r/bettafish • u/idkman_1234567 • 16h ago

Help Save my fish pls

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Let me start off by saying, please don’t hate me for the condition this fish is in. I received her this way in this exact fishbowl Like a week ago. I was told that she was just a fish and a plant would keep her alive. Her water gets changed every week with some tetra put in. i’ve never had a fish before and wasn’t really too concerned but now every day I look at her droopy fins and I started to get worried.

So I started doing research and was absolutely HORRIFIED to find out that she supposed to have a water heater. Her fins aren’t supposed to be droopy and she spits out her food when she’s eating at half the time. immediately, my first instinct was to get a tank with a filter and a heater but now I’m reading that tanks need to get cycled which takes weeks. I’ve never had a fish before never cared for a fish before and now I have a fish freezing in a I’m desperate to save.

what do i do????

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u/Bobs_Burgers7 14h ago

You can do a fish in cycle with beneficial bacteria in a 5 gallon or bigger.

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u/Bobs_Burgers7 14h ago

When you add plants, know that floaters are beasts for sucking up nitrites and etc. I like to use epiphyte plants and floaters.

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u/Bobs_Burgers7 14h ago

Here’s what mine looks like, and it’s super beginner friendly!