xxDriftingAway
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Hello, I'll upload some pictures in my next post as a reply to this.
Some of my 5 bettas are starting to get frayed fins. I have been gone for a week and my tank level dropped 1 gallon. I have them in a 20 gallon with a pleco and a snail. Even my oldest betta (the first one I bought back in August) is starting to have frayed fins.
It is their back fins that have holes (or at least my oldest one looks to have a hole in her back fin) or are frayed. I noticed this first on one of my most recent bettas but her fins are back to normal. Then it jumped to my second oldest (I got her in Feb/March) but her fins are turning white (the back ones) and now the bottom ones are starting to look frayed.
I don't have money to get anything new for my fish until July 1 (that's when I get paid next) and I can't buy anything expensive. I have an old 10 gallon tank that is out of commission and just sitting on my floor but if I were to put it into commission I have no where to put it in my room (only place where my parents will allow me to have my fish until I move out). So I can't even commission a separate incubation tank or whatever it is called... or at least not one that is that big... I doubt I have room for anything bigger than a milk carton (1 gallon).
Should I be worried or not? How should I treat them? All we have around here is Wal-Mart and Petsmart to purchase fish stuff from. So, just keep that in mind.
Some of my 5 bettas are starting to get frayed fins. I have been gone for a week and my tank level dropped 1 gallon. I have them in a 20 gallon with a pleco and a snail. Even my oldest betta (the first one I bought back in August) is starting to have frayed fins.
It is their back fins that have holes (or at least my oldest one looks to have a hole in her back fin) or are frayed. I noticed this first on one of my most recent bettas but her fins are back to normal. Then it jumped to my second oldest (I got her in Feb/March) but her fins are turning white (the back ones) and now the bottom ones are starting to look frayed.
I don't have money to get anything new for my fish until July 1 (that's when I get paid next) and I can't buy anything expensive. I have an old 10 gallon tank that is out of commission and just sitting on my floor but if I were to put it into commission I have no where to put it in my room (only place where my parents will allow me to have my fish until I move out). So I can't even commission a separate incubation tank or whatever it is called... or at least not one that is that big... I doubt I have room for anything bigger than a milk carton (1 gallon).
Should I be worried or not? How should I treat them? All we have around here is Wal-Mart and Petsmart to purchase fish stuff from. So, just keep that in mind.