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Thanks for informing me.... glad it's nothing serious! I had no idea! lol

Hi, Today I noticed a kind of thin little brownish worm-like thing hanging down from under the body of my betta. It is sort of hanging down under the head area. I don't know what ti is, but whatever it is, it wasn't there last night, and I haven't seen anything like it before sicne owning my...

I recently purchased a synthetic plant for my 2 gallon bowl. The petshop had some smaller green plastic plants but I had read that bettas can get hurt by those. The only one they had that was soft was a pink plant which was pretty big, lots of leaves. I was surprised at how big it was once I put...

Well, I was going to do a full water change, just to sort of get the hang of what it would be like to do. Though I had been told a full water change was only necessary once a month. At any rate, I would like to at least know I am able to get my betta out of his bowl should I need to. Is...

Yes, I have a curved bowl, similar to the one in the picture above. Is this a bad bowl to keep a betta in? Another problem is I have colored stones at the bottom. And if I tilt the bowl to pour out water, they all begin moving to the titled side. I did try pouring him out. Water poured out...

Help! I just got my betta fish a week ago. He has been here for a week, in a two gallon bowl, and now I want to put fresh water in his bowl. But I cannot for the life of me get him out of the bowl. The person at the shop said I should get him out into a mug and leave him there until the water...

I'm curious about what are the different creatures with whom bettas can coexist in their bowl or tank. does anybody know or have a link to a site with some such list? in the pet shop where I purchased mine a few of the bettas were in tanks with little grayish-looking frogs -- dont know what...

My newly bought betta does the same thing: spits out his food quite a bit in the process of eating. sometimes little spit out pieces fall to the bottom of the bowl, which I have lined with marbles. I don't really know how to get at them and get them out of the water. If I try to manoeuvre in...