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1) PH - Alkaline Alkilinitya - high Chlorine - safe Hardness - very hard Nitrate 2 - safe Nitrate 3 - safe Ammonia - unknown (sorry) 2) 2.5 gallon 3) Yes 4) 1 year 5) Yes (50% water change on January 5, 2019)

My friend has two betta fish. One of them died today. We can’t figure out what’s going on so I seek help here. The symptoms are: -not eating (it’s been a week now) -swim bladder -stays at the bottom of the tank and only goes up for air My friend has tried everything, epsom salt baths, treated...

Hi everyone! It’s been a while, and I’m sure everyone wants to know what’s happened since. I did not medicate Periwinkle or deworm him at all. One night, I discovered that beefheart can cause white feces in fish if you feed them too much. I fed Periwinkle beefheart because when I first bought...

Thank you everyone for your help! I’ve changed my plan and decided to treat him in his main tank because of what IHaveADogToo said. For his medication, I’m planning to use Hikari PraziPro. Does anyone know if this is any good for internal parasites? Or does anyone have a better medication? I...

Thank you! I think what I will do is take a picture of the stringy poo hanging from him the next time I see it and post it here on this thread. I don’t think Periwinkle got the internal parasite from the store, which is a chain store (I got him from PetSmart) because his poop wasn’t stringy like...

Thank you so much for the help! I apologize for not replying immediately. Yes I do have a gravel vac and his behavior hasn’t changed from the day I got him. He’s really active and he loves to eat. Though, he does take often rests. I assume that’s probably because he has large fins and it weighs...

I think my betta fish, Periwinkle, has internal parasites. One day I came home from school to see that he has stringy white poo. However, that’s the only symptom I see. I’m a beginner, so I thought it’s better to seek help from more experienced fishkeepers. He’s in a 10 gallon by himself...