Recent content by Emily Grace

Thanks! Do you have any fin rot cure water conditioners you reccomend? Im not sure what that means

Thanks!! That makes a lot more sense than 100% changes.

Hello- I’ve got a pet smart half moon beta who’s almost about 3 years old. He has some fin rot that has failed to be treated by more frequent water changes, aquarium salt, or antibiotics (I did two rounds of metroplex as well as one of kanaplex, just to be sure I covered my bases). As of now...

for fin rot I’ve tried: just increasing water changes, water changes and aquarium salt, maracyn two, salt baths, two rounds of metroplex (one in his food, one in water), one round of kanaplex (in water) to make sure I covered all my bases, and seachem paraguard. The maracyn two I used a little...

What is the benefit of a hospital tank if there’s already just the one fish in there? I’d only have moved him from a 5 gal to a 2.5 gal.

Update: I also have some Indian almond leaves in the tank, and my roommate says she fed him for three days while I was gone (she could definitely have over fed as I didn’t leave any instructions for that, but the problem started before I left)

My half moon Betta, Crescent, has had some chronic fin rot on and off for the better part of a year. This is very long, but I am desperate. Please help! While at first I made some beginners mistakes with an unfiltered and too small tank, he’s been in a cycled 5 gallon for all but maybe a month...

Great, thank you everyone!

I am in the process of cycling a five gal aquarium with betta fish in the tank. I’m using some aquarium test strips to frequently check the water to ensure Nitrites don’t get too high (thanks to this forum for helping me figure out how to do all this!) I’ve noticed while doing these tests that...

Thank you everyone for all the advice! I feel like every fish blog ive perused has contradictory advice on what you should do, and I’ve now learned the hard way you can’t just trust big pet stores. I’ve really felt like I just don’t know what to do but I think I’m on the right track to giving my...

Thank you so much for all your help!! I did have one more question I’ve been wondering about, when doing really big water changes is it better to leave your fish in the tank, or take them out first. My fish seems to be equally stressed in either scenario.