The more Betta's you have, the more problems that arise. Ugh.
First off is my CT Male, Urkle. Him and my other betta I had been under fed. Horrible betta owner I am. After buying Attison's, Omega One, and frozen blood worms and slowly increasing the amount I expected him to put on some weight by now. He was moved to my split, planted, heated, cycled/filter 10 gallon with my other male CT when I started all of this new regimen. He is much more active and being his hilarious self.
However, it'll be a month tomorrow that I had started new food. I expected him to start putting weight on. I haven't noticed any. His spine is very prominent still. I thought, despite not getting bloated or having white poo, internal parasites. I bought Jungle's medicated anti-parasitic food. He will not eat it no matter how hard I try. He spits it right out. I tried chopping it in half and soaking it in garlic.
Now my other CT male is in the other side of the tank. I've noticed he is getting bloated very easy, despite soaking, fasting, etc. I can not see color of stool as I've not see him poo and I have gravel.
Should I treat both for possible internal parasites? (Treat the whole tank?) Since my bettas hate that medicated food?
Then my Halfmoon, Apollo I just noticed has a spot area of him that is discolored. He's a gorgeous royal blue and the spot is more of a gray color now. He's also bloated, but I might have fed him an extra blood worm or two because they got stuck to the tweezers. I'm going to fast him for 24 hours and then try daphnia, but I'm slightly worried about the discoloration after my old VT getting really sick and dying.
On a less serious note, can Betta's be Neurotic? Swazi is the most spastic, neurotic betta I have ever owned.
My 10 gallon with my CT's stay's at a constant 80 degrees. I currently had an explosion of planaria and some other microorganism that reminds me of baby brine shrimp. So I removed my Hornwort and did 2 gravel vacuumings during the week as opposed to one. Water parameters are all good. That Hygro and hornwort sucks all the ammonia right up.
My 2.5's with everyone else stay at 78 steady. Get 100% weekly, and a 50% between water changes. I use prime for conditioner.
Urkle is my biggest concern here. I got him back in December. So he is most likely 1 year old or so. He was not skinny then.
Fish are frustrating.
First off is my CT Male, Urkle. Him and my other betta I had been under fed. Horrible betta owner I am. After buying Attison's, Omega One, and frozen blood worms and slowly increasing the amount I expected him to put on some weight by now. He was moved to my split, planted, heated, cycled/filter 10 gallon with my other male CT when I started all of this new regimen. He is much more active and being his hilarious self.
However, it'll be a month tomorrow that I had started new food. I expected him to start putting weight on. I haven't noticed any. His spine is very prominent still. I thought, despite not getting bloated or having white poo, internal parasites. I bought Jungle's medicated anti-parasitic food. He will not eat it no matter how hard I try. He spits it right out. I tried chopping it in half and soaking it in garlic.
Now my other CT male is in the other side of the tank. I've noticed he is getting bloated very easy, despite soaking, fasting, etc. I can not see color of stool as I've not see him poo and I have gravel.
Should I treat both for possible internal parasites? (Treat the whole tank?) Since my bettas hate that medicated food?
Then my Halfmoon, Apollo I just noticed has a spot area of him that is discolored. He's a gorgeous royal blue and the spot is more of a gray color now. He's also bloated, but I might have fed him an extra blood worm or two because they got stuck to the tweezers. I'm going to fast him for 24 hours and then try daphnia, but I'm slightly worried about the discoloration after my old VT getting really sick and dying.
On a less serious note, can Betta's be Neurotic? Swazi is the most spastic, neurotic betta I have ever owned.
My 10 gallon with my CT's stay's at a constant 80 degrees. I currently had an explosion of planaria and some other microorganism that reminds me of baby brine shrimp. So I removed my Hornwort and did 2 gravel vacuumings during the week as opposed to one. Water parameters are all good. That Hygro and hornwort sucks all the ammonia right up.
My 2.5's with everyone else stay at 78 steady. Get 100% weekly, and a 50% between water changes. I use prime for conditioner.
Urkle is my biggest concern here. I got him back in December. So he is most likely 1 year old or so. He was not skinny then.
Fish are frustrating.