Can you please help? I've had my beta fish, Archie, for 2 yrs and he's been doing great. A few days ago, he started staying afloat and looks swollen. He can't swim around very well.I change water once a week/ He is in a 2 gallon fish tank. thank much. He means a lot to me.
On 1/09/07, Caralyn wrote: > Can you please help? I've had my beta fish, Archie, > for 2 yrs and he's been doing great. A few days ago, > he started staying afloat and looks swollen. He can't swim > around very well.I change > water once a week/ He is in a 2 gallon fish tank. > thank much. He means a lot to me.
Constipation is a fairly common problem with fish. It can occur due to lack of variety in diet. The fish's stomach will be swollen due to its inability to defecate. This may cause problems with buoyancy (similar to swim bladder disorder, where the fish is unable to swim properly and floats at the surface). Initially it is not dangerous to the fish but after several days secondary problems can occur: bacterial infection, damage to the swim bladder, or internal fluid leakage.
Fast the fish for about 3 days. The lack of food will give the fish's stomach time to process and purge, allowing its swelling to go down. At the end of the third day, if the fish is still having difficulty, it may require a longer fasting period. A betta can, at extreme, survive for a month without food (this is part of natural survival technique) so do not fear not feeding your betta for a few days. They are very durable fish. At the end of the fasting period, if you really want to ensure the system is flushed out, you can feed a bite-size portion of a cooked and de-shelled green pea to the fish. Or, daphnia can work as a natural laxative. This, too, will help to purge out the system.
Giving the fish a soak in a salt bath can also work as a laxative.
Vary the fish's diet more. Provide enough plant material, or with carnivores feed more live/frozen foods and less processed foods. Skipping feeding one day a week may be beneficial, as can eliminating pelleted food and also adding daphnia to their diet.
Hey Everybody, just wanted to post back to tell you that Blue is nice and healthy. Yey!
He had another bout with fin rot, but doses of Maracyn 2 cleared that right up.
An interesting story: I took my fish home to Mississauga with me. My parents have this crazy reverse-osmosis filtration system going on in the house, and after I did a water change, Blue was depressed! He barely moved, save to breath, and he ate less and less each day! He didn't seem stressed at all, his fins weren't clamped, and his scales were not raised. He was healthy as a fish can be, but he was depressed...
Then I got him back and changed the water right away. He started eating again after a day, and he's much happier now. In fact, he blew a bubble nest the other day, and he's actively maintaining it!
Just wanted to pass a good story along, since most of what crosses these boards isn't exactly positive in nature :)
I have a Beta who is almost a year and a half old. He's currently in a filtered tank. He use to live in a round fish bowl with some marbles and a fake plant, however, maybe about two months ago I noticed he had developed a pop-eye. I went and got the Marycn and in the process of giving him his treatments he just seemed to get worse. (I followed the directions on the Marcyn to a 't'). He developed a body fungus and eventually I brought him home to ensure he was closely monitored by myself and my husband. (Yes, I'm pretty attached, he's such a doll). In any event I stopped the Marcyn treatments and within a week he appeared to be back to normal. He even started to create bubble nests so I brought him back to work. I switched him to a small filter tank a couple days after returning and I noticed he was back to his bubble nests even with the filter running. The only thing I noticed since this episode is when I use to put my finger to the side of the bowl, he would flare a little, but dart around. (No, I don't abuse my beta. I only did it everyone once in a blue moon to let him know I was there and saw him because it seemed like he was just staring out his bowl at me.) Now, he's cautiously swimming around the tank and I haven't seen any bubble nests in the last week (since his last changing). Is it possible my little buddy is blind? He seems healthy otherwise and has a good appetite. Should I be more concerned? I appreciate the feedback. Thank you!!
In my experience, my betta seems to undergo mood swings. Some days, he'll sit expressionlessly in his plant, staring at me while I work, and not even moving when I sit centimeters away from him... and other days, like today, he'll be so territorial and defensive of his plant that just my moving nearby would cause him to jump (metaphorically) out and flare at me :)
As long as he's eating ok, and can see food floating around, I think he or she would be fine...
