Recent content by jugiearmstrong

I can't believe it. Leafy has made a pretty full recovery. He finished his Kanaplex, and the sores on his head are basically healed. He's still doing Furan-2. I removed the filter and put in a foam sponge thing (one you can buy at Petco and cut to fit). I did 25% water change every OTHER...

Hey Sublimalme, Did a salt bath, thanks for the tip. Not sure how it went. Was really stressful. I have one more question. I read that I shouldn't run the carbon filter with the meds. Does this mean just remove the filter all together? And leave the aerator (I think thats what it is) running...

Also- per the link you provided instructions: Fill your gallon container very fully with clean, treated water. Make sure the water is the same temperature as the water the fish came from in its tank via the thermometer. This prevents temperature shock. Add the salt per recommendation and stir...

Thanks for the response!! I changed the water on Friday after noticing that there was no filter (for two weeks). I bought a new filter and put it in on Saturday morning. He has been running with filter+salt since Saturday morning. The meds get in tomorrow. Are you saying that I should just add...

First of all, I'd like to preface this by saying I don't know what I'm doing. My mother bought my son a Betta fish earlier this summer, this is my first experience with fish keeping. "Leafy" (my son named him) lived in a bowl with a pretty centerpiece at first. I left him with a neighbor one...