Recent content by bobscottonline

To start it was just a de-chlorinating water conditioner for Bettas. I'll check into the media sharing bit - I only have a small filter though and it uses a bio bag set up. Some filtering fabric surrounding activated charcoal if that makes a difference. The striped bezel on the front of the...

Yes there is a air space at the top on the tank. While the screen in from appears "full" there actually is the same air gap as a tank with a hood on it.

R.I.P - unfortunately my little buddy didn't make it. Hind sight being 20/20 I should have not panicked and added the CopperSafe until after I did a water check and partial replacement. He'd only been in the tank a week but by the end of the second week my readings were as follows (note with...

No heater yet in the tank. I understand the parasites like 76-78F and you need to get the tank up to 82-84F to kill them. Is it safe to keep the tank temp that high or is it best to do so for treating then back it down? Should I attempt to treat him in the small container with aquarium salt...

I'm gong back to my office to check on him and will bring back the actual readings. I'm keeping them in a log. I've used strips for the basics but will change on your advice. The copper test was a liquid one. Here's a pic of the tank.

I have a custom tank built into an old iMac which after decor holds just over 3 gallons of water. I prepped the tank and treated the water and ran with the aerator/charcoal filter in place for 1 week before adding a new Betta from the pet store. All readings from the 6 in 1 test strips were in...