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This is a halfmoon doubletail Betta. He's distinct in that he's one of the few that I've named. (Waterfall) I'm generally opposed to naming fish because it's a lot harder when a named pet dies.This particular Betta is new to the tank. The previous one, a Halfmoon Betta, was not being terribly friendly, and is now in isolation. I suspect it's sick, because over the two months it was in the large tank, I never once saw the halfmoon Betta eat. However, other fish were losing bits of their fins, and the halfmoon was following them. . .
The new Betta shown here, Waterfall, is a much more pleasant example of his kind. He actually gets along with his tankmates and actually eats the food I put in. I think he's fairly young though, since his fins are strangely small. They aren't miniscule by any means though, he was just swimming upwards here.
Currently the only issue I face with the tank is an aggravating problem with ammonia and Nitrites. (The Nitrites in particular. They refuse to drop properly. Any hints on fixing that would be appreciated.
)If you read all this, then I'm impressed. I like to blather on when I should stop.
Comments appreciated as always
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Waterfall appears to have finrot on his tail. You should get some "Stress Coat" and fin rot medication in with him asap before it gets worse. It might be due to your nitrate/ammonia problem. The best way to fix nitrate/ammonia problem is to reduce the stock in the tank, feed less, increase water changes (use a gravel vac on the gravel) and use a filter. Plants will help but you have to get to the root of the problem which is "dirty water". How many fish are in the tank right now? Is it filtered? Heated? How often/what do you feed? What is your water change schedule?
Has your halfmoon eaten since you isolated it? Is his isolation tank heated? Filtered?
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I've been caring for him steadily since he first went in, and any prior damage he had is gone. Waterfall himself appears to be an unusually small example of a Betta however, as my other halfmoon doubletail's body is practically twice the size of Waterfall's. Waterfall has been getting stress coat and medication regularly since he was put in, and I've seen relatively no change in him, but the fish with the bite out of it's tail has healed at a ridiculously fast pace. The nitrites and ammonia are no longer an issue, I've directed towards Prime, and it along with Stability are doing the trick. The tank itself is 29 gallon, and I change out roughly 7-10 gallons every friday. All my tanks are heated and filtered. the 29 gallon has seven fish in with the Betta, 2 sunset Platies, 2 balloon mollies, and 3 rasboras.
As for the isolated one, It's eating properly now that it's out of the tank. I think it was under high stress in the big one because of a fin nipper that I wasn't aware was there. (It got mixed in with a plant i bought, from the looks of things. It's since been "neutralized")
Unfortunately I have a much worse Betta to try and save now. I er..."strongarmed" his owner into handing him over. The poor thing has some pretty severe problems and I'm at a loss as to how to deal with them all. He definitely has fin rot, along with possible ammonia poisoning. He's being medicated know, but I'm not sure how to treat for ammonia poisoning....
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He's gorgeous.
Is your tank planted? If not, live plants will help immensely. Proper filtration also helps, and using a water conditioner that neutralizes ammonia and nitrites is great too (like Prime).
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The tank is planted, but the plants are rather small right now. They're having a hard time thriving, as the Balloon Mollies in the tank will pick at them, regardless of what vegetable food I give them. (This has ramped down a lot since I started putting seaweed for omnivore fish on a clip in the tank though.) I'm going to be adding some larger plants in tomorrow though, in an effort to offset the small ones.
I'm also considering investing in a submersible filter, as that seems to work well in the 20 gallon tank I have. (though it has a Nitrite issue as well, but nowhere near as bad. I have a strong suspicion the culprit is my water conditioner. It doesn't appear to affect much beyond chlorine,and I think that's the issue I'm having.)
Several people have directed me to Prime, and I have actually ordered it. I'm hoping it works, as I'm getting just a hair tired of the nitrites being constantly in stress. I can't add any more fish until they drop.
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