violetthunder
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
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- Jun 20, 2016
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I'll start with the betas.
I have never had luck with betas but wanted to try to have one again as they are such beautiful fish. I have a ten gallon tank with a Top Fin 10 filter and a heater. Water stays at 78 degrees. Ammonia is at 0, pH at 7, nitrates at 80. Since I've had the tank, I've never had any problems with water quality.
The last time I had a beta, he only lasted eight days in the tank as he got stuck to the filter several times which caused him to stress out and die. What can I do to prevent this from happening again? Are there other types of filters I should look into?
I've also read that betas should live in a five gallon tank. Is ten too much? There's four plants in the tank, two of them silk, the other two are plastic. I'll have to take the plastic ones out though, as they might tear the betas fins. There's also two small ornaments in the tank as well.
When I had a beta, I alternated his food between beta pellets and dried blood worms. Is this okay?
Any advice on how I can improve the tank to better suit a beta? Is there anything I'm doing wrong?
Now to the fish dying for no reason.
As I said before, I just tested my water yesterday and everything was fine.
However, in less than 24 hours I've lost a silver tipped tetra and my Cory catfish. They both seemed fine yesterday but when I came home today, they were dead. One of my sunburst platies hasn't looked well for a long time but seems to be hanging on. I've noticed red poop has been appearing in the bottom of the tank which hasn't happened before. That being said, I did switch their food so that could explain that. The dead fish didn't have anything externally wrong with them from what I can tell except for slightly red gills.
Currently in the tank I have one silver tipped tetra (I had more but they didn't last very long), two sunburst platies, and a dwarf gourami (I will be rehoming the gourami to my dad's 29 gallon tank before getting a beta). The tanks been up and running for over six months now and everything seems to be fine, yet the silver tip and the Cory cat still died. I've had the silver tip for going on four months now and the Cory cat for just under three months.
Any suggestions?
Thanks so much,
Megan
I have never had luck with betas but wanted to try to have one again as they are such beautiful fish. I have a ten gallon tank with a Top Fin 10 filter and a heater. Water stays at 78 degrees. Ammonia is at 0, pH at 7, nitrates at 80. Since I've had the tank, I've never had any problems with water quality.
The last time I had a beta, he only lasted eight days in the tank as he got stuck to the filter several times which caused him to stress out and die. What can I do to prevent this from happening again? Are there other types of filters I should look into?
I've also read that betas should live in a five gallon tank. Is ten too much? There's four plants in the tank, two of them silk, the other two are plastic. I'll have to take the plastic ones out though, as they might tear the betas fins. There's also two small ornaments in the tank as well.
When I had a beta, I alternated his food between beta pellets and dried blood worms. Is this okay?
Any advice on how I can improve the tank to better suit a beta? Is there anything I'm doing wrong?
Now to the fish dying for no reason.
As I said before, I just tested my water yesterday and everything was fine.
However, in less than 24 hours I've lost a silver tipped tetra and my Cory catfish. They both seemed fine yesterday but when I came home today, they were dead. One of my sunburst platies hasn't looked well for a long time but seems to be hanging on. I've noticed red poop has been appearing in the bottom of the tank which hasn't happened before. That being said, I did switch their food so that could explain that. The dead fish didn't have anything externally wrong with them from what I can tell except for slightly red gills.
Currently in the tank I have one silver tipped tetra (I had more but they didn't last very long), two sunburst platies, and a dwarf gourami (I will be rehoming the gourami to my dad's 29 gallon tank before getting a beta). The tanks been up and running for over six months now and everything seems to be fine, yet the silver tip and the Cory cat still died. I've had the silver tip for going on four months now and the Cory cat for just under three months.
Any suggestions?
Thanks so much,
Megan