5g Betta Tank

[Aquarium1]

you don't think its fin rot dk, do you?

 

[dkpate]

It is a sort of fin rot. They call that curling on bettas, and it's from not clean enough water.
Their fins should be straight LM, in a fan shape, without the curls.

 

[Aquarium1]

I don't know how. I do weekly 40-50% pwcs along with my other tanks. And to think 24 hours ago I thought this was normal.

 

[dkpate]

How big is the tank? 5G and less need 2 pwc's a week, and bigger SHOULD be okay with one pwc a week.

 

[Aquarium1]

Oh I thought it was anything less than 5g. Btw the title definitely says 5g lol. Once I get this treated I'll definitely do 2 pwcs per week.

 

[dkpate]

Oh poo lol, I am a lame-o. I think I need to go to bed! Hahaha!

 

[mommytron]

And to think 24 hours ago I thought this was normal.

fail

i'm sure you'll be able to get him back to normal. he's got very cool colors

 

[Aquarium1]

Thanks Look at the post right after that and you'll see another fail lol

 

[mommytron]

lol dk, not on your game today

 

[logansmomma1228]

It is a sort of fin rot. They call that curling on bettas, and it's from not clean enough water.
Their fins should be straight LM, in a fan shape, without the curls.

Mine has a little bit of curlage on his bottom fins. He wouldn't open up for me in the mirror yet, but he seems a lot better in the tank.,

 

[dkpate]

Clean water and he will come around!
I was just reading last night that some bettas have some genetic thing that makes their tails curly.
I actually think that A1's bettas fins look cool, but it's not normal.

 

[Aquarium1]

Oh, I thought it was normal lol. Anyways, I can see a little fin rot on the end of his tail

 

[dkpate]

That's okay. Clean water

 

[Aquarium1]

yeah I know, I'll do another pwc tomorrow and add a tblspoon to make up and boost it up to that 1 tsp per gallon (thanks to taylorodw for doin the math haha). So I should only do salt for 10 days?

 

[dkpate]

A tablespoon???? Thats wayyy too much, and I hope that was just a typo.
No more than 10 days, or their kidneys start to get messed up.

 

[Aquarium1]

umm a tablespoon=3tsp. It would make up for what was lost in a pwc and it would make it 1 tsp/gallon.

 

[dkpate]

So you are removing 3 gallons? Ok.

 

[Aquarium1]

did a pwc and I'm dissolving the salt. I'm guessing on the eighth day I should remove like 80% and maybe a 50% on the 9th and then another 80% on the 10th day so I can get rid of all the salt?

 

[dkpate]

Sounds good to me!

 

[Aquarium1]

k good.