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what i'd like to know is what caused him to lose 75% of his color in 2 days and almost all his fins were gone and since i'm not familiar with fish is it possible the color he was losing was scales being lost? and I just looked up on google bettas that had ich and I really don't think zeek had...

no I couldn't rehouse him unfortunately :( I will not be getting any more fish any time soon bc of what happened :'(

I think my betta is dying :'( he's losing color turning white and losing his fins as well he literally lays on bottom of tank and I seen him float to top once i'll try to upload photos please somebody tell me he can be saved....unfortunately I cant share the link to my photobucket where the pic...

no he isn't covered in white spots but I've seen about 4 smallll white spots around his gills , face whatever and I am trying to donate him to a petsmart if possible I cant upgrade tanks I had to take the 10 gallon tank back for reasons.... he had a filter and heater and I no longer have those...

ok the 10 gallon tank has gone back. there's a financial reason for that. he's back in his 1 gallon bowl. he has been taken to petsmart to be checked on bc he got to a point that he was staying only on the bottom of tank. petsmart sad he has ich and I got have ich medicine made by api I no...

still havent done the water change but i absolutely will do it tomorrow..... how much of a water change do i need? .....i broke down and bought some prime and added 1ml to my ten gallon tank and 2 hours later did a ammonia test and its still 1.0.......... however the ammonia level coming out of...

ok i tested again wwitout doing anoter water change...i will eventually do one later today hopefully.... here are test results ammoinia .50-1.0 nitrite 0 nitrate 0 ph 7.6 ph high range 8.0......... sorry i didnt see your post til i already did the test...howe ever next time i'll take pics of...

ok i tested again wwitout doing anoter water test...i will eventually do one later today hopefully.... here are test results ammoinia .50-1.0 nitrite 0 nitrate 0 ph 7.6 ph high range 8.0

nevermind on the products that claim to speed up cycle

i was just Google "nitrogen cycle for aquarium" and i pulled a page up that states there's a product that you can buy that claims it can cycle a tank within 24 hours and it may or may not still be on the market shelves? its called Marineland BIO-Spira it has a saltwater one and a freshwater one...

by the way my water conditioner helps against ammonia, chlorines, chloramines (not heavy metals) ? wow ok the test for ammonia directly out of my faucet in the kitchen was berween .50 and 1.0 ......test results from the tank are.... between .50 and 1.0

i read the link in your siggy and pretty much to me and my understanding is to keep testing it and do water changes as needed ...thats what i've picked out that link and the water conditioner made by top fin im going to go test my tap water right out the faucet and then test my tank again and...

lol its bettafish.com it was between .50 and 1.0 ppm for the ammonia and well the other test results are up there too ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ if my water conditioner isnt working for the PH, PH high, and ammonia then what do i do

ok thank you. my mother in law did suggest i test our tap water......now on another thread on another site their suggesting I do a complete water change and to clean the filter cartridge in the water that comes our the aquarium......but the filter cartridge is only a wk old..should i do this...

wow ok no response thanks .......WHENEVER SOMEONE DOES REPLY PLEASE INFORM ME OF WHAT IS NORMAL FOR A BETTA'S .....PH....AMMONIA LEVEL, NITRITE LEVEL, NITRATE LEVELS thnkssss

ok i've finished the cleaning of my tank hours ago. this is my test results after having cleaned the tank (i also cleaned all decor as well) ammonia was .50-1.0 ....PH was 7.6.....PH High was 8.4-8.8......nitrite was 0.....nitrate was 0....so now what

well when i went to petsmart last night they sell dechlorinator and water conditioner? how are they the same, but that is good to know that they are so i know im not short on anything needed...im excited to go change his water :) i do have 1 small problem...im unsure how i'm going to add the...

by the way do i need a dechlorinator? i dont have that all i have is the water conditioner

when it came to te pellets the bottle suggest only 2 or 3 and i would only give him that however he didnt eat it at all.....and the flakes i put a very very small amount in and he dont eat that at all...its all sunken to the bottom of the tank......and i plan to do a 100% water change tonight...

i have another thread on this site where i lost two tetras i know however i'm making this new thread for my VT betta bc i'm worried......i've had him maybe 2 weeks maybe.....and i started feeding him the floating betta pellets, he wont eat those. so i then go tthe tropical flakes i dont see him...

ok i broke down and got the api master test kit! i havent done a water change yet. i'm doing that at some point today though. but i went ahead and tested the nitrite and nitrate and ph..... well the nitrate and nitrite came back at 0 and the ph basic test was bright bright blue and i didnt do...

i have an aqua tech 5-15 model filter and it says to replace filter every 2 to 4 weeks is that necessary? and ......i brought my tetras back in a bowl with water from the aquarium and i had them test it and the alkaline was past the testing thing he said he couldnt believe the rest of the fish...

thanks i'll try to remember that

ok bettafish forums is suggesting the ammonia test liquid kit and thats what i'm staarting with..... i cant afford the master kit........i'm in usa, louisiana which is deep southern parts of USA

so i need a nitrate test kit and ammonia test?

this is the solution i will be using....as well as using my gravel vacuum thank you all for your help

no way he cant be returned or rehomed i got him from walmart and im keeping him ....he is the reason for me picking up this new 'intererst' 'hobby'.....he has a 1 gallon bowl i can put him in if i need to and it has a top with led lights

well after i take the tetras and algae eaters back i'll do a 100% and using a gravel vacuum ....once i've finished that and put betta back in his tank then whats my next step? i dont want to have to change water frequently unless its an absolute must

im becoming confused bc i'm between 3 different forums right now and getting totally different options

i have the ammonia paper strip test strip and several days ago i tested it and it was in between stressed and danger

i'm taing the tetras and algae eaters back. now my bettafish forum suggested after i do this to do a water change and get a nitrate test kit.....if thats all i can afford and it is so now i'll only get that test kit the liqid one

im going to attempt to get an api ammonia test kit as well

well what im going to do is take the tetras and algae eaters back and then work on just having my betta and cleaning tank until the tank is where it needs to be to be adding fish....

when i can take the tetras back i am......so once their back do i still need to do what fluttermouth said everyday????

gonna take tetras back to store so are you telling me to just take all fish out and do a 100% change and put them back in and it'll be ok???

algae eaters been added to the tetra profile http://s1308.beta.photobucket.com/user/resa83/library/Tetras i can't put that little of water in the tank bc of my betta fish....... it'll stress him out...... i'm keeping my tank full of water.....i'm going to use my gravel vacuum tonight ....now...

well why are all the other fish doing ok i dont know what water stats are but its a 10 gallon tank with now 6 neon tetras 2 algae eater fishies and 1 VT male betta i'm usin a aqua tech 5-15 model filter (walmart) and i'm using a top fin adjustable heater (petsmart) its set at 82 F....cycle? i...

I'm a new VT male betta owner and 2 or 3 days ago I added 8 neon tetras. this morning i wake up and find them dead i'll post pictures of them so you can help me determine what killed them. for the record when i watch my betta he seems to be scared of the tetras and never goes around them when...