Recent content by H0pefulDad

Hello, I foster betta fish, which means I take them in from bad pet stores, rehabilitate them, and find them good forever homes. Our newest rescue is ready to be adopted, and for the past few fish putting up the information on Reddit has worked, but for some reason no one is responding to our...

I recently got a betta from Petco to be rehabilitated, who appears to have swimbladder disease since he was only swimming at the bottom of his cup. He doesn't look bloated or anything, but he hasn't been able to swim up without his lower half immediately falling back down. And I know this...

Ah damn, I already got him. I suspected but I couldn't just leave him there. Also the cup did say he's an elephant ear.

Hey, I have a newer hobby of rehabilitating bettas from pet stores and getting them to good new homes. There's this guy in Petco who looks like he could use a chance, and he's only swimming along the bottom of his cup so he might have some swim bladder disease to treat. But my main issue is that...

When I last saw it yesterday it was round and bright orange, and was the same when he was still in his cup. I think he might just look a little skinny because they either didn't feed him enough at the pet store or from the stress of living in a little cup, or I'm just being paranoid.

So do you think I should put another catappa leaf in there to lower the pH?

Okay, I posted about a betta fish I took from a pet store yesterday, since he had some pale coloring on/by his fins and lips that worried me, but I only got one reply that said I shouldn't worry. Now though, I definitely have something to worry about, mainly because my tank had an ammonia spike...

No nothing but the pale spots, it's just worrying because the paleness on his face looks like my last baby did when he got really sick.

I've decided that I'll try fostering bettas, taking them from terrible pet stores in an attempt to get them healthy enough to find a new home. Even if I don't succeed, I figure I can at least give them a nice big home to spend their final days in, instead of dying alone in a tiny little cup...