Hello!
I am new to fishkeeping and apparently have made a bunch of mistakes but trusted the local fish store and maybe that was a bad idea. I bought a beautiful what was supposed to be precycled (was set up and running in store with the fish already in it) 12 gallon planted tank with a Betta fish and 10-12 tiny endlers (which I now know is probably overstocked). I bought everything as it was set up in the store- they even drained the water into a jug for me to take home and use. This was 72 hours ago. The endlers all look great but the betta hasn’t eaten really from the beginning. I assumed he was stressed from the move and he would settle. Well, I came home today and he has white fuzzy patches. I have been trying too feed him fluval bug bites for Betta and tropical pellets for the endlers. I can’t tell you what the filter size is and I stupidly didn’t ask and the store isn’t open tonight. I did a 20% water change and then went out and got an api fresh water test kit and a heater. When I did the water change I used fritzguard to condition the water. The ph is at 7.8, ammonia 0.5, nitrates 20, nitrites 2.0. The tank is now at 78 degrees but I just put it in today as the first store had told me I didn’t need one. It was in between 72-74 degrees for the first 48 hours I had it. The endlers look fine and healthy. Can anyone help me identify this fuzzy stuff and what I need to do or what I can change? I’m assuming I should go buy a small hospital tank for him tomorrow? I took him out of the tank and put him back in the transport cup with some preconditioned Betta water for the evening given the parameters. Gosh if feel terrible if I kill him after only 3 days. I was really looking forward to the hobby
I am new to fishkeeping and apparently have made a bunch of mistakes but trusted the local fish store and maybe that was a bad idea. I bought a beautiful what was supposed to be precycled (was set up and running in store with the fish already in it) 12 gallon planted tank with a Betta fish and 10-12 tiny endlers (which I now know is probably overstocked). I bought everything as it was set up in the store- they even drained the water into a jug for me to take home and use. This was 72 hours ago. The endlers all look great but the betta hasn’t eaten really from the beginning. I assumed he was stressed from the move and he would settle. Well, I came home today and he has white fuzzy patches. I have been trying too feed him fluval bug bites for Betta and tropical pellets for the endlers. I can’t tell you what the filter size is and I stupidly didn’t ask and the store isn’t open tonight. I did a 20% water change and then went out and got an api fresh water test kit and a heater. When I did the water change I used fritzguard to condition the water. The ph is at 7.8, ammonia 0.5, nitrates 20, nitrites 2.0. The tank is now at 78 degrees but I just put it in today as the first store had told me I didn’t need one. It was in between 72-74 degrees for the first 48 hours I had it. The endlers look fine and healthy. Can anyone help me identify this fuzzy stuff and what I need to do or what I can change? I’m assuming I should go buy a small hospital tank for him tomorrow? I took him out of the tank and put him back in the transport cup with some preconditioned Betta water for the evening given the parameters. Gosh if feel terrible if I kill him after only 3 days. I was really looking forward to the hobby
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