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Thanks for maintaining this
very helpful site. I am
mourning and regretting
the loss of Fisher the Betta
Fish who I bought for my
daughter about a year ago.
Being a novice at caring
for fish of any kind, I
totally missed that Fisher
was showing signs of stress
and then came down with
cotton fungus starting on
his tail.
I had seen some strings
of fuzz on his tail but
I dismissed it as nothing.
Fisher still had his glorious
coloring and seemed active
since he was still eating.
But, when I came home from
work the next day, he was
dead at the bottom, covered
in fuzz!
I immediately looked for
a site on the web to help
me figure out what had happened
and to keep it from happening
to Rainbow Sparkles too.
I went to Walmart that night
and chose the best looking
fish out of the three that
they had. Since I had washed
and prepared the bowl for
him hours before, I slowly
acclimated him to the bowl
by floating his container
in it for a half an hour.
Then I placed him in.
The next day, he was top
gasping and wouldn't eat.
Great! Now what! I read
your site some more and
decided that I needed my
bottle of Quick Cure. I
had purchased Quick Cure
months earlier to treat
Fisher for Ich. However,
I had loaned it to a friend
a while ago for her Blue
who was not very blue anymore.
Our local Walmart seems
to have a difficult time
stocking this stuff so,
I couldn't buy another bottle.
Instead I chose some other
products and immediately
added the stuff to his bowl.
The next day, he was covered
with cotton fungus anyway!
Urgency called for apprehending
my bottle of Quick Cure!
My friend was kind enough
to bring it to me when she
heard of my plight. Now
the new, nameless, fish
has had two doses of Quick
Cure and two 20% water changes.
He is looking better and
has less fuzz but not eating
yet. He is emaciated and
I am worried about that
part. He was a small juvenile
about 1.5" in length when
I bought him 4 nights ago.
He's a toothpick now. But,
without your site, he most
likely would have died already.
Thanks for your informative
site!
A little more about poor
Fisher. When I bought him
... he had to be sick. He
wasn't very good looking
at all! But, my daughter
was sick and she has severe
cerebral palsy. I wanted
her to have a pet to look
at that would be all hers
and he was the only Betta
for sale. So I bought him.
And my daughter enjoyed
watching him regardless
of his looks.
One day, when I was cleaning
his bowl, he jumped out
of his other little bowl
and landed on the kitchen
counter. I don't know how
long he was there when I
found him. I immediately
scooped him up with my hands
and through him back in
the water. We both stressed
out! Fisher had left blood
on my counter! I thought
he was a goner for sure!
However, I got out the Quick
Cure and gave him a shot.
He was a tired little fish
for a long time. But when
he recooperated he had completely
changed color! He was a
beautiful orange-red mix
with white fins. Best of
all his fins had a violet
irridescent glow at the
ends! Our duckling turned
into a swan!
My only regret is that I
didn't read your site before
the problems came! All of
these problems could have
been prevented had I done
this! Thanks again for helping
my future efforts!
Robin
Reply. Hello
Robin. Thank you for your interesting email about
your Betta, and we are glad to know that you are
now making use of this website. Good luck with your
fish.
I just had a few questions
about Bettas. I recently
got a male, and he is absolutly
cool. I noticed that he
does recognize mine and
my boyfriends face when
we come to the bowlt o feed
him, he gets all excited
and flits around.
We also found this morning
that if you put a drop of
water on the outside of
the bowl and let it run
down the side, he kinda
"chases" it to the bottom,
and continues to look for
it. He is actually a very
active fish, and we have
grown so attached.
But I was actually writing
to find out if my feeding
for him is ok. I feed him
the pellets (about 3 to
4) twice a day. Can you
feed them the regular earth
worms from outside? Or do
you need the freeze-dreied
stuff. Please let me know,
and is his excited behavior
really that or is he trying
to tell us somthing?
Thank You
Heather & Joe
Reply.
Hello Heather. I like the fact that you are closely
watching your Betta and observing his interesting
behaviors.
We recommend that
you feed floating food labeled for Betta Fish to
your Betta. As a treat you can feed a few freeze
dried blood worms, which are actually mosquito larvae.
One of my male Bettas likes dried baby shrimp and
krill, which I have to squeeze between my finger
to break up and make the pieces small enough for
my Betta to eat.
All of these foods are usually
available in stores that sell live pet fish.
Earthworms are too
big for Bettas to eat. But Bettas love to eat a
few live Black Worms. Click
here for information about live Black Worms.
I had a question about one of the fish that I own. I have a 2 gallon tank with a Betta and a few Danios. I recently tried adding a snail to the aquarium so that I had some
kind of a bottom feeder so as to not over crowd the tank with another fish.
After a few minutes of being in the tank my Betta began to nip and kind of bite at the snail when ever he started to come out of his shell.
So I have moved the snail to his own little tank for the time being. Why does the Betta nip at the snail ,and will I be able to have the snail live safely in the 2 gallon with the other fish and not be "harassed" by
my Betta?
Reply. Hello. I think your Betta is healthy, energetic, and just curious about the Snail. If you put the Snail back in the aquarium, your Betta will probably soon stop nipping on the Snail. If
your Betta's nips start hurt the Snail, the Snail can retire into its shell.
Incidentally, I'm glad you did not get more fish, because it sounds like your 2-gallon aquarium is crowded with fish now.
Click
here for more information about Bettas, click here for more about Aquatic Snails, and here
for more about Danios.
Thank you for your comments. Good luck with your aquarium.
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First
of all, thank you all
for giving everyone
this information. I
love your site. Whenever
I have trouble with
my fish, I go here.
Thank you.
Well,
this is my real problem.
Can I keep a betta with
two small cory catfish?
I've heard that bettas
can get along well with
many non-aggressive
fish that aren't fin
nippers. My friend used
to have a betta in a
community tank, and
it did very well. And
since they are at a
different water level
(bettas = top, Corys
= bottom,) they probably
won't pester each other.
Do you think this would
be okay? I really love
both species of fish,
and I want to put the
two together. Please
help!
Amanda
I have 2 bettas, a gold
gourami, and a cory
cat.
Reply.
Hello Amanda and thank you for your email. we are
glad to know that you enjoy AquariumFish.net and
make good use of it. We love Betta Fish and Cory
Catfish too.
Yes, as you surmise, Cory Catfish are good tank
mates for Betta Fish. Click
here for more about keeping Corys, where you
will learn they are warm water fish that need to
live in an aquarium
with an aquarium heater adjusted to between 78 and
82 degrees F.
Also Corys are schooling fish that need to live
in a group with several other Corys of the same
species. They also need at least one gallon of water
per Cory, when they are small, and at least three
gallons per Cory when they have grown. So a nice
group of six Corys will eventually need at least
18 gallons.
A Betta Fish should have at least one or two gallons,
so six Corys and a Betta Fish need an aquarium with
at least 20 gallons of water.
I see you also have a Gold Gourami, which can grow
to be 4", maybe 5", sometimes even bigger, and need
at least 5-gallons of water. They also prefer to
live a group of their same species, and a group
of them requires a bigger aquarium. Click
here to read more about your Gold Gourami.
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