A query roughly my betta?
I was wondering if I was doing the right entity?
I never had a betta before and all the online stuff say different stuff and I was wondering based on your experiences if I be doing okay. The pet store of course said its okay to keep him in the container he come in and at room temperature but I was worn-out cause he was having fin rot!
warmth 81degrees to 84degrees (heater in the 2 gal. tank)
it fluctuates sometimes
i clean 25% of his water every 4 days even though he have an air pump [he likes the bubbles nd it keeps his sea clean]
I feed him 2 betta pellets at 7am and 2 pellets at 7pm
and his fin rot have stopped progressing but there's wispy white stuff at the ends, I don't know if its fin rot just paused at the moment...
Is the steam too high? He seems more active and livelier than earlier when he was living in a container.
it might be a disease try looking it up on google.
You are doing everything sound for your Fighting fish, I would suggest using some aquariun salt to reduce stress (one teaspoon per 5 gallon).
I don't know whether or not you enjoy come across information on the websites or in books that you need to soak the foods for 10 minutes before you serve it to the betta. This softens the food so it make it easier to digest.
You might even want to add 1/2 teaspoon of aquarium-salt dissolved in a cup of aquarium water & slowly stir it into the rest of the aquarium hose down. This is a good tonic and helps in the prevention/cures of fin rot, ick and a mixture of other fish diseases. If it doesn't work add some Jungle Labs Fungus Eliminator with 1/4 teaspoon of aquarium-salt for 2 weeks.
Always have 1/4 teaspoon of aquarium brackish per gallon of water in the aquarium as a prevention.
Take Care ;-)
fin-rot is due to a few factor, water quality is one of them. Betta splendens can be kept in a varying length of temperatures. The higher the temperature, the smaller amount oxygen in the water, the faster they will grow and the higher the metabolism. Oxygen content is not a factor for Betta's since they hold a labyrinth organ and can breathe air from the surface. I would probably lower the temperature to the 77-79 point range myself. The air-pump does nothing to clean the river. Imagine if you were living in your toilet... doing a 25% hose down change every 4 days is a good thing. Do you own any gravel in the tank? Do you siphon the gravel? If not, they make several types of gravel "vacuum's" although that would probably be overkill for a 2-gallon container. I'd suggest you just stir up the gravel and dip out the water while the gunk is suspended within the water. that way you can get more of the crap out. If not, it purely sits in the gravel and grows nasty stuff. Whatever you do, don't tear the container down completely and scrub everything because you'll kill off your nitrifying bacteria which preserve your ammonia and nitrite levels in check.
to get rid of your fin-rot, I would lower the temp a few degree, step up the water changes to every day whether you can and then add a couple tablespoons of non-iodized tablesalt to his water.
Answers: First of all, you should maintain him in their even when he doesn't have fin rot and keep the warmth at 80 degrees normally but 83 degrees when he is sick. Secondly, put 1 teaspoon (if the reservoir is two gallons) of aquarium rock crystal salt (NOT kitchen salt) in the tank, and lastly, put within fin rot medication (do not overdose!!) change 25% of the water every day for the subsequent week, and hopefully if you do all this his fin rot will disappear.
Side not: bettas, even when not diseased, need at lowest possible a:
2 gallon tank (5 gallons is recommended) and NOTHING more, despite what pet store employees tell you
going on for 4 pellets a day (supplement with freeze-dried bloodworms, bettas love them!)
Substrate and a live plant
NO AERATOR (bettas are anabantids and as such they do not require aeration contained by their water)
A low power sponge filter if the tank is over 2.5 gallons.
35%water change weekly
