Heya everyone I'm new here and to Reddit in general I joined purely from trying to do research for our new little friend.
For context we're paranoid and concerned already as our first friend, a Christmas gift for my daughter, sadly didn't make it in his transition from shop to home life.
So, our tank is 9L, heated (and currently has been steady with 24-25 degrees C for days), filtered with an over the tank set up (little waterfall happening at the top for water to go back into the tank), I don't have the two tests strips we did before his entrance and then afterwards but it tests multiple things (I'm strip illiterate here) and the colour matching shows all good stuff compared to the chart. The tank has been cycled/cycling for four days now (since Xmas eve morning) as per the instructions on our droplet bottles, he's got the tank all to himself, and has quite happily had a feed (only a tiny amount given) of flakes once he was zooming about comfortably after his transfer.
He's been hanging out now for a few hours, exploring and swimming around, also hiding in one of the plants for a bit, and seems to be further exploring and slowing down for a rest here and there. Given that he only came home today, got transferred slowly over time to the big new home, getting used to new surroundings we're keeping a hawks eye on him to want to ensure he's doing okay and is healthy and happy.
I had bettas as a kid and knew nothing about caring for them, now here as an adult with a kiddo that is in love with her new friend already I'm already in overprotective Mumma mode with this little fish and I think if he blinks strange (I know he doesn't blink) I'll probably cry.
So, any thoughts on if he seems to be settling in okay would be much appreciated.
Posted by Creepy_Influence5486