sparklefuzz
Fishaholic
So, in the past 8 weeks, I have had 5 bettas. I now have 1. They have been kept in either a 2.5g tank with heater, or a divided tank with 4g in each section... with heater. I've done water changes as follows - either 70% ish every 3 days, or 100% every 5/6 days. I add a little salt to the water, and stress coat for the chlorine etc. I've had cases of fungus, fin rot and white spot. I've bought melafix, pimafix, fin rot and fungus meds, bacterial fin rot meds, white spot meds, nothing has actually cured anything - although the white spot seems to have cleared from cherrykins. Like I said, 4 out of 5 are dead. 2 of them did die within the first week, so I put that down to the LFS's I got them from... Kamiko, who I had longest, was 'dying' for 16 days... nothing I did would make him better, he finally gave up on sunday. Pina Colada, who was in the divided tank with Cherrykins (who is alive and kicking) and a female who only lasted 3 days.... died today. For the past couple days he had fluffy fins and was acting lethargic.. not eating etc. I treat him for fungus. He died anyway.
What the f*** am I doing wrong? I did my research, I monitored the water parameters... the fish weren't stressed out when I changed the water, they were gently cupped and acclimatised before returning to their tank. I fed them flakes, bloodworm and brine shrimp. I was super careful after a fish had died to clean everything I'd used. I let them flare for 5-10 minutes a day, no more.
I basically bought 2 small tanks and a 12g which I divided - all because I wanted to keep and possibly breed bettas... and now I have 1 betta, and I don't think I dare buy anymore. I've never had fish die on me like this before... Have I just been unlucky or is it something I've done?
What the f*** am I doing wrong? I did my research, I monitored the water parameters... the fish weren't stressed out when I changed the water, they were gently cupped and acclimatised before returning to their tank. I fed them flakes, bloodworm and brine shrimp. I was super careful after a fish had died to clean everything I'd used. I let them flare for 5-10 minutes a day, no more.
I basically bought 2 small tanks and a 12g which I divided - all because I wanted to keep and possibly breed bettas... and now I have 1 betta, and I don't think I dare buy anymore. I've never had fish die on me like this before... Have I just been unlucky or is it something I've done?