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I agree the testing is rather slim; I'm actually hoping to go into honors at my university and do a thesis on this with anabantoids. Some fish may be more susceptible to the medication than others as well, or could have been fighting a pathogen already but have not yet shown symptoms. I don't...

Small containers? Still sounds like an overdose to me. What size of container was used versus what was dosed? (The tank that the watered down dosage was made in and dosage of that as well) The article about Melafix toxicity in fish that I posted (this one) actually confirmed that it is...

Hello everyone! (wow, I'm back? :oops:) After (almost) finishing the first semester of year 2 in my aquaculture studies at Dalhousie, I've found I've learned more about finfish and shellfish than I've bargained for, and a notable subject has crossed my path while caring for my own fish that I...

Soaking the pellets seems to have worked!! And here I was overreacting over nothing haha. Guess I’ve got a lot of leftover flakes now... I think I will. They’re easy to get around here and good quality.

I don’t know how to explain it, but he acts (for the most part) fine around most foods, but when it comes to pellets he wiggles a bit in front of it and then completely misses it 9 times out of 10. Even if it grazes his mouth, it won’t make it in. Perhaps I take that back then, rather than...

He struggles with pellets though. It looks like something neurological almost? I can try just feeding him the pellets, but what if he doesn’t eat the pellets for a week or more?

Hello, it’s me again So things are going well with James! He’s eating (sort of, hence the need for a post), swimming lots, sometimes flaring, just looking 100% better overall! He loves his new 5.5gal like his buddy Marmalade has. The only issue is the food. He wasn’t eating pellets while I was...

Well, bad news; I tried the bigger pellets and he’s acting the same, so I don’t feel comfortable bringing him back to the store. Good news: guess who’s picking up another 5.5g gallon to cycle so he can stay? :p I think i convinced my family that taking care of 3 bettas isn’t as bad as it...

I just think that it takes the fish way more flakes to get the same nutrition as one pellet, but I do see your point. I think flakes are a fine diet for fish who can eat them, though I see why pellets are a better choice in bettas and goldfish because I've heard that they swallow a lot more air...

Current parameter readings say that ammonia is at 0.5-1ppm, nitrite is at 0.25-0.5ppm, and nitrate is between 0–5ppm. I’m going to do a 50% water change to reduce ammonia and nitrite, but to also avoid doing the wrong thing in case 100% water changes are a no-go. I don’t think this “tank” will...

I do take him out of the tank and put him in a seperate container, but i re-acclimate him to the new water every time I re-introduce him. I can stop this if it seems like a bad idea, but I haven’t seen any adverse effects so far; he seems fairly “happy”, as in not very stressed, and swims around...

Got a pellet down him this morning, left it at that. Came back from work this afternoon, fed him a bit of flakes, did a 100% water change (I’m doing 100% every 2 days because I’m unsure whether or not the tank is cycled, especially at such a small size. I’ll leave it alone and check parameters...

The crunching sound isn’t constant, and I haven’t heard it since, so maybe I’m just imagining things. He’s breathing normally from the looks of things, if just a bit heavily, but he’s really active for such a long-finned betta. Another question I had though was could I temporarily feed flakes to...

Even when he doesn’t have a pellet to chomp on? He’s doing this when he’s breathing at the surface too. It doesn’t quite sound like something’s wrong with the filter, it sounds more like he’s just crunching up a pellet, but twice as loud and even when I haven’t fed him. I have no clue what else...

Alright, some good news, but also some worrying news. Good news: I can (sometimes) get James to eat whole pellets now! He must be feeling much better with more food in him. I’m not feeding more than 2 pellets once in the morning and once in the evening, removing what he cant eat, which brings me...

I did try that, but it got really messy. Maybe that’s all I can do for now though

James is still doing well, but I’m still stuck on feeding. I’ve tried pellets, smaller pellets, frozen bloodworms, and frozen brine shrimp (the last 2 defrosted, of course). The small pellets almost seem good enough for him to eat, but they sink for some reason and get lost, or he has trouble...

I think he’s just a super delta, but wow, yours is stunning! I do have one of those betta leaf hammocks for him to rest on, but I’ll get some hornwort in there or something so he can be comfy while I have him. It’s going to be a shame to return him to the store, but I promised my coworkers and...

It’s hard to get a good picture of him, but I’ve attached 2 of what I can get. His belly isn’t distended or anything, but his swimming is still off. And I’ve read up on epsom salt baths before, but I’ll certainly do a refresher by looking on here before I attempt anything ( if I even need to), I...

