What could be wrong?
I suspect finrot and maybe ich, but I don't see why or how...?
He also looks *older* if you get me. He doesn't look as.. vibrant?
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Housing
What size is your tank? 20g
What temperature is your tank? 27C
Does your tank have a filter?yes
Does your tank have an air stone or other type of aeration?yes
Is your tank heated?yes
What tank mates does your betta fish live with?none
Food
What type of food do you feed your betta fish?crown betta x-treme colour pellets
How often do you feed your betta fish?once every-other day
Maintenance
How often do you perform a water change?50% every two weeks
What percentage of the water do you change when you perform a water change?50%, 100% monthly
What type of additives do you add to the water when you perform a water change?water conditioner
Water Parameters:
Have you tested your water? If so, what are the following parameters?
I ran out of test strips so I haven't been able to this week :/ last time I checked it was fine..
Symptoms and Treatment
How has your betta fish's appearance changed? little white spots on his head - ich? and tail looks like finrot.. he looks "older" too.
How has your betta fish's behavior changed? less active
When did you start noticing the symptoms? last week he was lethergic. this week the rest.
Have you started treating your fish? If so, how? I've put wunder tonic into his tank
Does your fish have any history of being ill? He had cotton tail when I first got him and a mild case of fin rot
How old is your fish (approximately)?i'm not sure, I got him on the 7th month of 2012 and he was basically adult
Sounds like whitespot/ich, I would treat for that. Are the pellets you are feeding him specifically for colour enhancement? many colour enhancing foods are not good for betta health.
What could be wrong?
I suspect finrot and maybe ich, but I don't see why or how...?
He also looks *older* if you get me. He doesn't look as.. vibrant?
Also, you do have an extremely big tank so now that I think about it maybe his ammonia levels are fine (test strips aren't very accurate so they're not ideal if you're going to regularly test water). I've never heard of the medication you've used but the one thing to note is that some betta medication actually harms them rather than helps. The best thing to do is to use aquarium salt and watch him. Clean water is really the best you can do for him until you're 100% sure of what he has
Sounds like whitespot/ich, I would treat for that. Are the pellets you are feeding him specifically for colour enhancement? many colour enhancing foods are not good for betta health.
Yes, I have. In the past week or so. Here is the link to my thread about it:
Even a fully established tank needs a weekly water change of 25-50%. You also never need to do 100% change.
He should also be fed small amounts daily and one fast day a week. Maybe start at 3-4 a day split up.
Would treat white specs (like salt)? By increasing (very very slowly no more than a degree per hour and stop if he starts showing signs of stress) to 86-88F and add 1 tsp per gallon predissolved aquarium salt. Salt can be used up to 10 days. Leave the heat up a week PAST when the last spec appears.
My tank is completely cycled. :)
It has been for a long time lol.
Wunder Tonic is a really good general cure for like, finrot, and other fungal diseases.
Thank you for the help, everyone. I am really confused how he's managed to get it, though. It's just like it showed up. -_-
If you're doing 100% water changes than it most likely isn't, if it was you'd only want to do a 25% once a week or every two weeks depending on the levels in your tank. Trust me I thought I had a cycled tank...boy was I wrong! lol
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