have a lovely day!

After keeping male bettas this year and becoming more confident with them, I would really like to keep more than one at a time, that's when I started researching betta sororities. I'd love to keep 5 or 6 females, obviously in a larger tank with live plants and wood. But all the research I've...

I did do some research on the product, so I only used it every couple of days and diluted the solution. He perked right up, and is now healthy and happy once again. Thank you all so much.

thank you for the advice, I'll bring it down to 26

Alright will do, I added some aquarium salt yesterday but I might put a little bit in tomorrow. Just dimmed the lights now, I can't thank you enough for all your help, I really appreciate it, and I'm sure lemon cakes (his name) does as well. Thank you so very much ☺️

Melafix - Antibacterial Remedy For Aquarium Fish, it’s by API

Hey sorry for the late reply. I just biked down to get him some antibacterial medicine, there was no methylene blue but I got something similar. He doesn't take any pauses, just big breaths continuously. Like how you might breath after running a race.

Oh god alright, I'll go down now and get him some. I'd have to walk so do you think he'd last another hour? Poor guy.

Thank you :) I'll have a look at my local fish shops. Thanks for the tip, I always try and make the water as close as possible.

He didn't want to come up for air so his fins aren't as spread out as I'd like them to be for the picture but I hope this helps

I know he's a yellow tiger galaxy, but that isn't very helpful sorry. I'll get some good pictures now.

Thank you for the help! What signs show that he has fin rot if you don't mind me asking? His fins have always been very small and there aren't any dark/damaged areas on his fins. I thought those were the only signs of fin rot. So I'd love to know any other signs that might help me identify it...

That is a good point, but I've had constipated bettas before and they never looked like him now. He isn't bloated or has a swelled stomach. He has a variety of foods and fibre to keep things moving. I should rephrase my statement "I assume he isn't consipated"

Ok thank you, I hope it doesn't come to that. I'll monitor him closely.

ive never actually seen him poop, but I know he’s not constipated. His scales look fine, none are sticking out. I’ll fast him today :)

Thank you so much, I’ll do all that now, I really appreciate the help.

He’s been like this for the past couple of days, he stays at the bottom of the tank and breathes very heavily, only going up for air. He still eats, which is good. Today he is sitting under the filter almost vertical, his tail end drops down. He can still swim fine, but I’m really worried. Any...