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[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.

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

Two or three weeks ago, so she's been settled for a while now. I've never actually had a betta that won't eat after a day or two, so it's really weird that she won't eat.

[Keletheryl]

I'm so done with this whole guppy pregnancy thing.
I put her back in the breeder (which has holes on the bottom), and woke up this morning to maybe like 4 babies. I went to a workshop, and came back just now to see that they are nowhere to be seen. I was SO happy she'd finally given birth, and what happens? THE BABIES DONT FALL THROUGH THE HOLES AND AS A RESULT HAVE BEEN EATEN.
Way to go, mama.

I think she still has some in there, however, since the black spot is still there. I'm really hoping, anyways. I hope I can save some of them.
Looks like I won't be going to the second half of the workshop...

[.:FarmGirlAtHeart:.]

I'm so done with this whole guppy pregnancy thing.
I put her back in the breeder (which has holes on the bottom), and woke up this morning to maybe like 4 babies. I went to a workshop, and came back just now to see that they are nowhere to be seen. I was SO happy she'd finally given birth, and what happens? THE BABIES DONT FALL THROUGH THE HOLES AND AS A RESULT HAVE BEEN EATEN.
Way to go, mama.

I think she still has some in there, however, since the black spot is still there. I'm really hoping, anyways. I hope I can save some of them.
Looks like I won't be going to the second half of the workshop...

I'm sorry they got eaten! I've honestly found that the way that worked best for me and my guppies was to leave the mama in the main tank. I had a bunch of plants and areas to hide, and the babies used to hide in the gravel, too. They stayed alive long enough for me to get them out and into their own tank. One time I even had one grow up a month in there before I was finally able to catch her! I would always put in 3/4 of the regular food ration, then 1/4 finely crushed food. That way any babies that I didn't get out had a good fighting chance. Some of the babies got eaten of course, but I still ended up with 20+ babies every spawn. Luckily there were a lot of pet stores around me that were willing to take them! I personally found that once the mom slims back down, it might take a bit for the black spot to go away, but it will shrink down considerably. Are you sure they all got eaten? I know my current goldfish babies and my old guppy ones used to hide really well. I swear they could turn invisible!
What does your guppy look like? I used to have blue, black, red, yellow, green, and even a few clear ones! Gosh, I miss my guppies so much!

[Keletheryl]

I'm so done with this whole guppy pregnancy thing.
I put her back in the breeder (which has holes on the bottom), and woke up this morning to maybe like 4 babies. I went to a workshop, and came back just now to see that they are nowhere to be seen. I was SO happy she'd finally given birth, and what happens? THE BABIES DONT FALL THROUGH THE HOLES AND AS A RESULT HAVE BEEN EATEN.
Way to go, mama.

I think she still has some in there, however, since the black spot is still there. I'm really hoping, anyways. I hope I can save some of them.
Looks like I won't be going to the second half of the workshop...

I'm sorry they got eaten! I've honestly found that the way that worked best for me and my guppies was to leave the mama in the main tank. I had a bunch of plants and areas to hide, and the babies used to hide in the gravel, too. They stayed alive long enough for me to get them out and into their own tank. One time I even had one grow up a month in there before I was finally able to catch her! I would always put in 3/4 of the regular food ration, then 1/4 finely crushed food. That way any babies that I didn't get out had a good fighting chance. Some of the babies got eaten of course, but I still ended up with 20+ babies every spawn. Luckily there were a lot of pet stores around me that were willing to take them! I personally found that once the mom slims back down, it might take a bit for the black spot to go away, but it will shrink down considerably. Are you sure they all got eaten? I know my current goldfish babies and my old guppy ones used to hide really well. I swear they could turn invisible!
What does your guppy look like? I used to have blue, black, red, yellow, green, and even a few clear ones! Gosh, I miss my guppies so much!

I moved her to the fry tank, which has a clear bottom and not many places to hide so i'd be able to see them. There's no other fish in it. I used a soft filter and checked it to make sure they didn't get sucked up, which they didn't. The whole point of a breeder is so the fry go through those holes so mama doesn't eat them.
Well, just in case there's any more I put a large snail shell in the breeder, so the babies can hide under it and mama can't get them.

She is a little bit more slim but still looks pretty round and big. Like, it only went down a little bit.
I've had such bad luck with fry. First with my platy's, they all died. I just plain wasn't prepared for them.
And now I am fully prepared, bought baby food, got a breeder, a new tank, and what happens? She eats them.
Feeling really discouraged now.
Here's a picture of her and what her belly looked like

[Emris]

Happy story time

So I recently upgraded my common goldfish Phish to a 36g bow front tank and she's doing fantastically, she loves darting around and chasing the bubbles from her airstone ring.

I was planning on just having one fish because she is a common and the tank is just so nice and clean. However I went to the store to pick up some new aquatic plants and guess what I see, a gorgeous female oranda that's about 4-5" from nose to tail tip. Despite how lovely she is I don't get her. Fast forward a few weeks and I've been back to the store a few times and there she is again and again, but this time I brought my boyfriend, who ends up convincing me to get the fish (who I now see has a minor case of ich). I knew she wasn't going to get the proper care at the store so I scoop her up along with some aquarium salt, a second 45g filter, and ich meds. I also found out from one of the employees that she'd been returned by a family who'd been keeping her in a bowl. It's been just over 24 hours and I can happily say that the ich has already detached and the vain in her tail I was worried was a sign of something worse looks a bit better. I'm going to continue the ich treatment and keep her in quarantine until she's 100% so I can put her in with Phish so they can be a happy little troubling ^^

[miku]

Username: Katrina.
How many fish tanks do you have: Just one for now
Types of fish that you have: A betta
Your fishs' names: Snow Fairy
How long have you had fish: I had fish when I was younger, but I stopped for a while.

I am glad to finally join, I love fish.

[satuurnity]

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[Arid Wyvern]

Username: [url=account link]username goes here[/url]
How many fish tanks do you have: one 10g
Types of fish that you have: i used to have 8 black mollies, but they all died. i have a stunted pleco who is 2 inches long but is 8 years old. I had a red beta when i was 3-7 years old. Guess what I named him? Beta. Several guppies which i dont even remember.
Your fishs' names:Beta (beta), Cali (pleco),
my little brother named the black mollies: Small fry, Boo, Emerald, batman, Robin, Swishy, Riley, and Baby.
How long have you had fish: ever since i was 3

I dont have any pictures

[gnomi]

Hiya ^w^
So, story is, my bearded dragon, Blaze, recently died u_u (September 9th, actually quite awhile ago)
So now I have this huge (55 gallon) tank, the edges are already sealed to be used as an aquarium, and since I am an animal fanatic, I really want another animal. I either want a betta fish or an axolotl. I know a betta fish would probably be a lot easier to take care of, but having an axolotl seems very rewarding!
The only things holding me back from getting either would be the cost and time. I'm a busy person ;-;

a 55 gal. tank seems like it would be quite annoying to clean and keep clean, not to mention substrate and water temperature.

I'm not sure what the costs for either animal would come to, do any of you own them and are willing to tell me an average of how expensive it is or what you would think? Thanks in advance, and sorry for the inconvenience!

[sparrow]

i have tiny snails in my tank???
i currently have a ten gallon tank with 5 daninos in it, and yesterday tiny snails randomly appeared in my tank. i have never purchased snails. where did they come from? should i get rid of them? what??