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Fish Swimming Sideways? Run the Three-Cause Check
The three-cause check runs in order of fixability: test for water poisoning first, review feeding for swim bladder second, check temperature and age last.…
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Why Is My Aquarium Water Cloudy? Causes and How to Fix It Fast
Cloudy water is a bacterial bloom, substrate dust, or green water, and only one needs urgent action. How to tell which you have from color and settling, and clear it right.
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Dropsy in Fish: The Pinecone Check and What It Means
The pinecone check, viewed from directly above, separates a bloated fish from one in organ failure. Honest stage-by-stage odds, why Epsom salt is right…
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Swim Bladder Disease: Why Your Fish Floats or Sinks
Swim bladder trouble is a symptom, and most cases are digestive. The fast-first protocol (48 hours without food, then a shelled pea for goldfish…
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Fin Rot Treatment: Clean Water First, Meds Second
The edge readout stages fin rot in ten seconds: a clean receding edge heals with water changes alone, a fuzzy white edge gets salt,…
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Why Are My Fish Swimming at the Top of the Tank?
Fish hanging at the surface usually means low oxygen or ammonia poisoning. Here is how to tell the two apart and fix each one…
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What Do Betta Fish Eat? A Carnivore, Fed Right
Bettas are carnivores. In the wild they eat insects, larvae, and tiny crustaceans, not plants and not plant-based flakes. A proper betta diet is…
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Do Betta Fish Need a Heater? Almost Always, Yes
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…
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Do Betta Fish Need a Filter? Yes, With One Condition
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…
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Do Betta Fish Sleep? Yes, and How to Tell
Yes, betta fish sleep. They are daytime animals that rest at night and take short naps through the day, usually draped on a leaf,…
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