(Just to round it out, my betta doesn't have a filter... small half gal tank)
I hope your fishy is doing better. As long as he's not missing his food, he's not going blind.
Mine are in filtered tanks and make their bubble nests, too. I think the move may simply have stressed him. It's pretty common for that to happen, too. aimee
On 1/12/07, Elisabeth wrote: > I have a Beta who is almost a year and a half old. He's > currently in a filtered tank. He use to live in a round fish > bowl with some marbles and a fake plant, however, maybe > about two months ago I noticed he had developed a pop-eye. I > went and got the Marycn and in the process of giving him his > treatments he just seemed to get worse. (I followed the > directions on the Marcyn to a 't'). He developed a body > fungus and eventually I brought him home to ensure he was > closely monitored by myself and my husband. (Yes, I'm pretty > attached, he's such a doll). In any event I stopped the > Marcyn treatments and within a week he appeared to be back > to normal. He even started to create bubble nests so I > brought him back to work. I switched him to a small filter > tank a couple days after returning and I noticed he was back > to his bubble nests even with the filter running. The only > thing I noticed since this episode is when I use to put my > finger to the side of the bowl, he would flare a little, but > dart around. (No, I don't abuse my beta. I only did it > everyone once in a blue moon to let him know I was there and > saw him because it seemed like he was just staring out his > bowl at me.) Now, he's cautiously swimming around the tank > and I haven't seen any bubble nests in the last week (since > his last changing). Is it possible my little buddy is blind? > He seems healthy otherwise and has a good appetite. Should I > be more concerned? I appreciate the feedback. Thank you!!
My classroom beta started swelling up. At first I thought it was constipation so I didn't feed him for several days, then tried giving him a part of a pea. His fins are not pineconing, and the swelling is worse on one side than the other.
I have given him Maracyn 2 for 5 days (today was the 6th day) and I have been adding Epsom salts at the rate of 1/16 a gallon a day. They helped at first, but now I think the bloat is back. Today, however, was the first day I fed him normally because he looked alright this morning.
Should I try medicated flakes or Tetracylcine? His movement pattern is normal, he's acting like himself, he just has that swelling on the side. I'm hoping since it went down originally when I started the treatment that it's not a tumor.
I don't know about daphnia. I wouldn't do the live food thing either-- could introduce parasites, maybe? Try feeding only peas for a few days. It's not a great source of nutrition for the little carnivore, but may relieve the constipation. keep me posted! I hate to use epsom for too long, too. Maybe just don't add any salt after a water change. aimee
On 2/06/07, May wrote: > Sushi loves to eat peas, but they're still not helping. He'll eat them > and get bigger but he still hasn't used the bathroom.... > > Do you know anything about daphnia? I've read that it relieves > constipation, but what kind should I use? I have to admit I'm a bit > creeped out about feeding him live food. > > -May > > > On 2/05/07, Aimee wrote: >> Hi May, >> >> Is he eating? If he is interested in food-- I really don't think that > he's got dropsy (which is >> what you'd want to treat with antibiotics for, even though it is > pretty much untreatable). I >> have had several bettas who had dropsy-- they stop swimming around and > stop eating >> and get bloated. I have had at least 2 with tumors-- they got larger > and larger-- definite >> tumors which made it look like they swallowed a marble (over time). > One of them lived for >> a while, about a year, like that-- I fed him peas and pellets, to be > sure he wouldn't get >> worse by overeating with all that swelling. The other one's tumor > reduced to normal! He's >> still around and eats peas and pellets regularly still. So, I think > you'd want to do the >> antibiotics only if he seems ill- not interested in much. The epsom > will help relieve the >> swelling-- I've only used up to 1/4 or so teaspoon in about 10 > gallons. So, an epsom bath >> I think would be dramatic and I don't believe it would help. I think > it would be harmful to >> do so much. >> >> Try feeding him baby food peas on a toothpick. That may help, or may > keep him 'regular' >> and thus more comfortable. >> >> Let me know if you have any other ??s or concerns, >> aimee >> >> On 2/05/07, May wrote: >>> Aimee- >>> >>> Sushi's bloat is getting worse. I left him for a week with another >>> teacher and now that I'm back it's terrible. >>> >>> Are there any antibiotics I can use with epsom salt? It still seems >>> to be the only thing that works but it's not working as quickly as >>> it used to. >>> >>> Also, should I try an epsom salt bath? What are the directions for that? >>> >>> Thank you, >>> May
Sushi seems to have leveled out, but he *still* has not used the bathroom. I found some freeze dried daphnia and tried that with the pea- nothing. I don't think that the epsom salts are really helping either, I stopped using them and he swells up and goes back down on his own.
