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Sunflora wrote: ↑Thu Jun 26, 2025 1:48 pm Have you checked nitrites? If they're rising, the cycle's working, just slow. My goldfish tank took five weeks once. Hang in there!

Yeah, nitrites are the real tell. If they're zero, something's sketchy with your bacteria.

I've had my betta for about six months now, and he's living his best life in a 5-gal tank with a black nerite snail as his only roommate. Ever since the big move from his old 10-gal tank, he's turned into the laziest betta I've ever seen. He's found this one spot that's basically his happy place ...