SushiTheFemaleBetta
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Hello everyone,
I have a female betta (about a year and a half) that I raised from a fry named Sushi. I absolutely love her. She lives in a 10 gallon filtered and heated tank with an abundant amount of live plants. I am very diligent about water changes and the water quality is almost perfect (I test it weekly). I stupidly thought (human error on my part) that I could introduce some neon tetras to the tank, having done research and hearing good reviews about their compatibility. Well today I introduced 7 tetras, all of which I thought were healthy upon inspection at Petco (never buying there again), and all hell broke loose. I did separate one when I got home, as his spine looked weird (something I noticed once in the bag). Upon studying them with Sushi, after introducing the healthy ones, I realized one had two tiny white dots on his dorsal fin. I freaked out and immediately separated all the tetras in a separate 2.5 gallon tank. I'm so freaked out that they could have infected Sushi's tank water , even though the tetras were only in the tank about 5 minutes at most. Is this enough time to spread ICH or maybe neon tetra disease? Also, to continue this horror story Sushi had obliterated one of the tetras by ripping him to shreds. Luckily for Sushi, this tetra was not the one with the white spots and the bent spine tetra was separated, as I know that for Neon Tetra Disease to spread a healthy fish has to ingest a sick one. Does that mean she's less at risk? I thought she was docile, as she loves my mystery snails and never bothers them. I just hate myself for killing that poor little Tetra and if Sushi does contract something, I will never forgive myself. I will be returning the tetras tomorrow, as I have no means to keep them without my 10 gallon. My question is, how much of risk is my betta of contracting something? Only one of the 8 tetras had the white spots (only two on the dorsal fin) and one other had a bent spine. I have added stress zyme to her tank. Also, how many days do I wait to know if she's contracted something? Here are pics of Sushi and her tank for reference on her environment. I have also attached a picture of the tetra with the white spots. What do you think?
Thank you !!
I have a female betta (about a year and a half) that I raised from a fry named Sushi. I absolutely love her. She lives in a 10 gallon filtered and heated tank with an abundant amount of live plants. I am very diligent about water changes and the water quality is almost perfect (I test it weekly). I stupidly thought (human error on my part) that I could introduce some neon tetras to the tank, having done research and hearing good reviews about their compatibility. Well today I introduced 7 tetras, all of which I thought were healthy upon inspection at Petco (never buying there again), and all hell broke loose. I did separate one when I got home, as his spine looked weird (something I noticed once in the bag). Upon studying them with Sushi, after introducing the healthy ones, I realized one had two tiny white dots on his dorsal fin. I freaked out and immediately separated all the tetras in a separate 2.5 gallon tank. I'm so freaked out that they could have infected Sushi's tank water , even though the tetras were only in the tank about 5 minutes at most. Is this enough time to spread ICH or maybe neon tetra disease? Also, to continue this horror story Sushi had obliterated one of the tetras by ripping him to shreds. Luckily for Sushi, this tetra was not the one with the white spots and the bent spine tetra was separated, as I know that for Neon Tetra Disease to spread a healthy fish has to ingest a sick one. Does that mean she's less at risk? I thought she was docile, as she loves my mystery snails and never bothers them. I just hate myself for killing that poor little Tetra and if Sushi does contract something, I will never forgive myself. I will be returning the tetras tomorrow, as I have no means to keep them without my 10 gallon. My question is, how much of risk is my betta of contracting something? Only one of the 8 tetras had the white spots (only two on the dorsal fin) and one other had a bent spine. I have added stress zyme to her tank. Also, how many days do I wait to know if she's contracted something? Here are pics of Sushi and her tank for reference on her environment. I have also attached a picture of the tetra with the white spots. What do you think?
Thank you !!
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