Fish Lovers 3.0 [new poll]

[elizae]

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I've seen you on MyAquariumClub! Small world.[/quote]

oh hello! i am on a multitude of sites. its honestly not uncommon to find me, well, everywhere.

funny, right?

[lachance]

I was just passing through, but then I thought I'd give it a go. My betta (Winston Churchill, or Church for short) who I've had for probably 6-ish months now, was originally a dark grey color with patches of dark metallic green, blues, and black. I noticed while cleaning his bowl a couple weeks ago that the top of his head was turned a rusty color and he's gotten so much paler to the point where the blue doesn't show much anymore. The discoloration is only on his head though. I've never seen this in any of my bettas before. Does anyone know what might be the cause of this? I can provide further details on the type of food I give him and tank if needed. I'll appreciate any kind of help. Thank you!

I just noticed this says bowl, how many gallons? Heated, filtered?

It's just a regular, big goldfish bowl probably the size of the tanks in pet stores, give or take a little. I do keep the water about room temperature and I siphon out probably 75% of it out and refill every week or so (sometimes I completely change all of the water) but the water never looks or smells contaminated and he has never had any trouble before; the only bettas I've owned that ever died were knocked off the counter by my cat when I kept them in the much smaller generic betta starter tanks. I do remember I heard somewhere that the color of food you feed them can alter them in ways like this. Coincidentally the pellets I feed him are an orangey-rustic color but I don't know how reliable the source was.

[Keletheryl]

Just saw one of my female pregnant guppies had died. Im not sure what caused her death, she was getting close to giving birth, too. I would have looked up how to save them but unfortunately I don't think I'd be able to do that successfully. I moved the other two to another tank, but now they're in with the boys and the minnows so the boys are constantly bugging them, and now there's only two (actually I can't find the other girl I put back, but she's obviously in there somewhere), plus the minnows would probably eat the babies. I do have other tanks I could put her in her breeder in, but I lost the bottom for it and plus the babies would have nowhere to stay since the other tanks either have black skirts/neons, or my bettas

[AquariumQueen]

I feel like I haven't been around on here for ages! I'm finally back from a loong hiatus and re-found the thread.

Update time!
I have three male bettas!
One in a 45gal. (With guppies platys and 2 dozen chiclid fry)
One in a 10gal. (Alone for now)
One temporarily in a 1gal. Bowl until I can fix a broken filter (his normal home is a 10gal.)
I'll try to get photos up soon!

Be careful with those cichlid fry once they start growing up

[AquariumQueen]

It's just a regular, big goldfish bowl probably the size of the tanks in pet stores, give or take a little. I do keep the water about room temperature and I siphon out probably 75% of it out and refill every week or so (sometimes I completely change all of the water) but the water never looks or smells contaminated and he has never had any trouble before; the only bettas I've owned that ever died were knocked off the counter by my cat when I kept them in the much smaller generic betta starter tanks. I do remember I heard somewhere that the color of food you feed them can alter them in ways like this. Coincidentally the pellets I feed him are an orangey-rustic color but I don't know how reliable the source was.

That bowl sounds larger than most, it's probably enough gallonage for a betta. I would highly recommend getting a small heater to stabilize the temperature. You also can get really cheap sponge filters on ebay or amazon that cut down on the water changes you have to do. Just to keep him as healthy as possible, I would split that 75% change once a week into two 50% changes per week, evenly split however you want to. That bowl sounds larger than most, it's probably enough gallonage for a betta.

[lachance]

It's just a regular, big goldfish bowl probably the size of the tanks in pet stores, give or take a little. I do keep the water about room temperature and I siphon out probably 75% of it out and refill every week or so (sometimes I completely change all of the water) but the water never looks or smells contaminated and he has never had any trouble before; the only bettas I've owned that ever died were knocked off the counter by my cat when I kept them in the much smaller generic betta starter tanks. I do remember I heard somewhere that the color of food you feed them can alter them in ways like this. Coincidentally the pellets I feed him are an orangey-rustic color but I don't know how reliable the source was.

That bowl sounds larger than most, it's probably enough gallonage for a betta. I would highly recommend getting a small heater to stabilize the temperature. You also can get really cheap sponge filters on ebay or amazon that cut down on the water changes you have to do. Just to keep him as healthy as possible, I would split that 75% change once a week into two 50% changes per week, evenly split however you want to. That bowl sounds larger than most, it's probably enough gallonage for a betta.

Thank you! I'll see if I can't get my hands on a filter sometime next week.

[dark dragon]

I feel like I haven't been around on here for ages! I'm finally back from a loong hiatus and re-found the thread.

Update time!
I have three male bettas!
One in a 45gal. (With guppies platys and 2 dozen chiclid fry)
One in a 10gal. (Alone for now)
One temporarily in a 1gal. Bowl until I can fix a broken filter (his normal home is a 10gal.)
I'll try to get photos up soon!

Be careful with those cichlid fry once they start growing up

As soon as they are a bit bigger they are going to be sorted as who is staying or going and then they are going into a 150gal. With the rest of the chiclids.

[maddie0708]

Hey guys! If you need anything that you need help with about betta fish please have no hesitation as to PMing me! Enjoy your little colorful betta baby! I know I love them and I hope you do too! I'm here to serve you and your betta's health or activity, just ask me or anyone you know who knows about bettas!

[NopesaurusRexx]

One of my female bettas, Snooch, will not eat and I can't for the life of me figure out why. I've changed her water, I've moved her to a different location, I've switched her feed, nothing. She just won't eat. She's active and seems to be healthy, she's become brighter since I've had her, but yet, she has not eaten since I've gotten here, at least that I can tell. I'm so confused as to what to do.

[notactive]

One of my female bettas, Snooch, will not eat and I can't for the life of me figure out why. I've changed her water, I've moved her to a different location, I've switched her feed, nothing. She just won't eat. She's active and seems to be healthy, she's become brighter since I've had her, but yet, she has not eaten since I've gotten here, at least that I can tell. I'm so confused as to what to do.

When did you first get her? Often times it's just because they're adjusting to bring in a new place.