I discovered that I had used too low a dosage of the Maracyn 2 when I tried it last. I'm thinking of trying again with it and Maracyn simultaneously.
I'm so frustrated by this. He still generally acts like his normal self, too. He has been less active lately but I think that's more to do with my not feeding him his usual food.
Could a tumor swell up this quickly?
So frustrated.
-May
On 2/08/07, Aimee wrote: > I don't know about daphnia. I wouldn't do the live food thing either-- could introduce > parasites, maybe? Try feeding only peas for a few days. It's not a great source of nutrition for > the little carnivore, but may relieve the constipation. > keep me posted! I hate to use epsom for too long, too. Maybe just don't add any salt after a > water change. > aimee > > On 2/06/07, May wrote: >> Sushi loves to eat peas, but they're still not helping. He'll eat them >> and get bigger but he still hasn't used the bathroom.... >> >> Do you know anything about daphnia? I've read that it relieves >> constipation, but what kind should I use? I have to admit I'm a bit >> creeped out about feeding him live food. >> >> -May >> >> >> On 2/05/07, Aimee wrote: >>> Hi May, >>> >>> Is he eating? If he is interested in food-- I really don't think that >> he's got dropsy (which is >>> what you'd want to treat with antibiotics for, even though it is >> pretty much untreatable). I >>> have had several bettas who had dropsy-- they stop swimming around and >> stop eating >>> and get bloated. I have had at least 2 with tumors-- they got larger >> and larger-- definite >>> tumors which made it look like they swallowed a marble (over time). >> One of them lived for >>> a while, about a year, like that-- I fed him peas and pellets, to be >> sure he wouldn't get >>> worse by overeating with all that swelling. The other one's tumor >> reduced to normal! He's >>> still around and eats peas and pellets regularly still. So, I think >> you'd want to do the >>> antibiotics only if he seems ill- not interested in much. The epsom >> will help relieve the >>> swelling-- I've only used up to 1/4 or so teaspoon in about 10 >> gallons. So, an epsom bath >>> I think would be dramatic and I don't believe it would help. I think >> it would be harmful to >>> do so much. >>> >>> Try feeding him baby food peas on a toothpick. That may help, or may >> keep him 'regular' >>> and thus more comfortable. >>> >>> Let me know if you have any other ??s or concerns, >>> aimee >>> >>> On 2/05/07, May wrote: >>>> Aimee- >>>> >>>> Sushi's bloat is getting worse. I left him for a week with another >>>> teacher and now that I'm back it's terrible. >>>> >>>> Are there any antibiotics I can use with epsom salt? It still seems >>>> to be the only thing that works but it's not working as quickly as >>>> it used to. >>>> >>>> Also, should I try an epsom salt bath? What are the directions for that? >>>> >>>> Thank you, >>>> May
We all know pets in the classroom are a GOOD THING, that's why we all have them. But why? What's your argument for it? If your principal wanted to abolish pets in your school, what would be your proof that these pets are helping kinds learn? What are they learning? What part of the standards are they covering? This is the topic I have chosen to research for my Master's program. I want to know what teachers out there are thinking. PLEASE share your thoughts!!
