You’re standing there with a cricket dangling from your tweezers, looking at your bearded dragon like a disappointed parent watching their kid refuse vegetables at dinner. Except this time, your kid is refusing everything. The roaches? Nope. The greens? Not happening. That fancy fruit you bought? Forget about it. Welcome to the world of bearded…
Look, I know what you’re thinking. You saw that gorgeous betta fish at the pet store, sitting in a tiny cup, and the employee said something like “Oh yeah, bettas are super easy! They can live in a bowl, no equipment needed.” That’s the same kind of advice that led me to kill my first…
Look, I’m not here to shame anyone who’s kept a betta in a bowl. I did it too. We all did. Those pet store displays with the cute little bowls and the plants on top made it seem like bettas were basically aquatic houseplants that needed nothing but water and occasional feeding. Turns out we…
Look, I’m going to be straight with you: setting up a betta tank is like childproofing a house, except your toddler has flowing fins that cost $20 and can tear on literally anything. I learned this the hard way when I bought what I thought was the coolest castle decoration from the pet store. My…
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So you’re scrolling through fish pics online and suddenly a pink betta shows up on your feed. Your brain does a double-take. Pink? Like, actual cotton-candy pink? Here’s the thing: pink bettas are basically the unicorns of the fish world. They’re ridiculously rare, super confusing, and half the time what people call “pink” isn’t even…
Look, we need to talk about something that’s been bothering me for years. You walk into any pet store and there they are—beautiful bettas swimming in tiny plastic cups like they’re at some kind of underwater prison. And right next to them? Those “cute” one-gallon tanks shaped like lightbulbs or flower vases. The store employee…
Look, I need to tell you something that’s going to sound crazy. That filter cartridge the company tells you to replace every month? You shouldn’t be changing it at all. Not for months. Maybe not for years. I know, I know. The package says monthly replacement. The pet store employee probably told you the same…
You know that feeling when you walk into a pet store and see a betta fish that makes you stop dead in your tracks? That’s exactly what happened to me when I first saw a royal blue betta with fins that looked like flowing silk in an underwater breeze. Blue bettas aren’t just fish –…
Picture this: you walk over to check on your beautiful betta, and instead of their usual sassy greeting, they’re hanging out at the bottom of the tank looking like they just got hit by a truck. You grab your test kit (because you’re a responsible fish parent), and boom – ammonia levels are through the…
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