tierneynel
New Member
I sadly lost my betta earlier this month. He had been struggling with severe fin rot which was improving and his behaviour was back to normal and we had good regrowth. I went on holiday for 5 days and had a family member to come in and care for him, sadly one of our shrimps passed and had gone unnoticed which lead to him becoming very poorly again.
This leads me to my next question, Iāve left the empty tank running but (if Iām being honest) have nothing kept up with water quality since itās empty. I will be buying another betta but will also be purchasing a tanks worth of water from the aquatics store. Iām just wondering whether I would still need to cycle this water and whether or not I should replace the old filter as I donāt want to risk infecting the new betta.
Hope that makes sense.
This leads me to my next question, Iāve left the empty tank running but (if Iām being honest) have nothing kept up with water quality since itās empty. I will be buying another betta but will also be purchasing a tanks worth of water from the aquatics store. Iām just wondering whether I would still need to cycle this water and whether or not I should replace the old filter as I donāt want to risk infecting the new betta.
Hope that makes sense.