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Hi @quillmaster, I've got a separate male and female betta, and in my opinion, your female is bloated. The treatment is pretty much the same as for males - you can try giving her some peas.


Yeah, I think there's a difference - bloated/dropsy is usually a bacterial issue, while bloated ...

I'm no expert on females, having only kept males in the past, so bear with me on this one - I'm having trouble figuring out if my female betta is bloated or egg-bound. There's a male in a separate tank about 10 feet away, I'm unsure if he's close enough to even trigger her condition from that ...

Hi everyone, I've been convinced it's best to rehome my 5 Cherry Barbs from my 30 litre Biorb, as they're thriving with zero ammonia and nitrite readings. Now I'm considering a Male Betta, but I have a few concerns.

Looking at my current tank decor, I'm worried it might be too sharp for a male ...

Picked up a bunch of Peacocks today - well, I think that's what they are, anyway. Got a few labelled as OB's, but the rest were just "Assorted Peacocks" so I'm a bit stumped. Can't remember the species of the one in pic 5 for the life of me.
Assuming they're all males due to the pointed dorsals ...

Just picked up a bunch of peacocks today - no.5 is a total mystery to me, species-wise. Got a few others that are just labelled as 'assorted peacocks' apart from the OB's. Assuming they're all males due to the pointed dorsals, but any help with ID and sex would be great.

*2 Photos of Each Fish ...

"Pretty sure the ones with pointed dorsals are males, and the ones with rounded fins are females, judging from the pics, seems like a safe bet."

Hey guys, I've been experiencing some fish loss lately due to malawi bloat.
I've been feeding them Hikari cichlid excel and Gold as pellets, along with Seachem nutri fluffnut, chlorella flakes, and nutrifluffnut cichlid flakes + Xtreme krill flakes.
I'm thinking of trying something new - feeding ...

Hey guys, I've been experiencing some fish loss lately due to malawi bloat.
I've been feeding them Hikari cichlid excel and Gold as pellets, along with Seachem nutri fluffnut, chlorella flakes, and nutrifluffnut cichlid flakes + Xtreme krill flakes.
I'm thinking of trying something new - feeding ...

happyone wrote: ↑Tue Mar 25, 2025 9:08 pm She's just chillin', waiting on a bubble nest, I guess.

In cases like this, they might even create their own bubble nest, but the thing is, there's no male around to fertilize those eggs.

I had my female fin_tank in a community tank for a bit because her 5-gallon tank had a crack. She was chillin with 2 female neptunes and this one male, I'm pretty sure she thought he was a male betta or something, 'cause she started producing eggs. Now they're just sitting there, doing nothing. I ...