Okay, got it, no peas. I’ll try an epsom salt bath maybe on Tuesday? I don’t want to do it tomorrow because I’m already doing his water change then. Don’t want to stress him out too much. And much to my surprise, Northfin pellets are smaller than my other pellets, so he managed to get one or two...

Ah, thanks very much for the reply! I can't do much about the filter because he's in such a small tank right now, but it's only temporary and much of an improvement to the cup he was in, at least in my opinion. He also has trouble getting air as is, so I'm worried that more surface tension might...

As I said, he's not accepting any other foods. I can try brine shrimp again, but he doesn't recognize bloodworms as food at the moment. Those are the only two frozen foods I have on hand, but I was thinking of blanching a pea or two later and trying that to see if 1, he'd eat it, and 2, it would...

I have another issue. James seems just about ready to go back to the store, but he has trouble eating. I don't know how to put it... It's almost like his mouth is too small? But he also lunges like 5 times at the same pellet within a few seconds before swimming away and doing the same thing to...

Well, uh, hey, on the brighter side of things, day 2 and James is up and moving! (yes, I gave him a name. James Pond, Goldeneye, 007, thought it would fit) He’s very active today, and other than taking weird breaks near the surface and still refusing to eat bloodworms OR pellets (just tried one...

I got some bloodworms, he rejected the bloodworms, so we’ll try again tomorrow before I do a water change. I’d drop the water level but I’d like to keep the filter and heater running, which would be hard to do in less than a gallon of water. It’s hard enough as in less than 2 gallons. I really...

No live brine shrimp around here, unfortunately. I can try raising some, but I’m not very good at it. As for mosquito larvae, the snow has fallen and temperatures have dropped, so I’m all out of luck for trying those out :( I’ll get the bloodworms and see what he thinks, and look around for live...

I’ll try the water trick, thanks! I’m not sure if he was eating at the store, but he was definitely being overfed if he managed to eat any of the pellets given to him. I just defrosted some brine shrimp for him to try and he showed no interest, so I’ll continue fasting him until Sunday and try...

I just tested ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate with a (hopefully) reliable test. It’s one of those API liquid master test kits with the pH tests as well, but its a few years old. Everything came back at 0, although the ammonia looked a bit off to me, so it may be between 0 and 0.25ppm? If that’s...

Thanks so much for the quick response! I can try and put some established media in, but the filter is rather small. I think I can try and fit some sponge I have in one of my other filters into it if I cut it or something. I’ll also do 50% water changes every other day until he’s looking better...

I feel like I post here way too often nowadays.... Anyways, hello all, I’m back with an interesting problem. I work at a high end pet store chain now (which is pretty cool imo), and one of the things we carry are bettas! It’s always tempting to take home a third, fourth, or 15th betta, but I...

Thank you so much. I’m sure I’ll be doing plenty of crying, haha. I’m already pretty vocal about this, so I’m kind of glad to hear that taking about it will help! I’m probably going to talk about it quite a lot to my friends, as my family is a bit fragile when it comes to this subject now. The...

Hi all, Just had to put my 13 year old husky/border collie mix down last night with my family. Cried myself to sleep. It’s my first time ever putting down a pet (other than fish) and it’s been really hard on me. Any tips for keeping my head up and staying positive? I know I’ve got to keep busy...

Thank you guys so much for your replies! Since winter is coming up fast and furious in Canada, I wont be able to get any wild love foods for a few months starting in a couple of weeks, but I can certainly try some of the other foods mentioned if I really need to. One of my big problems is I’m...

I swear I saw it in a LFS somewhere near me... I might be able to get it in stores if it’s Canadian, considering I’m Canadian myself! ;) Ah, that’s what I meant. Sorry for being so vague. I remember Hikari using whole fish meal before, or something along those lines. I can’t quite remember now...

Weird, my bettas eat it fine. I just don’t like the switch they made to fish meal and such. Just a terrible drop in quality imo That’s a good point, but one of my bettas is a lot bigger than the other bettas I’ve had. I don’t believe he’s a “giant” or “king” betta, but I don’t remember my other...

Haven’t thought of a white background... I really don’t wanna ruin the aesthetic of his tank but I suppose now that I’ve gone this far I should try and make him as comfortable as possible. The flaring has toned down with the floating plants though, so I don’t know whether to just stick with what...