On 3/01/07, Janet wrote: > Guess what I did? I've always had Willy my desert tortoise in my > class, but as part of my research I've been having students bring > in their pets (cockatiels, rabbit, etc) for a day or two. But, get this, > I went out and bought two mice (females as yours)!!! We love, love > love them. They're named Lucy and Ethel. They are fascinating as > anything! Love it when they go around the wheel. They are a little > harder to keep clean, but, oh, the joy of watching their antics. > By the way, did you read the posting on Keeping the Cages Clean? > > On 2/15/07, Monica wrote: >> On 1/24/07, Janet wrote: >>> We all know pets in the classroom are a GOOD THING, that's >>> why we all have them. But why? What's your argument for it? >>> If your principal wanted to abolish pets in your school, >>> what would be your proof that these pets are helping kinds >>> learn? What are they learning? What part of the standards >>> are they covering? This is the topic I have chosen to >>> research for my Master's program. I want to know what >>> teachers out there are thinking. PLEASE share your >>> thoughts!! >> >> I currently teach 4th grade, and have 2 female mice for >> pets. I introduce them at the beginning of the school year >> as part of the first Science unit: the basic needs of >> animals. The class chooses their names (Miss Mimi and >> Snowflake) which lends a feeling ownership. I feel that >> having a classroom pet teaches important lessons in empathy >> and compassion, as well as science standards. They are also >> often a popular journal writing topic. When I take them >> home over a long vacation and don't bring them back right >> away, the students miss them and ask me daily when they will >> be back! To me this demonstrates that they are a positive >> part of my classroom environment.
>I am in 7th, we dont have pets, but in 6, and forth grade we had pets. in forth my teacher had hermitte crabs ((spell?)) and in sixth my teacher brought her bird in. it was fun to watch the bird fly around the cage. and some times as a treat if we got all our work done, she would let us hold him!!! In fourth grade, our teacher let some one every week take care of her hermittecrabs, we got to feed them, and some times put them on the tables and watch them crawl around. I think that having pets in a class room gets the kids excited for another day in school. AND THEY ARE FUN!!!!
On 3/04/07, i-have-two-bettas wrote: > On 3/01/07, Janet wrote: >> Guess what I did? I've always had Willy my desert tortoise in > my >> class, but as part of my research I've been having students > bring >> in their pets (cockatiels, rabbit, etc) for a day or two. But, > get this, >> I went out and bought two mice (females as yours)!!! We love, > love >> love them. They're named Lucy and Ethel. They are fascinating > as >> anything! Love it when they go around the wheel. They are a > little >> harder to keep clean, but, oh, the joy of watching their antics. >> By the way, did you read the posting on Keeping the Cages Clean? >> >> On 2/15/07, Monica wrote: >>> On 1/24/07, Janet wrote: >>>> We all know pets in the classroom are a GOOD THING, that's >>>> why we all have them. But why? What's your argument for it? >>>> If your principal wanted to abolish pets in your school, >>>> what would be your proof that these pets are helping kinds >>>> learn? What are they learning? What part of the standards >>>> are they covering? This is the topic I have chosen to >>>> research for my Master's program. I want to know what >>>> teachers out there are thinking. PLEASE share your >>>> thoughts!! >>> >>> I currently teach 4th grade, and have 2 female mice for >>> pets. I introduce them at the beginning of the school year >>> as part of the first Science unit: the basic needs of >>> animals. The class chooses their names (Miss Mimi and >>> Snowflake) which lends a feeling ownership. I feel that >>> having a classroom pet teaches important lessons in empathy >>> and compassion, as well as science standards. They are also >>> often a popular journal writing topic. When I take them >>> home over a long vacation and don't bring them back right >>> away, the students miss them and ask me daily when they will >>> be back! To me this demonstrates that they are a positive >>> part of my classroom environment. > > > > >>I am in 7th, we dont have pets, but in 6, and forth grade we had > pets. in forth my teacher had hermitte crabs ((spell?)) and in > sixth my teacher brought her bird in. it was fun to watch the > bird fly around the cage. and some times as a treat if we got all > our work done, she would let us hold him!!! In fourth grade, our > teacher let some one every week take care of her hermittecrabs, > we got to feed them, and some times put them on the tables and > watch them crawl around. I think that having pets in a class room > gets the kids excited for another day in school. AND THEY ARE > FUN!!!! > > -i-have-2-bettas
I am searching for a classroom pet. Chinchillas look cute, but they are nocturnal and I read they can get stressed out in a classroom. I have a third grade class. Does anybody have any suggestions?
