Recent content by kateh

When I feed him he usually swims around and catches the food, but more recently he hasn’t so I have been feeding him less, since I was worried about ammonia. I really don’t preform water changes very often, though if I’m being I really only do it once a month or so, and only around 45% and clean...

So I just looked, and his scales don’t seem as vibrant as they used to, more of a dull color, but nothing too unusual, and he doesn’t seem bloated, and now he is lying on the floor of the tank and is just breathing, is there anything I can do, or is it too late? Thank you

Hi all, so recently I’ve noticed my beta fish has been moving around less and less, and overall seemed sluggish and his fins were starting to lose their vibrancy and get smaller. Today I got home and found him on the floor of the aquarium just lying there and occasionally flopping around. He is...

Sorry, I probably sound like a dummy, but, when you asked ab the hardness, of the water, I was talking ab the pH, so not sure if that’s what you meant

Ok! Thank you all for the help. I can for sure reduce the amount of light it is getting, will that just get rid of the algae, or do I need to do a water change or get in there and scrub it down. As for water parameters, I’m not sure what they are, as I am new to the aquarium game. As for the...

Hi there, I have a 5 gallon tank, with a beta fish, and 4 ember tetras. It has recently become overgrown with algae, and I tried to trim it back, only for it to return to the same state the next day. I will attach pictures below, but I am not sure how to combat this, and clean it up. Some tips...

Hi there, I’ve been wanting to start a planted betta tank for ages, and when I finnaly did, after some research, it didn’t exactly go as planned. I bought a well recommended fluval stratum for the plants, and was hoping it all to go well, but unfortunately after adding the betta, the plants...

Thank you! So I have been definitely turning the lights directly on and off, so I will definitely start trying to ease them off and on. As for the plants, I definitely do have quite a few marsh ones. For the most part I get all my plants at petco, which I’m not realizing that might not be a good...

Hi three so I’m new into this hobby and set up a “attempted” planted 5 gallon tank. It so far has been going okay, but most of plants keep dying, so I’ve been replacing them bi monthly, this might not be related but wanted to add it just in case. While my bettas behavior has not changed...