onebettanewbie
Aquarium Advice Regular
Hi,
My betta fish is still active and eats well but his fins have receded a great deal. I thought it was normal aging but finally realized he probably has fin rot. I think I know what the stresser was. During the summer the water used to heat up to around 81 - 82 degrees in the late afternoon and then cool down back to 79 at night.
My avatar shows how he used to look. Below is a picture of him with fin rot.
Parameters stay consistent: Ammonia & Nitrites 0, Nitrates 10, Ph 7.6 + (always the same dark blue in the standard Ph tester, strange meaningless orange color on the high range tester). I use the API liquid tests.
He lives alone in a 5.5 gallon cycled tank with live plants. It has a Duetto 50 internal filter. I do 25% water changes weekly. It has a 25 watt heater set to 79 degrees. I add .25 Ml Flourish comprehensive weekly. The tap water is treated with Prime.
He's lived in the tank about 9 months since I bought him so he's probably a year and a half to two years old.
I feed him 5 - 6 thawed frozen Hikari bloodworms in the morning and two soaked Hikari pellets in the evening.
I have Maracyn-Two in the house and have a big pet store chain nearby. What would you recommend?
Thank you very much!
My betta fish is still active and eats well but his fins have receded a great deal. I thought it was normal aging but finally realized he probably has fin rot. I think I know what the stresser was. During the summer the water used to heat up to around 81 - 82 degrees in the late afternoon and then cool down back to 79 at night.
My avatar shows how he used to look. Below is a picture of him with fin rot.
Parameters stay consistent: Ammonia & Nitrites 0, Nitrates 10, Ph 7.6 + (always the same dark blue in the standard Ph tester, strange meaningless orange color on the high range tester). I use the API liquid tests.
He lives alone in a 5.5 gallon cycled tank with live plants. It has a Duetto 50 internal filter. I do 25% water changes weekly. It has a 25 watt heater set to 79 degrees. I add .25 Ml Flourish comprehensive weekly. The tap water is treated with Prime.
He's lived in the tank about 9 months since I bought him so he's probably a year and a half to two years old.
I feed him 5 - 6 thawed frozen Hikari bloodworms in the morning and two soaked Hikari pellets in the evening.
I have Maracyn-Two in the house and have a big pet store chain nearby. What would you recommend?
Thank you very much!