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Little black dots on my bettas fins!

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#1 ·
I'm worried he might be getting sick, or developing fin rot.. Please help :(
 
#2 ·
Can you please post pictures and answer as many of the questions below as you can? It will really help us out to help your little guy!

Housing
What size is your tank?
What temperature is your tank?
Does your tank have a filter?
Does your tank have an air stone or other type of aeration?
Is your tank heated?
What tank mates does your betta fish live with?

Food
What type of food do you feed your betta fish?
How often do you feed your betta fish?

Maintenance
How often do you perform a water change?
What percentage of the water do you change when you perform a water change?
What type of additives do you add to the water when you perform a water change?

Water Parameters:
Have you tested your water? If so, what are the following parameters?

Ammonia:
Nitrite:
Nitrate:
pH:
Hardness:
Alkalinity:

Symptoms and Treatment
How has your betta fish's appearance changed?
How has your betta fish's behavior changed?
When did you start noticing the symptoms?
Have you started treating your fish? If so, how?
Does your fish have any history of being ill?
How old is your fish (approximately)?
 
#3 ·
Can you please post pictures and answer as many of the questions below as you can? It will really help us out to help your little guy!

Housing
What size is your tank? For now he's in a 1 gallon
What temperature is your tank? Mid 70's. it's around 77 right now.
Does your tank have a filter? No. I do 100 percent water changes every 3 days.
Does your tank have an air stone or other type of aeration? He did have one, but he hated it so I took it out.
Is your tank heated? I have a heater, but I read bad things about it over heating the tank and I am worried about cooking my betta.
What tank mates does your betta fish live with? He lives alone.

Food
What type of food do you feed your betta fish? Top fin color enhancing betta bits. Dried blood worms, dried daphnia, and dried brine shrimp.
How often do you feed your betta fish? I was feeding him 6 pellets a day, but I did research and realized it was too much. I'm now feeding him 2-3 pellets or mixed dried foods every other day.

Maintenance
How often do you perform a water change? Very often. Every 3 days.
What percentage of the water do you change when you perform a water change? 100%
What type of additives do you add to the water when you perform a water change? SeaChem neutral regulator.

Water Parameters:
Have you tested your water? If so, what are the following parameters?
I haven't got my API master test kit yet. But I do test his ph.
Ammonia:
Nitrite:
Nitrate:
pH: 7.0-7.5 ish
Hardness:
Alkalinity:

Symptoms and Treatment
How has your betta fish's appearance changed? Little black dots on his fins.
How has your betta fish's behavior changed? He still is very active. Swims around, exploring his tank.
When did you start noticing the symptoms? Today, 3/30/13.
Have you started treating your fish? If so, how? No.
Does your fish have any history of being ill? Not that I know of.
How old is your fish (approximately)? Probably 6-7 months to a year old.
 
#4 ·
are the dots in a regular pattern, or spread randomly? lots of bettas have spots or stripes on their fins as part of their coloration.
 
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