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Bettas, tetras and more. Stocking, feeding, behaviour and health.
Yes, a betta needs a heater in almost every home. Bettas are tropical fish that need the water held between 75 and 81°F, and…
Yes, a betta needs a filter. The fish-in-a-bowl picture on the pet-store shelf sells the opposite, but a filter is what grows the bacteria…
Yes, betta fish sleep. They are daytime animals that rest at night and take short naps through the day, usually draped on a leaf,…
Your betta was 6 to 12 months old the day you bought it. The age-at-purchase correction reframes every lifespan number, and the five-lever table…
Two male bettas will fight to the death. Females can share a tank under strict conditions. Here are the rules for keeping bettas together…
Nerite and mystery snails earn their keep. Bladder and pond snails hitchhike in and multiply. Here is how to tell them apart and control…
Lethargy, clamped fins, fading color, and gasping at the surface each point to a different cause. Learn which signs are reversible and how to…
The texture-and-location readout sorts six look-alike conditions on a betta — ich to lymphocystis — plus the egg-spot false alarm that gets healthy females…
The rule-out-the-water gate catches the "dying" fish that are actually poisoned and recoverable; for the rest, the two-stage clove oil protocol — sedation first,…
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