Could you please fill out the disease and emergency form and provide a full pic of his tank? You can find the form at the top of the Disease and Emergency section. Thanks
Housing:
How many gallons is your tank? 10gallons
Does it have a filter? Yes, it’s used to be a divided tank so it has a 5 gallon hang on the back filter on each side.
Does it have a heater? Yes preset 100 watt heater
What temperature is your tank? Always 78-79
Does your tank have an air stone or other type of aeration? No
Does your Betta have tank mates? What kind? No
Food:
What food brand do you use? Hikari
Do you feed flakes or pellets? Pellets
Freeze-dried? No
How often do you feed your Betta? How much? 3-4 pellets at 8am and again at 8pm everyday. Every Thursday at 8am I feed him dethawed frozen blood worms. And every
other Friday I cast him for 1 day.
Maintenance:
Before your Betta became ill how often did you perform a water change? I perform between 50-60% water change every Thursday night. He does not act ill eats fine swims fine I’m scared he’s a tail biter.
What percentage of water did you change?50-60%
What is the source of your water? Tap water
Do you vacuum the substrate or just dip out water? Vaccum
What additives do you use other than conditioner? What brand of conditioner? Top Fin water conditioned if any ammonia is detected before I put my fish back in the tank I use top fin instant ammonia neutralizer.
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. Important: Test your water
before the regular water change; not after one.
Ammonia: it’s not quite 0ppm and not quite .25ppm so it’s somewhere between those two options, so safe.
Nitrite: 0ppm
Nitrate:0ppm
pH: 8.0
Hardness (GH): my api test kit doesn’t test for these.
Alkalinity (KH): ^^ I live in Arizona if that helps anyone know
Symptoms and Treatment:
When did you first notice the symptoms? I noticed the tear 5 days ago and then a second tear this morning.
How has your Betta’s appearance changed? No just the two tears in his fins
How has your Betta’s behavior changed? No
Is your Betta still eating? Yes
Have you started treating your Betta? If so, how? No
Does your Betta have any history of being ill? No
How long have you owned your Betta? 3 weeks
Was he or she ill or suffering some sort of damage when purchased? Not that I know of