KOn 7/08/09, kevin wrote: > I had a chinchilla in my special ed classroom for years. Then > I moved to first grade. The kids loved Chip and he seemed very > happy in our room. The animal helpers for that week would give > him his dust bath every day. He loved it. Sadly he passed > away a few years ago. He was a great pet! > > &g...See MoreOn 7/08/09, kevin wrote: > I had a chinchilla in my special ed classroom for years. Then > I moved to first grade. The kids loved Chip and he seemed very > happy in our room. The animal helpers for that week would give > him his dust bath every day. He loved it. Sadly he passed > away a few years ago. He was a great pet! > > > > On 1/25/09, some one you will never meet... haha... laugh... > giggle wrote: >> On 2/06/07, Susan wrote: >>> I am searching for a classroom pet. Chinchillas look >>> cute, but they are nocturnal and I read they can get >>> stressed out in a classroom. I have a third grade class. >>> Does anybody have any suggestions? >> Well, my mother had a chinchilla in her classroom, they do >> get stressed out by all the people and noise in the >> surrounding areas. i would not get a chinchilla for a >> classroom... the kids will just annoy it and it can not get >> that hot in a chinchilla cage. Also, they have fragile >> bones and could get diabetes. They do not like to be held >> and could bite the kids. I am a chinchilla rescue agency so >> i know a lot about chinchillas.
KathyOn 7/08/09, kevin wrote: > I had a chinchilla in my special ed classroom for years. Then > I moved to first grade. The kids loved Chip and he seemed very > happy in our room. The animal helpers for that week would give > him his dust bath every day. He loved it. Sadly he passed > away a few years ago. He was a great pet! > > &g...See MoreOn 7/08/09, kevin wrote: > I had a chinchilla in my special ed classroom for years. Then > I moved to first grade. The kids loved Chip and he seemed very > happy in our room. The animal helpers for that week would give > him his dust bath every day. He loved it. Sadly he passed > away a few years ago. He was a great pet! > > > > On 1/25/09, some one you will never meet... haha... laugh... > giggle wrote: >> On 2/06/07, Susan wrote: >>> I am searching for a classroom pet. Chinchillas look >>> cute, but they are nocturnal and I read they can get >>> stressed out in a classroom. I have a third grade class. >>> Does anybody have any suggestions? >> Well, my mother had a chinchilla in her classroom, they do >> get stressed out by all the people and noise in the >> surrounding areas. i would not get a chinchilla for a >> classroom... the kids will just annoy it and it can not get >> that hot in a chinchilla cage. Also, they have fragile >> bones and could get diabetes. They do not like to be held >> and could bite the kids. I am a chinchilla rescue agency so >> i know a lot about chinchillas.
I bought a chinchilla for a classroom pet but ended up keeping him at home. They are lightning fast; picture trying to capture a wild squirrel in your room if it ever got loose. They are delicate. They are nocturnal, and really need to sleep during the day. They are actually the perfect pet if you do work all day, because they are ready to play at about 7:30 p.m. They can't tolerate heat above 75 degrees F. Not a good classroom pet.
I have a little problem,I got this power filter and it makes bubbles at the top, and my beta got mad and puff out his gills and he sometimes attacks the tank.I dont what to do Please help..................
He'll probably be fine. Let him get used to it. If it looks like he's going to hurt himself and the filter isn't necessary, turn it off but he'll adjust.
