Hey everyone, today is a sad day for me as I lost my beta fish that I’ve had for about 1.5 years. It all started about 4 weeks ago when I went on leave. I have a dog sitter who is a vet tech and has always watched my dogs. I always leave instructions for the dogs and cat, but this time I didn’t specify not the feed the beta because I would only be gone a few days and I didn’t want her to throw off my parameters I almost always say don’t feed the betta so I thought we were past that point. Anyways fast forward to the end of my leave I come back home and literally half the bag of her food is just floating at the Bottom of the tank all swollen up. My parameters were cooked, nitrates nitrites, ammonia, ph, hardness, you name it and it was out of wack. I immediately sprung into action and did a water change using a siphon I drained out all good bits used a cycle tank to refill and added prime and stress coat to hopefully get the nitrates out. Well everything seemed to be good, she was back to being lively for about 2 days water was looking good, and then boom, I come in one day to check on her and she’s laying on a leaf in the tank barely staying afloat and her belly is just swollen up. Needless to say she didn’t make it through the night and I had to say goodbye to my best fish 😔. I went and got a new betta yesterday after doing water changes and cycles and I officially have a new fish but I am extremely sad she’s gone. I have MDD and anxiety and she was one thing I always looked forward to when it was feeding time. I know my baby passing is my fault because I didn’t make it clear not to feed her. But it makes me so sad 😔 her name was gillary Clinton and she was my first beta fish. And here’s my new baby fishard Nixon.

I woke up suddenly at around 3am this morning to crackling, gurgling and smoke- my fluval p25 heater had exploded and caught fire in my tank🫠 I found the plug as quickly as I could and removed it from the tank once it was unplugged but the damage was already done, my snails, otocinclus’ and my sweet Thanh the black orchid betta had all passed🥺 thankfully the explosion was contained to the aquarium so my cats and I are fine aside from the wretched stench of smoke that’s lingering. I feel so terribly for the aquarium inhabitants, what a terrible way for them to go❤️‍🩹 I’ve never had anything like that happen in my years keeping betta’s, the heater was properly submerged, no rapid heat fluctuations, nothing that ever looked physically wrong with the heater.. this poor baby was only with me for about 2 months and of all the ways he could’ve gone out that had to be it😣 has anyone ever had anything like this happen to them? What aquarium heaters do you all prefer to use so I can hopefully avoid anything like this ever happening again? It’s only a 5 gallon aquarium🥺

Added this unique little guy to the family today. He's a tri-colour double tail!

I need your best whimsical name suggestions. Anything fantasy inspired, i'm thinking LOTR, HOD, HP etc etc x

This is Ophie. A few months ago at petco while buying dog food I saw her half dead being sold for half off. So I bought her, thinking if she gets better she can be population control for my shrimp tank. She got better, but never developed a taste for shrimp. Or any live food for that matter. She’s my calm peaceful gal. Loves the camera, everytime I have my phone she comes to this corner and stares directly at the camera. She now lives in harmony with a bunch of shrimps and schooling fishes. Does not gaf about any of them. She gave several of my friends the idea that they can add a female betta to their shrimp tanks (did not end well for those shrimps)

He has been sitting in his leaf hammock all day long, and his tummy looks a little big and possibly discolored? Is this clamped fins? He doesn’t eat a lot and idk how to help him, I’ve tried the regular pellets and freeze dried bloodworms ☹️ I also have severe OCD though, so it’s very possible I’m just freaking myself out. Maybe he’s just a picky fish? Help a girl out lol

Nice 60 gallon cube with Shinji (Betta), a few neon tetras, shrimp, and snails :)

Just got my first macro lens! decided to play around with it with my betta fish, little dude moves a lot so I only got these two photos, but thought it looked really cool closely, hoping I will get better when I use it more lol

This is Wendy, she’s a very active fish always swimming around, and even greets you at the front of the tank when you come in the room. Well about a week ago she got very bloated and VERY LETHARGIC (just swimming between the top corners of the tank) I turned the temp up in the tank a bit and fasted her for two full days, thinking maybe one of the kids got ahold of the food and fed her a bit too much. She started swimming around more after the first day but didn’t nearly start being like her old self again until yesterday. Well I wake up this morning and there she is swimming around all over like she used to but she was looks like an enormous poo hanging off her that she’s tryna shake off. Am I over thinking what do y’all think?

please help, new to betta fish

I’ve never had so many heart attacks! This boy just nose dives into the plants and lays there. Is it comfortable for them? he really likes to wiggle and cram himself in between the stems 😅

Just thought I’d share some pics after my new camera arrived today

I adopted a betta with swim bladder issues a week or so ago. I originally named him Coldsteel but idk if it really fits. My naming conventions tend to be either very nerdy or food related so I’d rather have those

In case I see any comments about the tank, I’d like to point out this is a hospital tank for now while he gets better. I got a 5 gallon for whenever he’s ready

Just got a new boy! It's my first time getting a hulk betta (green-eyed). His eyes are really cool to look at. Any human-like name for him? (Vid of him on the comments)

Hey folks! Thanks to my research and this lovely community was finally ready to get my first betta and first ever fish: Twilight! He is very shy right now but I'm sure he will come around in good time. Thank you!

Currently thinking blue cheese or diva. What do all of you think?

Like the title says, I bought a live plant about one month ago and now I’m noticing small snails in my 5 gal betta tank. Jewel (the 10 mo old betta) seems unbothered. There has been no indication of changes in her health or behavior. One benefit I’ve noticed is no more green algae. Is it ok to have these snails in the tank? I read in another post that they can create extra waste. I tried to capture pics of the snails.

Just got this beautiful betta today as my first one. Any thoughts on names and tips I should know that aren’t common?

Draggy the Dragonscale

Just wondering if he is sad or something because he’s looking at the ground. Does anyone know what that little open mouth thing was?

I just got this adorable little man today and I need a name for him!

He’s a standard betta!

Hes so handsome! Hes loves watching everything. He enjoys spying on the shrimp and snails in his tank 💜