First picture is now. Second picture is how he was (barely) living 5 months ago. I named him Bandit.

An actual menace

Ok so yes, I did a betta impulse buy. Bought him a 1 gallon tank thinking he’s gonna love it, a live plant, a very small heater, and I did buy a very small filter but he hated it! Too much current for a 1 gallon. So I took it out.
He looks fantastic! Built his first bubble nest last night.
I DID read up and realize he needs at least 5 gallons and I have another tank and live plants, etc on the way.

My question is this…will this little guy be ok with being in this tiny tank for approximately 2-3 weeks while I set up and establish his new tank? I’m currently preforming 20-30% water changes every 5-7 days

First up is Connie.

She’s 4 months into recovery and I feel like she has officially “graduated”. She ended up being gray, blue, and yellow. Depending on the way the light hits her depends on what color she appears, either blue, blue and yellow, or green! Connie will be staying with me.

After that is one I’ve nicknamed Puppy.

Puppy has been with me for 3 weeks, and will be with me for at least another month while he continues to recover, before he’s adopted out to his forever home. It’s looking more like his missing pelvic fin is a defect and may not regrow. It doesn’t slow him down any, he’s a wiggly baby. He seems to compensate with using his tail more, which means he wags his tail fin when he eats. Funny enough, this is not why he’s been nicknamed puppy, it was his puppy eyes in the cup that earned that. His future family receives picture updates on his progress and are excited to bring him home.

This is Gill from Accounting, my office betta! Gill is a feminist. He only eats male shrimp, so the little lady in the wood is perfectly safe with him.

first two photos are smudge in all his colourful glory, and then him bein a lil goober

I love his little cat eye!!

Unfortunately Miss Argentina has gone to the great rice paddy in the sky, at about 3 years old. She had a huge ulcerating mass on her head that was getting exponentially worse. I hope she passed peacefully, I did my best.

I had him for about 3 months, everything was going fine. starting a week ago he was acting less curious than usual. he stopped coming to greet me at the glass, he still ate but didn’t seem very interested in the food, he would just lay in his plants all day. starting 2 days ago he stopped eating, his water was at 78°, amonia and nitrite both at 0, nitrates at 5ppm. nothing visually wrong, no fin rot, bloating, his fins weren’t clamped. today i woke up to him dead, i’m not sure what caused it or what i did wrong.

Been a few days and hes doing fine. Discovered he wants nothing to do with pellets or flakes, and only eats the frozen blood worms. Guess I'll Google other options just in case he loses interest

I've actually long cycled this tank in preparation for a betta for my kid, but I wanted the plants to grow in and the bulbs to sprout before getting an inhabitant. But I saw this spunky girl and I could not resist. The tank is a month old dirted tank cycled with gunk from my other tanks and healthy colonies of detritivores.

Anyway this is Ponyo! I tried to make the tank a happy medium between my kids ideal tank and a betta's ideal tank.

He was actually blowing me a bubble in the second pic but idk it felt like it was done with sass. (The white floaties are calcium flakes I crushed up for the shrimp and snails, they just hadn’t sunk yet)

I’m so excited to get my fish I’ve just been doodling some, show me ur babies so I can draw them ! Include some funny poses if you want lol

I bought a Blue Mustard Halfmoon online which was delivered today - see pic 1.

I expected something more like pic 2.

I know bettas can change colouring over time. Should I expect the yellow to come through? How long should I expect to be waiting? Have I been sold the wrong fish?

Hi everyone! This is my first time using Reddit, so sorry if I’m missing anything. I’m hoping someone here might have some ideas for how to help my betta because im honestly at a loss.

Yesterday my betta (male plakat hellboy) started acting really weird. He didn't greet me or come up for food and kept opening and closing his mouth. He looked fine and was able so stay upright and swim very slowly. I did a 30% water change and tested parameters: ammonia: 0ppm, nitrite: 0ppm, ph: 7.6, temp around 26C. Tank is a heated and filtered 10 gallon planted. Tankmates are 2 peppered cories, 6 pygmy cories and some ramshorn snails. everybody else is fine.

today, he came up to me but would still not take food and very lethargic. he is not bloated and his fins arnt clamped . The only thing i noticed was a small area near his pectoral fins where the scales turned yellow and around 2 scales are slightly raised. (he was born with one curled ventral fin, it's always been like that)

vid is of him yesterday, you can see him gasping and not moving much.

if anyone has gone through this before or has any ideas of what i could do i would really appreciate it, i honestly have no idea what this is :( thx so much for reading

This is my fish on day 1 (left) vs day 10 (right). I think it looks like new fin growth, but wanted opinions because he’s my first betta in over a decade.

