Betta With Whitespot

[-L-O-T-T-E-]

what you looking at? You'll need to wait at least 4 weeks after the last spot is gone before adding anything too.

Even if I don't use meds??

Do you think I should hold off doing anything?? x

 

[indigoj]

Yes, make sure the disease has completely gone or you will run the risk of new fish getting sick. I'd still do a water change and bump up the temp.

What fish are you thinking of?

 

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Oh sorry and the fish hehe

Don't get mad if I still have it wrong!!

But this is what I think I am gonna have in the end

1 x Betta (Rufus)
1 or maybe 2 x ADF (I already have one called Piccolo)
3 x mollies
5 x danio's or tetra's
3 x peppered corys (just need to look into these and see if they are pygmy)

What you think? I hope you like as I have spent ages looking around x x

 

[indigoj]

Mollies get too big I'm afraid and danios need more swimming space. Tetras you might get away with BUT it will depend on the betta- he might eat them.

Peppered corys are not pygmy you need to look for Habrosus - I've seen them regularly in BAS they are about half the size of other corys.

 

[-L-O-T-T-E-]

Mollies get too big I'm afraid and danios need more swimming space. Tetras you might get away with BUT it will depend on the betta- he might eat them.

Peppered corys are not pygmy you need to look for Habrosus - I've seen them regularly in BAS they are about half the size of other corys.

EEK tetras it is then

Ah I wasn't sure... but thanks for telling me

 

[Curiosity101]

Or the tetras may eat him...or at least have a nibble. Considering they're reccommended for 40l or above...I'd say putting already nippy fish into a 30l with a betta...
I wouldn't do it.

 

[indigoj]

hmmm... depends on the tetra too.

 

[Curiosity101]

I'd do it if I had somewhere safe to put the tetras if either they or the betta decided they were't going to get along.

But even as a holding tank I think they'd really really suffer in a 7l...unless it was literally overnight. So for example no matter which day or time of day they turned (if either betta or tetra did), then you'd need to be able to remove them and re-home/take them back to the shop either that day or at the very latest the next day.

 

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Hmmmmm I have just noticed like a white/yellowish sack under my betta's belly

 

[indigoj]

pic? may be worth having a read on the betta section too.

 

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pic? may be worth having a read on the betta section too.

Hmmmmm I have just tried.... but he has got his long fin over it

He is very active and eating etc etc. It may have always been there but, maybe I didn't notice before!!

 

[LauraFrog]

What have you been feeding him? I've seen white poo.

Bettas are not the easiest fish to choose tankmates for. The problem is their long, flowing fins. A lot of small fish find these absolutely irresistible and will nibble on them. This stresses out the betta. Often he will respond by attacking them, which will stress the little fish. Bettas have definitely been known to attack, kill and even attempt to eat small fish like tetras.
I agree that peppered corys are too large for that tank, they really need a lot of surface area at the bottom to patrol. Your best option there is pygmy corys. There are three true pygmy cory species - Corydoras pygmaeus, C. hastatus and C. habrosus. My personal preference is C. habrosus because of its pretty markings, but any of them are small, playful and lively.

Mollies I wouldn't recommend, because they need considerably more space, and also their water requirements are very different from the water you've got (and the other fish need.) You might be able to keep platys, if you can find a dwarf strain you could have four or maybe five (with the 3 pygmy corys, betta and 2 ADFs.) They are extremely colourful and easy to keep, but make absolutely sure that the ones you are buying are plump and not skinny. THe ones that are thin and flat bellied have either parasites or TB, and are swimming time bombs.

Tetras and bettas are usually a no no. The smaller and leaner ones are okay in your tank (like rummynoses, neons, embers, glowlights and black neons) but they might go for the betta. I've kept a betta with ember tetras, but I was kind of surprised that tank worked out. I have eight embers and a betta in there.
Bigger tetras need more space and are usually quite nippy, especially if kept in groups of less than ten or fifteen (which clearly wouldn't fit in your tank.)

If you want to keep midwater schoolers with a betta, harlequin rasboras are probably your best option. They are almost never a problem kept with bettas, unless the betta is obnoxious and attacks them (and if yours would, he'd probably have gone for the frog by now.)

You could probably have 3x pygmy cory, 1x betta, 2x platy, 2x ADF and 4x harlequin in that tank (or skip the platys and make it 7x harlequin), with very good maintenance (50% water changes once or twice a week.) Add them over a few months, because this is technically overstocking.

As for the spots... probably best to wait and see, but it's probably the point in the life cycle where it's dormant.

 

[pippoodle]

javanese rice fish make a nice companion in a small tank for bettas and are very placed - they are white (nearly see through ) and have pretty blue eyes
Harlequin rasboras , platys as mentioned above are also good

If getting frogs make sure you do get the African dwarf variety and not african clawed - DO NOT get an albino frog as these are the clawed ones

for small corys the pygmy species are , pygmaeus , hasbrosus and hastatus most lfs can order them in if they havent got them already

JUST wait 4 weeks after you have no spots to add more fish as advised above

cheers sarah x

 

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Well guys thanks for all ur help.... touch wood I think I have managed to get rid of the white spot without having to use any medicine (just water changes and upped the heat).

However I think I have got fin rot now

The water quality is still good... I added aquarium salt on Thurs and now the catfish has chunks missing out of her fins