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Salt? Ok. Salt from the pet store? Aquarium salt? She is really pretty but I don't know why she looks like this. They are strong fish but I don't know about her. How much salt would I add to a tiny tank. (a tank about 6 inches wide and 7 inches tall? Please help

Thanks What is weird though is our male betta was deathly ill once. He never ate swam, or moved. He just layed at the bottom. He was going to die i thought. His scales looked funny, and his fins were almost completely gone. Like they had been eaten away. He had no fins to swim, and he is...

Please help us. Our female betta is so bloated that she sinks to the bottom. He face faces the rocks because of it. She swims once in a while but not often. It has been this way for about 1 1/2 weeks. I even went out and bought the maracyn 2 meds. that did nothing for her. She was in a...

Know what i put my betta in our 20 gallon tank. We have danions and barbs, the barbs do nip once in a while, but keep to themselves mainly.

I don't know how to tell if our bettas have breeded. She has a pouchy stomach lately and a white thing is hanging from her belly.

Well yeah recently there has been a slight cloudiness to the water. And the filter seems to be making bubbles on the surface. Unless that is our betta, but he never made that many before. he he How will I know when the time is right to add fish? Right now we have 4 zebra danions and our...

How long now should we wait to buy cichlids to add to the tank. And when we do do we give away those zebra danions? And obviously take out the betta. In the video we got with our tank it said to check the water, and then after 4 weeks to add a fish. So, if I buy one cichlid is that going to...

Beware if you have a betta and the snail actually emerges from the shell. My last betta saw the snail emerge and then ate him. Later the betta died because of that.

He almost stays away from it for a while and then when he swims over to that side of the tank, it's like he wishes he didn't. He will swim for a second and then let the filter current push him almost to the glass. Then he will swim to the bottom and move to the other side.

My betta loves swimming around the tank, until he approaches the filter. He doesn't realize that the filter pushes out a current of water. So, he will swim over there and then be pushed back/ It is quite funny though. He doesn't get hurt by this so I guess that it's ok.

What do you mean? What is that? IS that keeping them in there own tank for 3 weeks?

We want to put 3 african cichlids in it. It is 20 gallons long. Its about a foot and a half tall and a 2 and a half wide. (guessing though) So, he has some in mind at a local store out here, but when that time comes we will have to figure out the rest. Currently we have 4 zebra danions in...

Our betta normally makes bubbles but not enough to cover the top of the tank. Not completely but enough to know that something might be wrong.

What kind of water do you use to fill your tank? Do you treat your water before adding more in after cleanings?

I bought my fiance his 20 gallon tank set complete with stand at Petsmart for $160.00. That included a black wood stand and gravel and such. A fifty gallon tank might be $150.00 more give or take.

My fiance wants to put 3 cichlids in our tank.. (the ones that get to be 6 inches). But how would we add them. Buy them all and add them? Or add one and a couple weeks later another? Well my main concern would be that then would they be aggressive towards eachother if we don't add them all...

It possibly is. It is hard to tell when the filter just keeps pushing them around. But yes it most likely is coming from the filter. I don't think our betta could make that many bubbles...

NOt sure. I know the males make a quite a bit of bubbles. My betta does that. Let me know what you find out.

What are the large amounts of bubbles that have formed in my tank. I can't tell if they are coming from the filter or not. The filter is not helping though. It's just pushing all the bubbles around. Is this a bad sign?

Actually, I was wondering the same thing a couple of days ago with my betta Fred. I put him in our 20 gallon tank with four zebra danions. He is doing fine. He kind of seems at peace having those guys in there.

Thanks. We probably should.

About 3 days ago my betta jumped out of his tank and landed on the floor. I was told that his slimecoat might have come off. Well we didn't touch him with our hands but he did hit the carpet. Now he has two whitish spots on his back. Is he dying? Is he sick? He is still eating and swimming...

My betta makes it very interesting to feed him lately in the big tank. Since we have 4 zebra danions and one betta we have to try to feed them at different times. We will open up the hood and throw in the tropical fish food, then when they are eating we try to throw fred's food in there...

Since we put our betta into the 20 gallon tank he has not seemed to notice us. When he was in his little tiny tank he always would come up to the side and wave back and forth. He would show that he is happy. But since we put him in there he has not done that. He doesn't even come to the side...

I am not sure what it is. We will probably go get our water checked today. The fish seem more than happy. No problems there. I just don't want anything bad to happen to our fish.

Well we decided to add our betta to the tank. He has been in there for about 4 days. I have four zebra danions in there as well. They are babies though. So, everything seems to be going well.

Just wondering if anyone else experieces this problem. I have had my tank up for about 2 weeks. And recently there is a weird goop forming on the top of the water. It is kind of like food, but almost oily looking. The fish seem to be fine, but you never know.

So, far Fred is swimming and eating as usual. I felt so bad when he jumped and we didn't know whether to pick him up or scoop him up. Luckilly he jumped back into the net. There was a funny whitish color after we put him into the tank. The color eventually changed back to the regular maroon...

Please help me. We went to transfer our betta into our aquarium last night and when we were putting him into the tank he jumped and fell. Will he be ok? He is swimming and seems to be ok, but we can 't be sure. Please let me know. :(

I have one betta. As you know he is in a small bowl in other words. I would love to add him to my 20 gallon tank, but am scared that he will die. He is doing well and has for the passed 10 months. I currently have 2 zebra danions in the 20 gallon. Bad idea or good?

Thanks. So, I guess he stays in his tiny tank after all./

Would they eat my betta?

Ok this one is not too funny. I needed a snail to put into one of our former betta tank so I went to petsmart. I bought a snail and came home and put it in. The betta was very content for the first couple of minutes until the snail actually emerged from the shell. The betta freaked. He...

We had left a couple of pellets on the top of our betta tiny tank. Well one night he must have been pretty hungry that he actually jumped up and hit the top of the tank. Attempting to get the pellets I would think. He did this for almost 10 minutes.

Cool. How big is this one?

Are any of your cichlids African? Can you show me some pics. Is the blue one shown above African? How big does that one get?

I was wondering how long my betta will live. I bought him almost a year ago, and he was a babie. So it said (aqua baby). Just wondering if anyone can help me out. Also, I just recently put 2 zebra danions into our 20 gallon tank. If I put my betta in there what will happen. He is pretty...

That would be nice but he is pretty aggressive. I would not want to kill him or the other fish. We have had him for almost a year now. And would hate for anything bad to happen.

Ok now please forgive me for my stupidity. I am not quite sure on the cycling of the water. I bought the tank which included stress zyme and stress coat. Is that what I need to cycle. Or should I add a couple small fish and see how they do. If they die I guess we have some problems. Please...

Yeah, we know we would have to go with the ones that are not much bigger than 4 inches. And only about 3 in the whole tank. He wants colorful fish with a lot of personality. Ones that will interact with one another or greet us when we come home. Right now we only have a betta in his own...