[Fishywishygirl]

Housing:
How many gallons is your tank? 2
Does it have a filter? No
Does it have a heater? Yes
What temperature is your tank? 80
Does your tank have an air stone or other type of aeration? yes
Does your Betta have tank mates? What kind? no

Food:
What food brand do you use? New Life
Do you feed flakes or pellets? Pellets
Freeze-dried? frozen brine shrimp for treats
How often do you feed your Betta? How much? 2 pellets twice day

Maintenance:
Before your Betta became ill how often did you perform a water change? Every day
What percentage of water did you change? 25%
Do you vacuum the substrate or just dip out water? Vac once a month
What additives do you use? water conditioner

Water Parameters:
What are your water parameters? Please give exact numbers. If tested by pet store please get exact numbers. "Fine" or "Safe" won't help us help you.

Ammonia: 0 - .25
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 0
pH: 7.4
Hardness (GH): Spring water (soft water)
Alkalinity (KH): ?

Symptoms and Treatment: Gold metallic looking spots/ patches
When did you first notice the symptoms? 1 week ago
How has your Betta’s appearance changed?
How has your Betta’s behavior changed? slow swimming/ lethargic
Is your Betta still /eating? Yes
Have you started treating your Betta? If so, how? Quick Cure
Does your Betta have any history of being ill? Fin melt in the past 2 months, before that he was healthy.
How long have you owned your Betta? Was he or she ill or suffering some sort of damage when purchased 2 years , no damage

Hi everybody! I have a Betta named Finley that i have had for 2 years. He is in a 2 gal tank and i will be upgrading him to a 3 gal soon. I live in apt so this is all i am able to have due to limited space. I went on 2 week vacation 2 months ago and had a friend feed and do partial water changes 3 times a week, but i dont think she did them correctly because for the past couple months Finley has had fin problems. I also noticed yellow or gold coloring on his head, fins and some spots on body about a week ago. I think he got fin melt because his fins started getting pointy and the top one looks like a dread lock now. I treated him for fin melt with "Life Support" but there is permanent damage. :-( I am treating him for Velvet now with Quick Cure but dont want to medicate him if it isn't Velvet. He has been lethargic and swims around slow and after 4 days of Quick Cure he seems to have a little more energy and life to him. but he looks terrible compared to what he used to look like. He even has a red stripe across his gills. Can someone tell me if it looks like Velvet disease? I dont see tiny gold specks or dust , I just see gold metallic color here and there. I appreciate ANY advice on if it is Velvet and also was wondering how long it takes to start seeing the gold color go away?? After 4 days of being medicated i really dont see it going away. :-( I have included 2 pictures.

 

[NickAu]

Hi
I wont comment on the velvet issue as I do not know. However.

Spring water (soft water)

Please give details, Normally spring water is NOT fish safe.

What additives do you use? water conditioner

What type?

 

[Fishywishygirl]

Thank you for your reply! I have been told and also read by many sources that spring water is safe, I have had him in it for 2 years and hes been ok. I buy the spring water in the gallon jugs in the store because my tap water is well water that i dont trust. I dont drink it due to too much sulfer and too much sodium, our dog and cat wont even drink it. I have read that spring water is "soft water not hard water which is what Bettas prefer. I dont have access to regular tap/ city water unfortunately. I use Tetra Betta Safe water conditioner and API stress coat during water changes.

 

[NickAu]

I use Tetra Betta Safe water conditioner

Keep using this.

API stress coat

I do not use or recommend any product with Aloe Vera in it.

I dont drink it due to too much sulfer and too much sodium, our dog and cat wont even drink it.

Understood.

I have read that spring water is "soft water not hard water

Not always the case, Sometimes " Spring water" is no more than slightly filtered tap water, A number of companies have been caught doing that.

I hear great things about Poland spring water.

 

[Fishywishygirl]

Ok thank you! I will stop using the aloe stress coat product.