I woke up to find my halfmoon Bastien, losing his dorsal fin. I did a 50% water change and cut out a plastic plant that could have been causing the problem. An hour ago I checked on him again and its only gotten worst.
I just went out to the pet store and bought some Maracyn and a gallon...
This is what i bough from petsmart, the only pet store we have where i live that has live plants already
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Sorry I forgot to add that it is a 5 gallon tank, with filter and heater, i've thought about going to petco and doing a gallon change daily with their water but i dont know if that would be safe for my betta. I'm using algae control was when I first set up my tank i didnt really take full...
I've been waiting and fishless cycling my tank for several months waiting for this summer to help him get settled. I tested my water just a few days before getting him and the ammonia was virtually nonexistent and just in 24 hours the ammonia level is between stress and harmful. I did a full...