On 2/07/07, Jeremy Butler wrote: > I have a little problem,I got this power filter and it > makes bubbles at the top, and my beta got mad and puff out > his gills and he sometimes attacks the tank.I dont what to > do Please help..................
Make sure it's not too much for him-- turbulence. It's ok if he's a little agressive, just not to be preoccupied with it all the time. Remove what's making him flare.
aimee
On 2/07/07, Jeremy Butler wrote: > I have a little problem,I got this power filter and it > makes bubbles at the top, and my beta got mad and puff out > his gills and he sometimes attacks the tank.I dont what to > do Please help..................
I have a beta, he seems to be having a problem with the back half of him. He just sits at the top of the tank next to the glass. His tail and the back half of his body is up and seems to be swollen. He is on my desk in a 2 gallon tank with a filter. he has been there for 2 years.
I put him in a smaller bowl....did the pea thing....I do not think he ever ate them. Unless he ate them off the bottom. He did have a bowl movement though. Added the Epsom Salt. Not sure how often to add though.
He still has a problem, he is usually in a zig zag position. tail at the top. Just sits there. Seems to be worse after I feed him in the morning. He is on my desk at work so he usually only eats Monday - Friday 2 pellats each day. He seemed to start having this problem after I went on vacation @ Christmas, I bought those 7 day beta blocks. Gave him one the day i left and had someone give him another a week later. Not sure if that caused this issue.
Any more advise?
On 2/12/07, Aimee wrote: > Salt at 1/2 teaspoon per gallon is recommended for freshwater fish (softens the hard > water and helps fight off bad bacteria). Epsom may be a good solution for your betta. > 1/8 teaspoon per gallon or up to 1/4 after a day or so. > > Try that if the peas aren't working. > > aimee > > On 2/12/07, chris wrote: >> I do no use any salt, have never heard of this. I thought >> betas were fresh water fish. >> >> I have not been very successful getting him to eat the peas. >> Any ideas? >> >> On 2/08/07, Aimee wrote: >>> Could be constipation-- try feeding him baby food peas on a >> toothpick for a >>> couple days and check to see if he has any bowel movements. >>> >>> If you normally use salt (aquarium salt), do a water change >> with only the >>> conditioner/dechlorinator (you don't want him to absorb any >> more water than >>> necessary). >>> Is he eating normally? >>> >>> aimee m >>> >>> On 2/08/07, chris wrote: >>>> I have a beta, he seems to be having a problem with the >>>> back half of him. He just sits at the top of the tank >>>> next to the glass. His tail and the back half of his body >>>> is up and seems to be swollen. He is on my desk in a 2 >>>> gallon tank with a filter. he has been there for 2 years. >>>> >>>> Any advise?
On 4/03/07, Chris wrote: > I put him in a smaller bowl....did the pea thing....I do not think > he ever ate them. Unless he ate them off the bottom. He did have > a bowl movement though. Added the Epsom Salt. Not sure how often > to add though. > > He still has a problem, he is usually in a zig zag position. tail > at the top. Just sits there. Seems to be worse after I feed him > in the morning. He is on my desk at work so he usually only eats > Monday - Friday 2 pellats each day. He seemed to start having > this problem after I went on vacation @ Christmas, I bought those > 7 day beta blocks. Gave him one the day i left and had someone > give him another a week later. Not sure if that caused this issue. > > Any more advise? > > > On 2/12/07, Aimee wrote: >> Salt at 1/2 teaspoon per gallon is recommended for freshwater > fish (softens the hard >> water and helps fight off bad bacteria). Epsom may be a good > solution for your betta. >> 1/8 teaspoon per gallon or up to 1/4 after a day or so. >> >> Try that if the peas aren't working. >> >> aimee >> >> On 2/12/07, chris wrote: >>> I do no use any salt, have never heard of this. I thought >>> betas were fresh water fish. >>> >>> I have not been very successful getting him to eat the peas. >>> Any ideas? >>> >>> On 2/08/07, Aimee wrote: >>>> Could be constipation-- try feeding him baby food peas on a >>> toothpick for a >>>> couple days and check to see if he has any bowel movements. >>>> >>>> If you normally use salt (aquarium salt), do a water change >>> with only the >>>> conditioner/dechlorinator (you don't want him to absorb any >>> more water than >>>> necessary). >>>> Is he eating normally? >>>> >>>> aimee m >>>> >>>> On 2/08/07, chris wrote: >>>>> I have a beta, he seems to be having a problem with the >>>>> back half of him. He just sits at the top of the tank >>>>> next to the glass. His tail and the back half of his body >>>>> is up and seems to be swollen. He is on my desk in a 2 >>>>> gallon tank with a filter. he has been there for 2 years. >>>>> >>>>> Any advise?
