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Will have to get the latest water stats for you when I do a test but the other info is: 54 litre tank, Have just added quite a few plants, 3 Platies, 3 Albino corys, 3 Oto's and 4 Guppies. Doesnt appear to be any fluff or stringy stuff coming from the mouth. The lump kinda looks filled with...

Right guys and girls really need your help, whilst studying my tank ive noticed that one of my oto's has a white tumor type growth right next to his mouth, he appears healthy in every other way and feeds well. What is this? and how can it be treated? I really dont want it spreading if its...

nevermind then bought from somewhere else :)

Ill take 10 plants for £5 please. Could you PM me your paypal :D

My lovely little NASA:

And this is a picture of my betta flaring at me to demonstrate what 'LauraFrog' said:

Ok thanks people, have taken on board both of your comments :good:

at my LFS I was looking at shrimp and my mum pointed out this really big shrimp on its own in a tank and compared to all the other little ones for sale it was gigantic, any idea what this couldve been? and would something like this be far to big to add into my tank and mix with my betta? or is...

but do the algae eaters live happily without being distressed about the lack of aeration? my temporary backup plan if my betta is a miserable git, is to put the algae eaters into my community tank :P

Is there a correct algae eater to keep in a betta tank? Ive heard people say oto's and cory's are good even bristlenose plecs. But then ive been reading things that say these need a decent current in the tank to keep it really well aerated, whereas bettas tanks are very slow current tanks so...

It was an awesome suggestion! :drinks: :P

Well as yesterday I finally figured out a name for my betta, im interested in what everyone else has come up with for theirs and why? :D Mine: NASA - because his tail looks like a NASA rocket :)

So is it still a spade tail if it stays that shape or is that new shape a veil tail or something? It just looks so much like a spade tail except from the tip of the tail now, but it doesnt seem to look as flowing as a veil tail though to me, if that makes sense.

Wow all of them look ace, I especially love the look of 'ruffles', ive never seen a betta so frilly haha :good:

Nope he's got the tank to himself. Sidenote: Just noticed please excuse the algae on the rock, I think I know why :lol: :blush: OMG you sir are a genius :hyper: I haven't been able to think of a name for him but now that'll be his name from now on, 'NASA' thats awesome :good:

So today I was looking at my betta and have noticed his tail has changed shape since I bought him, it has widened :S I got him last saturday and then he had a deffinate spade tail as shown here: Now he's looking like this currently: Is this normal? and what kind of tail is he now then...

Haha thanks ,my mums comments were "oh you'll have to get a lady for him now" :P I am tempted and have another 4 gallon tank the female could live in I guess, but its the hassle of where to keep and what to do with the fry thats putting me off doing it right now.

Nope just him on his own :)

Well yesterday I checked in on my betta and he had made his very first bubble nest since ive owned him :hyper: It looks like the fake grassy plant has done the trick because I thought he'd like to build one in amongst it and he has :D I dont know whether he'll make it any bigger or not yet. A...

My betta must be a pig, he scoffed all his bloodworm up the first time I gave it to him within a day of having him :lol:

My little bettas home :D 14 US Gallon tank:

The betta is in the tank on his own :) Ill get some of that myxazin ordered anyway as its good to have to hand for the future and ill go check my tank now, thanks Wilder

If it is finrot, what medication should I use for quick effect? Melafix?

Thats what I thought but its happened so quickly like within hours. He has a fake plastic wood cave and 2 fake plastic plants:

ARGH his tail is got damaged see my emergency thread here: CLICK ME

Just went in to check on my betta I bought saturday and his tail is damaged! :-( He deffinately 100% had nothing wrong with his tail on weekend and today I fed him some daphnia not long ago and didnt notice anything either unless I wasnt looking hard enough today and now when ive just gone in...

I cope right now because I have to, simple as that :lol: Ive got two Jewel Rekord 60's and my mum has put her foot down and said I cant get anything else right now and to just maintain what ive got :sad: But ill get my way eventually :shifty:

Too right :P I just fed him daphnia to see if he'd eat it and he gobbled that up too! haha Thinking about putting a little group of like 3 bottom feeders in, although im abit nervous about it as I dont know how my betta will react. I dont want big ones so I think oto's are nice little bottom...

Ah thats good to hear then, ill leave him to knacker himself out before his bed time then :lol: :fun:

They'd be fine in a community tank, mine get along great :) Also id say 15 US gallons is enough to keep a pair in :good:

"1 Male Ram, 5 Corys, maybe 5 lemon tetras" Sounds a good option :good:

Im not sure what that would be as theres no mirrors or anything reflective near him, well other than the sides of the tank I guess but theres nothing I could do about that..

Well my betta seems to love to flare at night time :unsure: During the day I haven't seen him flare once, even when his lights come on at 3 he doesnt start, however when it gets to about I duno 6:30 - 7 and is really dark outside he just starts flaring at anything, even if you hide behind a...

Fantastic, awesome colouring on her :good:

Thanks im really proud of my little guy now after all these really nice comments, its appreciated :D Admittedly it did take me ages to choose him as I insisted on inspecting everyone they had very closely :lol: Ive just fed him a few bloodworms now and he gobbled them up within seconds! I...

I havent fed pellets yet but when I feed my fish frozen food, I scoop some tankwater into a egg cup, put in the frozen food and poke it around with a chop stick till its all de-frosted then chuck it into the tank :)

The spade tail does actually look very close after some research, can anyone confirm whether its a VT or ST? :)

Im hoping he'll make a bubble nest for me, that'll be great to see! :D Although I know some bettas dont bother making em so we shall have to wait and see. I could sit and watch this little guy for hours haha

Thanks for the comments guys and gals! :D Very appreciated, have just come back from the cinema and he looks right at home now, holding his fins high, prancing about all around his new home, and is quite a fiesty character flaring at me watching him in the tank :P Have managed to get some...

Well im so excited, I finally got my chance to buy myself a betta, after cloning its filter media and getting its tank ready etc, today was the day :D Alot of the poor betta's looked so ill at my LFS or some of them their fins were ripped to shreds, there were only two that looked healthy...