Recent content by saffikeagan

:( so sad to hear about your betta. If you do decide to get another betta, here's a pretty good site about diseases and medications to have on hand just in case. betta diseases

My two cents...Having gone to a PetStore and asked for three Ottos, I soon learned that some research would have been smart. Low and behold, there are actually different types of Otos. I was wondering why one was always sucking on the vertical surfaces and totally unfased by anything going on...

So, I finally decided to take my male betta up to work and put him in the tank I have there. I had three Ottos, two ghost shrimp, and a snail. That was Wednesday. As of Thursday, I have one Otto left. The two that mysteriously died liked to hide in the cave. I think Sammie decided he wanted...

here they are

Okay, that other post was just way too long. My female and male betta are both in quarantine and being treated with Marcyn 1 and 2. Today is going to be their 5th day of treatment and neither are looking any better. Previous to the Maracyn treatement, they both received a full course of...

please stay away from true Dwarf Gouramis unless you get them from a trusted breeder. There is a DG virus that is rampant in the LFS.

Yes, cats can be the bain of a fishtank! I had my hood cattycorner the other day while doing some maintenance and my one cat jumped on the hood to get a drink of water. Yup, everything went everywhere!

ew!

I just bought some maracyn 1 and 2 that I'm going to dose together for the proscribed time. I think I will scream though if I put them back in my tanks and they get sick again!!!! Hmmm....two bettas together in one small tank. Great idea! LOL ;) I bought a small 1 gallon fish bowl...

Crap, did some reading up...sounds almost like Zebbie had come down initially with columnaris that then caused the 2ndary gill problems and now it's spread to Sammie. The lack of color around the head and down the back is a clue, but Zebbie also had some mouth fungusy stuff. I don't have a...

The ammonia was reading .5 because the prime had locked it up but the filter had not yet removed it. I checked it the next morning and it was gone (I hadn't seen my kuhlis in a few days so I wanted to make sure I wasn't in an ammonia spike because of a dead fish instead of just because of the...

HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :( This morning I noticed that not only does it look like Zebbie's fins are thinning and starting to recede, the sores on her gills that had been completely healed are back again as big as they were initially. What I've done since Saturday: Yesterday I...

To quote John Paul: Here's a nifty trick I've used before when trying to reduce current in a small tank: DIY trick for reducing current flow Another thing I've done to reduce flow even more is to grab an extra filter sponge (or anything similar to that) and rubber band it so that it is right...

or a piece of tubing works just as well though you have to be careful not to suck up the gravel itself.

The saga continues. So I noticed today that Sammie's fins were in a huge regression again. The only thing I can think is stress. So, It looks like I have no choice but to swap him with Zebbie and put her in my main tank and take him to work. He's now lounging in QT again and Zebbie is in...