I recently purchased four very healthy betas (they're in those double tanks with the glass between them). One came down with this horrible fuzzy fungus that's begun to cover all of their bodies. I've put them all into completely different bowls, changed the water, and put in "BettaFix" with melaleuca (recommended by a pet store). The one who first had it died, the second is NOT getting any better and now another one has come down with it! What do I do? These are absoluetely gorgeous bettas! The fourth one doesn't have it yet, but I'm putting that stuff in its water just in case. What else can I do??? Please Help!
Sounds like columnaris. It's also called "body fungus" but is not a fungus-- it's bacterial, which means you need to treat with antibiotics. Add aquarium salt as well-- I'd use 1 teaspoon per gallon of water during treatment-- helps to attack the bacteria and hopefully kill some disease off-- (normal is 1/2 teaspoon per gallon of Aquarium salt, get it at the pet store).
What's the water temp? Cooler is better to kill off the bacteria (these thrive in warm stagnant water)-- so maybe 76 degrees, even slightly cooler would be good for now (normal is 78-80).
Maracyn 2 is a great antibiotic (you can buy it at petco or petsmart)-- here's the dosage:
How big is the tank? If it's 1-2 gallons or smaller, here's what to do:
Take a sharp knife and cut the tablet into 1/4s since one tablet is good for 10 gallons! This will keep you from wasting too much. Using 2 spoons, crush the 1/4 of a tablet and put into plastic cup (preferrably, nice and sterile each time). 1/4 tablet is good for 2.5 gallons on days 2-up to 10 (double dose day 1, remember).
So, add 2.5 teaspoons of water to the crushed 1/4 tablet and dissolve it. Now, dosage is 1 teaspoon per gallon of water, and on day ONE only, dosage is 2 teaspoons per gallon.
Do this with a water change every 3 days or so-- just a partial water change to keep the water clean. Keep out of too much light-- it deactivates the meds.
Email any ??s aimee
On 2/11/07, katie wrote: > I recently purchased four very healthy betas (they're in > those double tanks with the glass between them). One came > down with this horrible fuzzy fungus that's begun to cover > all of their bodies. I've put them all into completely > different bowls, changed the water, and put in "BettaFix" > with melaleuca (recommended by a pet store). The one who > first had it died, the second is NOT getting any better > and now another one has come down with it! What do I do? > These are absoluetely gorgeous bettas! The fourth one > doesn't have it yet, but I'm putting that stuff in its > water just in case. What else can I do??? Please Help!
On 2/26/07, Aimee wrote: > Hi Crystal, > > You'll need to cover the tank/bowl. They may jump out otherwise. > > aimee > > On 2/16/07, crystal wrote: >> my bettas keep jumping out of the water and I've lowered >> the water level and it still does'nt help
((BE FREE LITTLE BETTA!!!)) Maby it isnt happy. do you have betta decorations. such as, a little center peice, like a plant, or even a themometer! just give him some thing to be interested in!!! from, i-have-two-bettas
On 1/09/07, Caralyn wrote:
> Can you please help? I've had my beta fish, Archie,
> for 2 yrs and he's been doing great. A few days ago,
> he started staying afloat and looks swollen. He can't swim
> around very well.I change
> water once a week/ He is in a 2 gallon fish tank.
> thank m...See More