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damn thank you so much. ill stop using it immediately and only use it during salt baths. i know theres a lot of bad info out there but geeze, ive ran into that salt one a lot 😭

haha i also realize i said the first time i add EVERY water change but i meant my big ones, I add it when i do my big water change once a month. i do 20% weekely and then at the end of the month i do a 40% and wring out my filters and do big maintenance (trimming plants, gravel vac etc) and...

Oh gosh I dont add enough to make it "brackish". I just do 1tsp per 10g, its supposed to help with slime coat production and prevent disease etc. read my reply below, but i may be running off bad information.

I have always added a tiny bit of aquarium salt to my tanks, i dont do it every water change but here and there (since salt doesn't evaporate). It helps kill parasites, promote healthy gill function, reduces osmotic pressure, reduces stress, and helps slime coat production which further helps...

noo i got them from a friend of mine who breeds bettas in flordia. she usually produces super nice spawns but maybe this one just wasnt right, im going to message her to see if any of her other bettas from that clutch were defective!

Thank you soo much for the detailed response!!! I already use salt prophylacticly in all of my aquariums (add every water change) but will treat it with an antibiotic. since the first death i have not had a single problem with any of my other fish, which is why i was leaning genetic , but i...

thank you @Rocky998 :) yea ive seen @Colin_T and @emeraldking mentioned a lot in other posts, i'm newer so im guessing they know a lot. hopefully they can help. and thank you!

literally looks like one if my females... ive also been dosing w kanaplex and nothing.

also should mention this is a very heavily planted, filtered, 20g long

I have a very very peaceful, all female sorority, 4 of the bettas are sisters. i had a fith fish from the same spawn but she died of a weird ailment, inactivity and her fins started disappearing. she also had a weird deformity in her face, almost where it looked sunkin in under her chin, and her...

My wild betta Hendra and Channoides breed like crazy. Ones a mouth brooder and the other is a bubble nester. The dads take care of the fry and moms dont eat them from my experience. so they can just be left to grow out in the tank, just feed bbs.

Also not a fan of neon tetras! They fin nip and die, and always come with diseases I feel like. My unpopular opinion- Nerite snails are the worst.