I came home to a dead betta..

[seangee]

Oh and feed sparingly. No more than they can eat in 30 seconds and no more than twice a week until things get under control. The fish won't starve.

 

[Emmet]

Should I use both of these products with my water change & this is my tank set up with all the plants I have.

 

[Emmet]

The tank

 

[Emmet]

UPDATE:

After a water change, I have new parameters:

- Nitrate: 20PPM.
- Nitrite: 2PPM.
- KH: 40PPM.
- GH: 60PPM.
- PH: 6.5PPM.

 

[Lilyann]

If you are able to do a 75% water change daily do so, do one now if you can. The water needs to be de-chlorinated. No need to get the temperature perfect, anywhere close to the tank temperature (even room temp) is good enough. Also get as many fast growing floating plants as you can and put them into the tank. Water sprite and frogbit are good choices as they are fairly substantial. These will use ammonia (without converting it to nitrite) which will help while the filter is establishing.Make the changes as bog as possible - if you change 50% it means you are leaving 50% of the bad stuff behind.

The plants in your pics are fairly slow growing and won't help much in this regard.

Excellent recommendation.

 

[Emmet]

After doing the 75% water change and receiving these results should I continue to use the salt method?

 

[Lilyann]

UPDATE:

After a water change, I have new parameters:

- Nitrate: 20PPM.
- Nitrite: 2PPM.
- KH: 40PPM.
- GH: 60PPM.
- PH: 6.5PPM.

Keep going, you are almost there. Back to back water changes until no nitrites.

 

[Emmet]

Keep going, you are almost there. Back to back water changes until no nitrites.

Back to back as in daily or another one right now?

 

[Lilyann]

After doing the 75% water change and receiving these results should I continue to use the salt method?

Absolutely. You are trying to counter any possible effects from the nitrite exposure. This takes time. Put back salt that take out for at least 3 more days.

 

[Lilyann]

Back to back as in daily or another one right now?

Another one, right now. back to back until nitrites no longer register.

 

[Emmet]

Another one, right now. back to back until nitrites no longer register.

Alright, And this won't stress the fish out?

 

[Essjay]

Whenever there is nitrite (and ammonia when you have a tester) above zero you need to do a water change. if that means back to back water changes, that's what needs to be done. It is more stressful for fish to live in water with ammonia & nitrite than for you to do a water change.

Stress coat is a dechlorinator. You need to add this every time you do a water change, at the dose rate for the volume of new water.
Stress zyme is bottled bacteria but not the most highly recommended one. If you can get to a shop tomorrow there are three things to look for.
Fast growing plants - if they have it, water sprite used as a floating plant is one of the best.
An ammonia tester
Tetra Safe Start - this is one of the better bottled bacteria.

 

[Lilyann]

Alright, And this won't stress the fish out?

It may stress the fish minimally, but 2 ppm of nitrites can kill the fish . So, the trade-off is well worth it.

 

[Emmet]

Whenever there is nitrite (and ammonia when you have a tester) above zero you need to do a water change. if that means back to back water changes, that's what needs to be done. It is more stressful for fish to live in water with ammonia & nitrite than for you to do a water change.

Stress coat is a dechlorinator. You need to add this every time you do a water change, at the dose rate for the volume of new water.
Stress zyme is bottled bacteria but not the most highly recommended one. If you can get to a shop tomorrow there are three things to look for.
Fast growing plants - if they have it, water sprite used as a floating plant is one of the best.
An ammonia tester
Tetra Safe Start - this is one of the better bottled bacteria.

I have work but yes the lack of sleep will have to do I'll get up at 5 AM to get to the fish shop and get the stuff into the tank before I head off to work.

It may stress the fish minimally, but 2 ppm of nitrites can kill the fish . So, the trade-off is well worth it.

Got it, Starting now. I'll post my update in a few minutes.

 

[Emmet]

Results are in!

- NO^3: 0ppm
- NO^2: 0.5ppm
- pH: 6.5ppm
- KH: 20ppm
- GH: 30ppm