Recent content by CrazyBettaLady

Another update: The salt I added appears to have killed some of my large-ish young snails. It's not that big of a deal for me because I have a bunch, but I have to clean out the bodies now.

Alright, so an update: I've been watching him over the last few days after putting pink salt in his tank, and his fins have unclamped and his swelling appears to be going down. Briefly, it did look like dropsy, but it didn't progress very far. I did another 75% water change the other night, and...

Yeah, he's an old boy, but I still love him ❤️. I'm lucky to have him for as long as I have, I know bettas don't live more than about 5 years. I'd like to see him live that long, which is why I want to help him get better.

Quote from McGill University, Would any of that be dangerous to my fish?

Thanks! One last question, would Himalayan Pink Salt work? I'd like to put in some salt before I leave for the day, but I don't have any of my aqaurium salt here. If it won't work, I'll pick up my bag from my parent's later today.

I changed out 75% of the water. I don't have any peas or aquarium salt but I should be able to get some tomorrow.

I have cured dropsy before, so it is possible, just hard. His one fin got torn open on a plant, which is why it's split in two and then the two splits are clamped on the one side. The rest of his body exhibits no swelling, it is only in his belly (hence I'm thinking constipation). I haven't seen...

His scales are slightly pineconed, but only where his belly is swollen. The rest of his scales are still flat. I got him and Joan on 12/20/18, so he would technically (assuming all male bettas are sold at one year of age) be around 2.83 years old right now. I fed him two pellets of food last...

Hello fellow fish lovers, my betta Fancy Dan has gotten sick recently and I could use some help determining what it is. Symptoms: Slight loss of color Clamped fins Slight swelling in belly/anus Tank Params: Size: 2.5G Free Ammonia: 0.03 ppm, I think GH: 30 mg/L KH: slightly less than 40 mg/L...

So an update on my moss, it's moved to the holes surrounding the middle one and is growing nicely. Will I be able to remove it without killing it so I could put it on some other object, or should I just let it grow into the tank divider?

Okay, well I'm cool with letting it grow as long as it isn't dangerous. It won't hurt any of my fish/snails, right?