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What adorable kitties! I myself have a houseful of them, but I never tire of seeing other people's cats. They are all so regal. Yours are clearly well cared for and happy.

Yeah, I'm a crazy cat...

Please forgive me if this has been posted before...the search function is not giving me any relevant stuff. I am going to be rescaping my 10 gallon tank, and I'd like to add some new plants as well...

WRT wood: do you have a saw? You can chop up a smaller piece to make smaller chunks if you want to. Also, somebody on ebay was settling small pieces of Mopani in a set of three for pretty cheap. I'd...

I have heard of hard-boiled egg as an acceptable food, but I haven't tried it. Really, any baby you get prolly won't *need* it, but it's good to give your fish variety in food, so go ahead if you...

I raised a bunch of baby bettas last winter. All survived and thrived. I just lost my first one at nine months old (IDK why). I would suggest you get breeder to send you a baby - those babies at...

It is so so hard to learn that what you've been doing with a fish is not the best way...so I understand your reluctance to change the situation right now. But really, I can only speak for myself...

Well, there are some bettas who will tolerate shrimp, but many just eat them as snacks. You can try it and see how it goes.

BUT, a gallon bowl is not large enough for a betta just by himself, let...

Looks like endured he some sort of major organ failure...in the photo you posted he definitely had a bloated,gray belly. Looks like dropsy, which is just the name for some unexplained catastrophic...

If it sloughs off easily most of the time and it smells (stinks), you may have the brownish version of blue green algae, or BGA. The stuff is nasty, and generally prefers to grow on plants, IMO....

Arg. It's my 55g. I'm fairly certain that we've got body fungus on the rainbows and the black skirt tetras - white to grayish cottony stuff on scales. Yay. There have been no new introductions,...

IDK if he would even need tankmates, just a bigger space with fun stuff to do will probably help a lot. He looks like he will be a pretty big guy, at least with the large fins, and he needs a bit of...

Yep, Epsom salts might help, can help with parasites and helps with pooping (just like in humans!). I have added it to the water in a quarantine tank. Doesn't hurt anything if kept in proper...

Tiari, I get it. I'm no expert, but I've heard stories about the constantly-sick betta. They are just immunocompromised, who knows why. This happens in other animals, fish are not excluded (I'd...

Like the others have said, (as a person who has been in this hobby for 15 years and has known NOTHING about responsible fish care for most of that) you start with the very high-maintenance stuff as...

This is really late to the discussion, but salvinia is another fast growing, nitrate eating floater. It's pretty, and is tough...I grow it in all light conditions and it doesn't care. It multiplies...

As many of you know, I got a bunch of betta fry in December. Most of them I shipped out to good homes, but I kept six. Four females, two males. All are very healthy and happy as far as I can tell. I...

I just wanted to add that it's not uncommon for bettas to come from the store with fungus/ammonia burns/a whole bunch of other problems. That sets them up to not do well in a new tank, especially if...

Your choice of babies sounds just lovely to me!

Believe me, the human variety of babies are a lot of work, and certainly not everyone needs/wants to have them. My first babies were seven cats!

We ended up having to design my ring too...I was picky. But it does mean something when the ring isn't just mass-produced. I've had a couple rings designed for me and I'd never go back.

ITA with...

Ahhh, that first trimming-back does feel like a milestone, doesn't it? Congratulations, because it is a milestone!!

And you aren't a slow learner, you just learn at your own pace, and everybody...

I think it's "hardwood" and "softwood." I'm not sure of any intermediate types. Hardwoods include oak, maple, ironwood, you know....softwoods are, well, not those, like pine.

I wouldn't worry...

Yeah, let him be the king of his own tank...I think rainbows will exhaust and scare your betta. I have a tank of boseman rainbows, and they are FAST when they want to be, and tend to always be...

Oh my...what a terrible water situation! Again, please pardon my asking...I just wondered what things make available water unuseable. I'm lucky enough to have water I can us...I'm sorry you don't....

The tank you have really is just fine...5.5gal is enough. If you decide to upgrade, do it WAY after you've got your rainbowfish aquarium up and running. Right now, just focus on your betta and...

That is exactly what my females were doing before they perished...I'm having flashbacks. Get that GH up, and see how it goes.

If that and the airstone doesn't help, seriously, get some...