Betta fish questions

[yakitori]

I drive to town and get town water for my water changes.

I used to live in NYC, which is renowned for it’s great fish keeping water...
Then I moved upstate and now have insanely hard well water like yours. I rescued a poor cold lone surviving betta from a school project last year, and I mixed my well water with RO in a 25:75 ratio and that brought all the numbers back down to acceptable range. I have RO in the house so that was the easiest no brainer method for me. the fish recovered and lived for almost another year. Unfortunately someone in the house sprayed bug spray near his tank, it got into the water and killed him

 

[HappyClucker7]

Unfortunately someone in the house sprayed bug spray near his tank, it got into the water and killed him

Oh no! That's so sad. I'm sorry.

 

[yakitori]

Oh no! That's so sad. I'm sorry.

It was... it was also my fault for not keeping the tank properly covered
Seeing him recover was very rewarding. He was part of some project at my sister's high school. The bettas were kept in unheated tanks and one day in winter, someone forgot to close the windows... All the fish froze to death and he was the only survivor...

The day I brought him home (I had to make an emergency run to the pet store to get everything as I had given away all my tanks and equipment):


I believe this was a month or two later:

 

[chickenn00b11]

There aren't any halfmoon plakats that I'm seeing- just plakats. I was advised by @HappyClucker7 to avoid halfmoons and deltas as they are prone to fin biting and fin rot. I really would like a halfmoon, believe me!

My delta doesn't bite he just gets rot.

 

[HappyClucker7]

It was... it was also my fault for not keeping the tank properly covered
Seeing him recover was very rewarding. He was part of some project at my sister's high school. The bettas were kept in unheated tanks and one day in winter, someone forgot to close the windows... All the fish froze to death and he was the only survivor...

The day I brought him home (I had to make an emergency run to the pet store to get everything as I had given away all my tanks and equipment):
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I believe this was a month or two later:
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Wow! That's a big improvement! Good job saving him.

 

[chickenn00b11]

@black_cat do you want me to provide you with a list of everything you will need? IDK if that helps you, but it helps me a lot to have a list of what I need.

 

[black_cat]

@black_cat do you want me to provide you with a list of everything you will need? IDK if that helps you, but it helps me a lot to have a list of what I need.

I missed this! Yes, that would be amazing, but if it's too much trouble, please don't.

 

[black_cat]

It's been a while...I still don't have a fish, so I made myself this 'fish tank'. It was very fun to make and I figured I'd post it here.

(I'd NEVER put a real fish in this small a space, don't worry)

 

[HappyClucker7]

It's been a while...I still don't have a fish, so I made myself this 'fish tank'. It was very fun to make and I figured I'd post it here.
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(I'd NEVER put a real fish in this small a space, don't worry)

Aww, that's really cute!

 

[black_cat]

Aww, that's really cute!

This is what happens when I'm home sick all day and I have nothing left to do Hopefully it can be replaced with a real tank at some point.