eco23
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No reason to give up...let the new bacteria do it's thing
No reason to give up...let the new bacteria do it's thing
tinkster87 said:What would other people suggest to treat a Betta Fish with Fin/ tail rot? I have just brought King British - Fin Rot treatment > hoping it wont muck up the bacteria in my filter?
tinkster87 said:Also when I finish work (only 40 mins ) I'll see what it says on the bottle and packaging etc regarding the bio-filter - prob won't mention it at all!
I admit I haven't read the thread all the way through but I'm confused now....is it a fishless cycle or fish in? Or are there two tanks? I'm reading ammonia isn't dropping and a betta with fin rot, so I'm assuming one is fishless cycling with ammonia and one has a betta in it that may be sick?
As for the betta I have zero knowledge of disease but a lot of others on here do, so you might want to post a thread about him in the unhealthy fish section and ask what to do.
Also this is a pretty good page geared toward Bettas and their diseases and how to treat.
Sadly Bruno has died, RIP little dude! I am really sad he was so awesome!
And today the ammo is soooooo close to 0ppm.
Now Bruno is sadly no longer about, will the ember's (5) and the cherry shrimp cause enough ammonia to keep the tank going?
I will prob leave it a week or two until I get more fish just to make sure there is no disease in the tank. But the Embers are all fine.
I feel so bad to loose Bruno!
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Not sure what I will be getting next for the tank, if I didn't have the embers I would put female fighters in as I found another lfs who do stocks females, but then I also need something that likes brown algae....
Have to see, but have plenty time to think about it as i leave the tank alone to make sure there is no nasties in there!
The ammonia is very yellow but still has a slight tint of green in there. Definitely definitely lower than 0.25pm by a far bit, but just not pure yellow yet.
The Nitrite has also be checked everyday, last time I checked it yesterday it was 0 as it has been since it spiked and went down when it was in the middle of fishless cycling. Basically in the fishless cycle all went well apart from the ammonia eating bacteria which never formed in any great strength - why me and eco23 think it could well be a dodgy aquarium vase decoration I had in the tank causing problems.
Nitrates is only getting done every few days now as the waterchanges are everyday so they should not build up too high. Nitrates appeared in the fishless cycle soon after Trites (well appeared higher than trates in tap water anyway)
I thought Ich was white spot? or am I wrong, Bruno did not have white spots on him, I could see no visual signs of illness (his tail was actually healing - and I think him resting against the inlet on the filter may well have done the tail damage).
Thanks for your help