Recent content by peacockbetta

:o I have a 10 gallon with 5 females bettas, 2 little cory cats, 1 big apple snail & lots of ghost shrimps (I think 6 or 7 of them). I just discovered today that one of my betta is bloated up like a pine cone. I'm in shock and don't know where this came from. The last time I added anything...

Hmmmmm..... That's good news.... The bettas aren't getting any new white spots. (sigh of relief) There is this white dust on the bottom of the tank: dead planarias if they aren't ICH creatures. I wonder where the planarias are coming from. I've totally rationed out the fish food and suck up...

I feel like I'm at my wits end. About 17 days ago, I purchased a pretty little turquoise girl betta from Walmart. Now please don't everyone pile on me at the same time, but I was too excited and didn't quarantine her and added her to my main tank. Two days later, little white spots started to...

Not having any luck finding BettaMax. Took pictures but too hard to see the blotches. Actually pretty hard to see the blotches in person anyway.

How long do pregnant bettas stay pregnant? I'm not breeding her so I'm just letting it run its course. One of my betta girls got full of eggs shortly after I got her. I think she dropped / passed some of them because I saw some floating slime bubble strings. Then she got slightly thinner after...

After doing some research, I think those little white hairs are Planaria. I had to look closely to see that they were **indeed** moving. Could the little parasites have a direct link to my male betta's sickness? I will have to go back to my LPS to double check for Betta Max. I didn't think it...

Thank you Nidge and Angel Lady for your help. I'll try to get pictures up as soon as I find my darn camera.

Went and got Melafix and Bettafix from my LPS. Found out that they both have the same active ingredient so will be returning Bettafix. Took some water samples from tank to test and the girl there said all was OK. Treated my guy in his own seperate freshly cleaned salted spring water 2 GAL bowl...

Yesterday I was at Walmart and getting medicine for my betta, and I saw the most disturbing thing. I always check out the betta cups just to see if there is any new fishes, but what I saw made my stomach turn and my blood boil. There was two bettas with serious obvious diseases. One had a...

Well, it's not really "white & cottony" as I've read fungus to be, but it may be gray (since his body is dark red/black and the spots are lighter) and patchy. I'll see if I can take a picture. In the past couple of days before this betta incident, I have seen some tiny white hair-like (not...

I just noticed today that my male betta has some small blotchy, lighter color, fuzzy patches/spots on the right side of his body. I have quarantined him. His behavior seems normal, but I'm worried that this condition might get worste. He's acting kinda pissed off, probably to be back in the...

I've read that adding alittle salt into my fresh water tank will benefit my fishes, but I've also read that some plants can't handle salt. I have a small bunch of cabomba and a few of this other plant that I can't remember the name. It's grass-like with tall, stiff leaves (bi-colored: green with...

I had the same problem. When I finally got it working, I thought I was gonna suck up more than 20% of the water before I got anything clean. Thank goodness I don't have to do it again for another week or so. Good Luck! -PeacockBetta

I bought a gravel cleaner at the advice of the fish store person (the tank water was cloudy then) and read somewhere that I should keep the gravel thin and stir it everyday (since I'm a beginner). However, I also have a few aquatic plants that I've tried to placed aesthetcially in my tank, but...

Thank goodness! I was worried that it would be hopelessly fatal. But she seemed to be handling it well, still zooming thru the water (she's pretty fast for a snail) and munching on a piece of carrot I dropped down there. I'm gonna take care of this calcium thing. Thanks for your help, Teelie...