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He's got a 3 gallon tank with filter and bio filter and I'm washing the plastic plants in the dishwasher right now to sterilize. He hasn't eaten yet, and I've tried three different foods (flakes, bloodworms and Hikari Gold) but I'm putting that up to new home jitters. He is grabbing air often...

Here's my new baby, all tucked into Fishy's old tank. Maxwell Of course, I read the post on cycling *after* I moved him in. What should i be doing now, other than testing his water often? Hard to believe I kept a betta for four years with so little idea of how to do it.

Thanks everyone for your advice. Fishy Fish finally died on Friday. I buried him this weekend in my garden and bought his replacement Maxwell today. Pictures to follow in a seperate thread.

...And still not dead. I don't think I can bear to euthanize him, but we'll see how I feel in a few days.

My question is just like it sounds. I have a betta that I've had for around three and a half to four years. I can't remember for sure when I got him, but I think it was about a year before I moved into this house (July 2002). For the last several months he's gotten paler and paler, his fins...