#fish problems

[that-squishy-robot]

So I Sadly picked up some guppies from a friend with ich and put them in a ten gal. The poor guys did not make it, as I think they were to far gone already. I had them in a really nice ten gal that I would like to use for my betta since he deserves a nice big tank. But I want to make sure it is safe for him. Like I want that damn parasite deader than dead and completely gone. I’ve heard of the 10% bleach method as long as you do lots of  rinsing, soaking, and air drying. Anyone have any better ideas? Because I do not want to repeat.

[splendenscommabetta]

my fish: what if

me: no

my fish: what if i just

me: No

my fish: what if i go right ahead and

me: NO

my fish: *disappears behind his heater*

me, every single goddamn time: I'VE LOST HIM FOREVER HE IS DEAD AND GONE THIS IS THE WORST DAY OF MY LIFE-

[jinx-getmeabetta]

At our LFS tonight:

Me: *Talking with my husband about clownfish morphs and general marine life while observing the clownfish for sale*

Employee:*walks by while helping another guest (hearing us) whispers under their breath* Finally...someone who knows what they’re talking about.

To be fair...I’d be pissed too after watching a girl point to feeder fish and declare they were rummy-nose tetras to her friends.

[bettaadventures]

Uuh. I don't know how exactly it happened, but Rasho seemed to have torn small tears on his fins. It doesn't look like Fin rot. Given he is pretty stressed in his small tank while I'm waiting for the nitrites to go down in his main tank, it might be because of that, I'd guess either fin biting or he somehow damaged them while swimming everywhere. I change his temporary water everyday with water at the right temperature. Just to be safe (and because I've also had doubts about his gills for some time) I've put him on esha2000, a large spectrum medicine. I hope that it'll avoid fin rot to settle on the small damaged areas, and heal any underlying issue that he might have had since I bought him two weeks ago, and might have not noticed.

My nitrites look like they started to lower so I hope I'll be able to put him back in his tank in a few days. He'll be so happy.

[big-rodent-energy]

I need some fishy help...

I know I'm going to sound like an asshole and a massive idiot for daying this but...I don't love the fish that I have and I don't want to keep them anymore for the sole reason that they lack personality and won't get to know me and they're boring.

I have a Tiger barb (used to have 2 but Barbara mysteriously disappeared) and 3 Rosey barbs. They're pretty and I like them. But the reason why I started keeping fish again was because I needed something that would depend on me to survive because I was at a really low point in my life and i wanted to feel necessarh. I got a betta, then my boyfriend killed him by accident. Then two goldfish and I loved them dearly. They only recently died, so I got some barbs because my tank was empty. I liked to sit in front of my goldfish and watch them and they would swim over and pay attention to me sometimes and do that stupid food wiggle. I used my aquarium to help me relax and it was very therapeutic because I had something to watch and interact with a tiny bit. But these barbs do absolutely nothing. They don't recognize me and I've had them for a while now. They don't show any personality. All they do is swim. Like yeah fish swim, and they're energetic top, but...damn...they swim like robots. Idk how to explain it. They're almost ornamental. It's like fish tanks in the backgrounds of movies.

I can't keep certain fish. Guppies and danios and such are almost like decorations to lazy fish owners and they feel too easy for me. They lack individuality most of the time. These barbs too. They do nothing but swim around together. They don't approach me at the surface until the food is already in the tank. It's so dull. Sitting by my tank to watch them does nothing for me. It doesn't relax me. It just makes me feel guilty for buying these fish and not liking them like I should. I'm actually thinking of moving them to my 10gal to make room for a dwarf puffer. I'm craving an animal with intelligence (or an adorable lack, in the case of goldfish) with personality and indivitual traits. My two goldfish were very different. I even once had a shrimp that never jumped away from my hand like the others. But these barbs? Nothing. I feel really bad about it.

Don't get me wrong. I really do like these barbs as fish, but I'm not enjoying them as a hobby. And I keep fish as a hobby and a coping method for my stress and anxiety. So here's where you guys come in.

Got any cute barb facts or stories that could brighten up my opinion on my fish? I really want to enjoy them and they deserve more love than I feel towards them.

[zamasus-balls]

Please Help!

My Betta has shown early signs of Dropsy. I already put medicine in his 10 Gallon and turned up the temperature. Is there anyone here who has cured Dropsy? Please let me know what I have to do. I’m scared my darling is going to die when I’m at work. He is super important to me, I cried for hours when my trusted fish store told me he has early dropsy. Please if anyone has successfully cured it msg me instantly. (He is still eating but is sluggish.)

[1fish-2fishredfish-bluefish]

When you're doing a water change and debris gets stirred up so you're alone in your house yelling "that's not food. That's NOT food!"

[curlydragonfish]

Fishblr, do fish ever get itchy?

I just saw my betta Viserion flash against like 5 things in a row, which I've never seen him do since I had him. Now he's acting normal again. Besides the fin biting he hasn't had other problems, and it's only been 4 days since water change day (I'll test the water tonight though). Is it even possible that he just got itchy, or should I immediately be thinking parasites? If he does that again I'm gonna try to get a video.