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  1. xXInkedPhoenixX
    The Hatchets are adorable, have you found any disadvantages with them so far/anything you aren't too keen on with them?
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    Yea sadly I don't think we'll be seeing Marimos on the market for a long while due to the "mussel scandal". Separate those lil buggers out and they'll do wonders in helping your cycle. Your brother may even have some great ideas on your tank. Good luck! 🙂
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    Some people suggest plants from your fish store or even ordering from Aquarium Co-op will help if you want to try live plants. I would highly recommend this method. Do you have a real Marimo ball in your tank? Is that what I see? If it's a real one I'd remove it from the tank and put into clean treated water this could be a good help for your cycle as well. Your brother might be a good source of information too with this so don't discount his opinion! Honestly if he can ship you a plant or filter quickly that could work!
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    Here is where opinions differ in how to cycle a tank- there are so many ways some better than others. This is where the science of aquarium keeping can be fun! I recommend you watch these videos from Aquarium Co-op: Also Irene's video series is great, this is the first video in the series, I recommend you watch them all!:
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    Haha, it's ok, I work nights so I'm up. 🙂 Does your brother still have tanks? If so I'd just ask him for some filters or media (even buy one and have him run it in his tank a couple of weeks) That would be the best and easiest way. The good bacteria grows on the filters but even a handful of substrate from a good established tank will help out here.
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    You can leave the filters in, shouldn't hurt them. 85-87 degrees for a few days to a week should work pretty well, the tank should handle it fine, silicone is very temperature tolerant. After do some water changes. Yes, essentially you will be resetting the tank's cycle so you'll have to watch for the nitrogen cycle before you add your new baby. Whatever your preferred method is for starting that can begin after you do the boil and water changes. If you did option 1 by itself you'd leave it for 4-5 weeks as most harmful things should die off in that time without a host but not guaranteed. The cycle would remain mostly intact tho.
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    I think it's fun to have a divided tank for bettas, the downside however is that if one of them gets sick there is often a domino effect with the others. Have you thought about just having one in the tank?
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    Your tank looks like a lot of fun and the parameters look pretty good. I'm sorry you lost your Bettas and one isn't doing so good. You are correct dropsy is hard to treat even when you can treat the swelling the organ failure is already well on its way. It sounds to me you did pretty well with Bettas getting them to live over 3 years old! That's great! There are a few ways you can approach this if you think the tank could be infected: 1. You can as you said before pull what you think might be a problem like the silk plants (but really they can be washed/sanitized and dried), and do a deep cleaning. I would leave a previously infected tank empty for 4 or 5 weeks myself. 2. You can empty the tank entirely, sanitize using diluted bleach or white vinegar solution, rinse several times and have it dry out in the sun for a couple of weeks and start entirely over with new everything (or completely sanitized old stuff) 3. You could raise the temperature in the tank (taking out any other living things like plants or snails you want to save) as high as your heater will go and essentially "boil" the tank sanitary- this would likely kill off beneficial bacteria and you'd have to start over anyway. (you could do 1 and 3 together) I would personally opt for 2 as it would give me an opportunity to redo the tank which I like to do anyway and give me some "mourning" or contemplation time between the loss of the last fish and what I'd like to do with the tank after.
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    I agree with everyone, do it all! We talk about general subjects here all the time, aquariums are just our common ground. It's neat to see other things here!
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    The rocks are awesome! Will look amazing when the plants grow in!
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    ...just make sure it's a new one!
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    I would take a tooth brush (or your fingers) and brush off the leaves- if it comes off easily it's probably just your substrate (which won't sustain those shrimp you want lol).
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    Hi. Bladder snail and Ramshorn eggs are in sacks that are kind of jelly-esque and you can see a lot of little clear dots inside them. Nerite snail eggs are white and hard usually on hardscape but sometimes on leaves (you did not report having Nerites and you'd know if you had so it's not them). If you're seeing individual black dots they aren't aquatic snail eggs I know of. Any signs of life? They move at all, can you take one off and look at it? ....side note, if they are little jelly sacks and there are little black dots inside they may be snails getting ready to hatch, but per your pics they look like individual black dots.
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    @BettaMamaPDJ I'm really very sorry for your losses. Despite popular information Bettas are not easy fish to keep. I've lost a betta myself to Dropsy so I understand your distress. What I would ask in order to better help you is if you could post pics of your whole set up, tell us how many gallons and what your waters last tested at including temperature. What kind of filtration do you use etc. This will help us help you and your future bettas
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    Welcome to the forum @BettaQueen124! Picking fish is one of the fun parts of the hobby and making sure what you pick ultimately go together well and can live in the same parameters you can offer! Some of my personal favorites are Harlequin Rasboras, Otocinclus Catfish, Endlers, Guppies, Ember Tetras, Hillstream Loaches and Nerite snails! (Mystery snails too!)
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    Floating breeder boxes have helped me more times than I can count. Fish first aid kit is a MUST as fish emergencies never happen at 12pm on a tuesday. It's always Sunday at midnight on a holiday weekend.
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    Only ever need 1 good tank tho most of us have the opposite problem...
  18. xXInkedPhoenixX
    That's hard to say right now, as others have said she's probably stressed, so the concern is her catching something because of it with compromised immune system. The most important thing right now is to make sure her water is pristine, her stress is low (you could dim the light), the temp is good, and you keep an eye on her. No point in trying to treat anything when you don't see further symptoms and we could kinda bet on the cause of her lethargy right now being stress from the move. You could consider adding aquarium salt as it will help reduce stress, help her produce slime coat and prevent bacterial issues. Follow the instructions on the aquarium salt container or use a half dose. But if you just moved her 2 days ago I wouldn't try to do too many more things as it will just add to her stress. Putting the filter in should help but you're not going to see improvement right away. Watch for further behavior changes and physical signs of illness, with bettas specifically, white spots (ick), fuzzy spots (fugus), bloating (with raised scales), constipation (make sure she's pooping), and fin rot (torn or ragged fins).
  19. xXInkedPhoenixX
    Perfect, that will help tremendously. Keep a very close eye on further visible and behavioral changes on your betta girl.
  20. xXInkedPhoenixX
    Ah ok I would have guess you put her in a bigger tank which would change the temperature if the same heater was used.
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    I agree with @Torrey, I usually buy my fake plants in person and give them a good hand test to make sure there isn't anything that would hurt my fish or snails. You'd think nowadays that wouldn't be a thing but it is. This is the same thing you should do with new wood, rocks and other decor though too!
  22. xXInkedPhoenixX
    Bristlenose are so cool! What a great addition to the tank- and how nice you get to see it grow up!
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    Looks great!
  24. xXInkedPhoenixX
    @Plant-master I think what some of our fish co-horts are trying to say is that we're concerned the tank isn't properly cycled. Betta fish are exremely finicky. Old water doesn't have the good bacteria in it- the surfaces, substrate, plants, decorations and filter from her old tank would have these things. If you have any of that immediately put some in to help cycle the tank. Some would poo-poo this idea but things like Seachem's Stability has helped me get tanks through the new period even with cycled material. I would also raise the temperature to 80. Have you taken the temp from an independent thermometer? I've also learned betta's need high humidity. If you have a loose lid on this tank I would put a piece of plastic wrap over the top to keep some humidity in. What size was her old tank?
  25. xXInkedPhoenixX
    Welcome to the school! Post pics!
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