#fishproblems

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ahhhaaha so my crayfish took a fucking walk yesterday. he didn’t used to be able to get out of the tank but since his last molt, I guess he’s grown the reach to do it. This is funny only in retrospect now that I know he’s fine.

He passed both dogs as they slept in order to traverse the living room, then cruised down the hall and under the door INTO THE BEDROOM. he’s the first tank I say hi to in the morning and when I saw he was gone I tore apart the whole apartment looking for him. Ultimately, my gf located him behind our laundry basket, dusty and completely ungrateful for the rescue.

Now his tank is covered in Saran Wrap while I figure out if I should rescape or cut a very complicated custom glass lid. Lesson learned.

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I was supposed to get my new plants from Buce Plant yesterday but someone stole the fucking package so that’s fucking great.

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also PSA my betta is gorgeous and I love him but he’s also a fucking koi and those pigment genes have jumped and mutated themselves into a big ole tumor on his tail.

He’s happy and healthy now at about two and a half but I do wonder about slicing it off before it takes over. 😕

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so the sickly betta I brought home from my parents house is like still sickly. I got some ghost shrimp for the tank cause it used to live with ghost shrimp and one day later.... they’ve eaten a ton of the poor thing’s tail. fuck me.

the reduced tail hasn’t seemed to make things worse, but I am treating for fin rot with kanaplex and fungus clear. I feel bad. The fish is over 2 years old but I just want a win here. Too many dead pets lately, even though i know it’s not my fault.

basically just a reminder that everybody fucks up.

I fed the ghost shrimp to the Bolivian rams I’m trying to get to pair up. Fuck those ghost shrimp.

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this is the latest little dude to move in with me in nyc. I said no more tanks but... my mom was doing a great job keeping an eye on him in RI but his fins were getting ragged again and he was bloated and weird after meals. I said fuck it he’s too complicated and brought him back with me the other day. he’s only in a 2.5g so does it really even count? (before one of you absolute weasels says anything, he was in a 7 gallon and it proved too much for mr. fancyfins and all his extra weight.)

We had switched him from pellets to brine shrimp a week ago. That with clean water and tannins seem to have done a lot in the last two days. Hoping the light in this tank is enough for watersprite to grow well.

Oh! If you were wondering, this is the fish that had terrible fin rot that I brought back from the brink. I’m glad I can keep a close eye on him now.

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Treated the orchid bettas tank with prazipro today. I dont see proof of internal parasites other than a total inability to gain weight, but it felt like the best shot. he’s still eating well - had two meals of brine shrimp and one of fluval bug bites today. cross your fingers for us!

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my fucking god, Betta People are the worst. I made the mistake of posting on the forums about the persistently sick betta that just wont gain weight and all the betta people crawling out of the woodwork telling me they need vegetables is going to be the end of me.

Pro tip: if you need to ask for advice about your betta splendens, you’ll probably get better advice if you lie and say it’s another carnivorous labrynth fish. 🙃

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did you guys forget I’m a bettablr yet?

(marble genes = tail tumor at last)