I am very new to fish keeping (and this forum) but I have been researching a ton.
(I can't find the form to fill out the tank parameters/fish care questions? I will try to answer everything I can from memory after my question)
Just over a week ago, my Black Orchid Betta fish Zero seemed to have damaged a couple of his scales. A clearish looking circular disc shape was hanging off/sticking out in 2 places on the same side. One just behind his gills, the other closer to his tail.
The one close to his tail fell off within a couple hours and he seemed unbothered, but the other has hung around, and is now white and raised up. Additionally, yesterday I discovered a shiny white/grey patch near it, and another starting on the opposite side, near his gill as well.
He is very active and eating well, so I am hoping it's not columnaris!
But is it possibly a fungus?
I am going to attach some pics, I hope they are viewable!
My question is, will aquarium salt help? Is there any harm trying it before doing something more intense, like fungus treatment?
And how much should I use? I have found about 10 different dosage suggestions, made even more confusing by the fact it's normally referencing API salt, and I have Fluval freshwater aquarium salt. And the dosage on the package says 1tbsp / 10 gallons! Which is far less than every other dosage suggestion I have found. Is Fluval more potent than API?
Sorry for the super long post, hopefully I didn't miss anything! And thank you in advance to anyone who has advice!
5 gallon tank
O ammonia
O nitrites
<5 nitrates
New tank he has been in it for 1 month, been doing fish-in cycle and was doing daily 50% water changes up until about 5 days ago when nitrites finally dropped to 0.
I did mess up in the first week and didn't change enough water often enough, so the nitrites got up to 2-5 for a couple days
Unplanted tank, only fake silk plants and some blue sodalite stones, black gravel.
I had a floating Betta log which he loved but after discovering some tail tears, I did the pantyhose test on everything and found my Betta leaf created a big sharp slice in the log.
Log was immediately removed.
Diet:
Northfin Betta Bits and Fluval Bug Bites
3-4 pieces 3 times a day (He was in a pet store for months, and very thin/pale/ragged fins when I got him... So I am trying to increase his weight slowly. Seems to be working well so far, his colour is amazing and he is filling out finally)
I think that is everything..?
Please let me know if I missed anything, or if I should have posted this differently!
(I can't find the form to fill out the tank parameters/fish care questions? I will try to answer everything I can from memory after my question)
Just over a week ago, my Black Orchid Betta fish Zero seemed to have damaged a couple of his scales. A clearish looking circular disc shape was hanging off/sticking out in 2 places on the same side. One just behind his gills, the other closer to his tail.
The one close to his tail fell off within a couple hours and he seemed unbothered, but the other has hung around, and is now white and raised up. Additionally, yesterday I discovered a shiny white/grey patch near it, and another starting on the opposite side, near his gill as well.
He is very active and eating well, so I am hoping it's not columnaris!
But is it possibly a fungus?
I am going to attach some pics, I hope they are viewable!
My question is, will aquarium salt help? Is there any harm trying it before doing something more intense, like fungus treatment?
And how much should I use? I have found about 10 different dosage suggestions, made even more confusing by the fact it's normally referencing API salt, and I have Fluval freshwater aquarium salt. And the dosage on the package says 1tbsp / 10 gallons! Which is far less than every other dosage suggestion I have found. Is Fluval more potent than API?
Sorry for the super long post, hopefully I didn't miss anything! And thank you in advance to anyone who has advice!
5 gallon tank
O ammonia
O nitrites
<5 nitrates
New tank he has been in it for 1 month, been doing fish-in cycle and was doing daily 50% water changes up until about 5 days ago when nitrites finally dropped to 0.
I did mess up in the first week and didn't change enough water often enough, so the nitrites got up to 2-5 for a couple days
Unplanted tank, only fake silk plants and some blue sodalite stones, black gravel.
I had a floating Betta log which he loved but after discovering some tail tears, I did the pantyhose test on everything and found my Betta leaf created a big sharp slice in the log.
Log was immediately removed.
Diet:
Northfin Betta Bits and Fluval Bug Bites
3-4 pieces 3 times a day (He was in a pet store for months, and very thin/pale/ragged fins when I got him... So I am trying to increase his weight slowly. Seems to be working well so far, his colour is amazing and he is filling out finally)
I think that is everything..?
Please let me know if I missed anything, or if I should have posted this differently!