Hi! So I only had my betta for 2wks and so now. I saw him making a bubble nest the next day after I planted my (quarantined) hornwort.

Is this an indication of a happy, contented betta? Or just ready to reproduce? I’m still a new betta mom

Hi guys this is my first tank I’ve had for about six months but my first fish unfortunately unexpectedly died but this is my new girl and I was wondering what type she is? Criticism and advice welcome on my tank :0

my gorgeous boy jupiter passed away a couple days ago from what i believed to be columnaris. (fungal infection) he did absolutely great for the first month, he was super active and exploring his tank, plus his fins were looking really good. about a week ago though he started showing signs of lethargy and clamping his fins, as well as a couple of white spots around his gills/mouth. here is a picture from when he was healthy.

unfortunately the day that i was able to get medicine was when he passed. i’m thinking maybe he had already contracted the fungal infection before I bought him? I got him from a pet store that keeps their bettas in those tiny plastic cups, and i’ve heard fish that are kept like that/bred for pet store sales don’t often make it. feel free to let me know what you think!

moral of the story: try not to buy bettas from
large chain pet stores. get one from a reputable fish store that keeps them in good conditions

Hey everyone! I just got this 20 gallon tank, heater, and AquaClear 30 filter off FB market. After a good amount of cleaning to remove residue and paint on the outside, it's ready and I'm so excited to fill it up.

My plan is to get one betta fish, 8-10 ember tetras, and maybe 10-15 cherry shrimp or 5 horned nerite snails as bottom feeders.

I will be planting water wisteria, cryptocoryne, and java moss and I'll have some hardscape. I'm thinking rocks and a log, but idk if that will be too packed and tight. I really want a lot of vegetation, but think I need to be mindful of open space for the betta at the top.

Any advice on if the betta would do well with the ember tetra school and cherry shrimp? I'm seeing mostly positive things about mixing the betta with either one of these two. A lot will depend on the individual betta and how many hiding places there are for the shrimp. Would love some more thoughts on the mix though. What order should I add the fish and what precautions do I need to take so they survive the introduction to the tank? Will I need separate plant lights? Is the quantity of fish too high or can I add more over time? Any general newbie advice?

This is all very new to me so I appreciate all of your shared knowledge and personal experience. Thanks in advance!

This is my betta berry, His fins are way smaller than they used to be and the back of his fins almost look deteriorated, his colours are also so much duller than when i first got him, he used to look way different, i checked all his decor for sharp ends when i first built his tank and sanded down any sharp ends of rocks, the temperate of his tank is good, constant filtration, good water perimeters, I just don’t know what going on with him, His diet is also good with pellets and bloodworms occasionally. any advise or suggestions?

I don’t even have a betta fish at the moment but I follow this sub because I had one a few years ago. Now when I’m stressed, I keep having dreams where someone gifts me a betta in a tiny tank (or with other bettas in the same tank, or dirty water, etc.) and I have to run around town finding the correct supplies and never quite fix it before waking up 😔😔 so thanks guys lol

Added him to a ten gallon tank to treat fin rot, and within hours had the largest bubble nest I’ve ever seen from him. Dude apparently loves this tank now. What’s comical is you can literally see the medication in the bubble nest, so it’s probably going to take an extra dose or two but it’s giving off a cool blue hue.

Hi. This is my current tank setup. It is still undergoing cycling but I plan to house my Betta here. I am a beginner and I ordered an 8 inch cube which I realized is not enough space for him.

I used seachem prime and stability for the water condition. A generic filter which I plan to replace by overhead sump. My tank is 10gallon btw.

Planned filter media is coarse sponge, filter floss, seachem matrix, ceramic rings, purigen (for the planned sump).

I have done research but I have no actual experience in caring for a fish. I want my Betta to feel as comfortable and secure as possible.

Have I done enough or there are still some things I needed to do?

P.S. if you can suggest a good Betta fish food that is easily accessible please help me out.

Thank you.