New betta

[Corndawg]

My betta who I bought 2day, think hes pretty good lookin!

http://i33.tinypic.com/15xmxr9.jpg
http://i36.tinypic.com/2nqscqc.jpg

[Brookfish]

Very nice pick up, best of luck with him.

[Wild Turkey]

Hes looks great, the tanks cycled right?

[mac]

Hi,
Yes he is good looking.
He is wonderful.

mac

[Kathyd]

I love red bettas! He's cute!

[Corndawg]

No, the tank was not cycled. I figure if this betta dosent make it I will be taking that route next time. I am kinda new to this, just still researching cycling.

[Wild Turkey]

In that case, you need to test the levels everyday and make sure the A and NI are around 1ppm or less so it doesnt harm your fish while the cycle is establishing. You can bring the levels down via water changes.

When the cycle is established readings will look like this

A:1.0
NI:0
na:0

then

A:1.0
NI:1.0
Na:0

then

A:0
NI:1.0
NA:5

then
A:0
NI:0
NA:10+

When you see that you're done,these arent exact though and its all assuming you are waterchanging the A and NI down to 1.0

Good luck

[Corndawg]

Ok thanks for the tips! I will get a test kit here soon, and go from there.

[Kayla-Bug]

Cute guy. Like the pink irredescent that comes off his body.

[Northernguy]

Nice looking beta!
My son has one just like it named fireball.:c3:

[korith]

Ok thanks for the tips! I will get a test kit here soon, and go from there.

You can take a small water sample from your tank to petsmart they will test the water for free. Other shops may do the same.