Recent content by MaryLyn

Yaay -- my betta's been home from the "hospital" for four days now, and doing okay after a regimen of antibiotics. At first, he seemed wary of all the new bowl stuff (heater and two live plants) and went to eat the food pellets but spit them up everytime he tried them, for three days. Then...

Thanks again. He's improving -- 5th day today on antibiotics for some kind of bacterial infection. Maybe his resistance was down from the cold? Maybe something got into the open-topped bowl? I have no idea how a betta could get a bacterial infection, and would certainly like to avoid it. To...

Thanks all, for the tips on my sick betta. I was on my way out this morning for some bloodworms and a water check, when I saw that in addition to everything else, his stomach was bloated. So, I packed him up too, and was fortunate to run into his breeeder. He said no ick, no fluke, water again...

My male betta is about a year old, and was very healthy until late December. Tank size about 1 1/2 gallons which I fill to about 1 gallon. My water balance has been checked a few times by the pet store and was a-okay. I think temperature is the problem. When it got colder this winter, I...