COLD DARK ROOM

Momof4

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Fingers crossed for your Betta. Ive had one now going on two years. Seems happy. We have him in a 10 gallon along with a single neon tetra, and two coryodoras, and many snails and live plants.

Ps, our Betta’s name is Alpha. :)

Thank you!
Ours is 2 also.
He’s in a 5 gallon with a snail and a tiny shrimp. It’s filtered and has one live plant but I did realize that the temp was cold. Last year he was in my sons hot bedroom. I brought him out to our kitchen and I didn’t think about a heater because I never had one.

I put him in a sick tank with a heater and he already looks better. I’m not sure if it was the meds & salt or the warm water[emoji4].

I’m treating the tank too. I took the plant, shrimp & snail out. I don’t think they like salt.

My son named him Gerald.
 
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My children have had the same Beta fish for life.. only a couple years ago did my daughter learn that I had secretly been replacing “Jaws”... it was a life changing moment, she told me. [emoji23][emoji23] oddly enough, I have had the same Beta fish now for almost 3 years...:) I must be a better care taker now...

Trust me, it crossed my mind! It’s my teenage sons. He bought most of the stuff for him.
But then I was thinking, hmmm, maybe new color would be nice.
 

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Petrichor is the word for the earthy smell after rain and it is lovely after long dry spells.
Hope your electrical/computer problems were sorted out OK, hope you at least managed a coffee while you were waiting for the electrician to fix it.
Yes thank you, all sorted now. And I have had a few decaf coffees since then.
 

CarolM

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I have spent half the day saving our Betta fish from death.
He looked poorly this morning so I cleaned his tank and he just went down hill. I’ve been researching and came up with Velvet. So I ran to the store and bought meds and I’m hoping for the best.
Oh shame. Good luck I hope he pulls through.
 

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The last time I heard, (in the US) baby chimney swifts can be removed from a persons home and moved to a sanctuary. They don't live. I would hate to see a planet without chimney swifts eating all those flies
Oohh we need some on my brothers farm. They would end up fat and overfed on flies.
 

CarolM

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Thank you!
Ours is 2 also.
He’s in a 5 gallon with a snail and a tiny shrimp. It’s filtered and has one live plant but I did realize that the temp was cold. Last year he was in my sons hot bedroom. I brought him out to our kitchen and I didn’t think about a heater because I never had one.

I put him in a sick tank with a heater and he already looks better. I’m not sure if it was the meds & salt or the warm water[emoji4].

I’m treating the tank too. I took the plant, shrimp & snail out. I don’t think they like salt.

My son named him Gerald.
Good job doctor. [emoji3]
 

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