mannymouse
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
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- Mar 11, 2014
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- 47
Unfortunately, he passed away last night before I could get medication to save him I feel really bad that I didn't catch this sooner so I could treat it faster..
What you normally do for cleaning the tank should be fine. Fin rot is a bacterial infection, so I might boil the gravel and decor. I couldn't tell from the picture, but if you don't already have one, I would get a live plant. My friends betta went from having nothing in the tank except backyard rocks, to this:For now I'm thinking of reusing the tank and maybe replacing it with a larger one when I have the chance. Do u have any tips for cleaning out my old tank and decorations to prevent fin rot in the future? Usually when I would clean the tank I would empty the water, rinse the gravel until the water came out clear, rinse decorations and wipe down the side of the tank, and then replace with fresh dechlorinated water. Would that be a good idea to do for a new fish? Or should I do something more extensive?
Wow he's soo pretty!
Yeah. I'm in SoCal, and PetSmarts are absolutely horrible. There is usually a dead fish in every tank, and in one tank, every blood fin tetra had ich... PetCo is better, but I am still looking for a non chain LFS. The only one I've found specializes in sw, but right now I'm only fw. I would definitely advise against petsmart for fish lol.