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Thanks for the info. I am going to see what happens. Besides the bettas, the rest of the fish I did lose never showed any signs of illness or stress. They were active, ate and looked healthy as does the ones I currently have. I really have to wonder why I had less trouble years ago when I had...

I have a canister filter and a underground filter as well. I have read that canister filters are best for mechanical, biological and and chemical filtration so I might just go with those two for now.

I changed filters at two months.

I have floated all of my fish for 15 min in the bags before releasing them in the tank. The bettas died after 2-3 days.

Well, I am at work now so I don't have the info. in front of me, but it was a filter for a 10 gallon tank. I believe it is the 10-20 gal one.

The rest are active and doing fine so far. When I have lost any other fish they never show signs of sickness. That is why I wonder about the filter...they always are around filter intake and have seemed fine before that.

I honestly don't think it is the levels. I change water often and test it. When I first tested my levels were high so I changed more percentage of water and it really decreased the levels. Actually so far since I have had salt in water have not lost any except the betta. The rest are active...

I have always had 10 gallon tanks. My thermometer doesn't have adjustment on it. It just keeps it steady at 75. I know that bettas like it warmer but read that 75 would be tolerable. The white fuzzy patches were on their backs. It did spread more on the male. The female stayed on her back...

Hi, I am having trouble keeping a Betta in my aquarium. I have had a aquarium when I was young and had male and female bettas and had no problems. I had them in community tank with a few other tetras and few other fish, which I don't remember what breeds I had. I setup my tank in November and...