Betta Fish: Help. How can I fix him? Not to mention all of the green crap growing. 😢
Help. How can I fix him? Not to mention all of the green crap growing. 😢
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Bandet_The_Gamer101 on
Pop eye, treat with medicate and aquarium salts in a hospital tank, aquarium salts melt plants. My girl had this once, but she’s good now. And having a bed close to the surface of the tank also helps, they’ll rest a lot when recovering
Top-Caterpillar-2128 on
I thought your toddlwr was taking the pic for a second! I hope youre betta gets better!
NotWelly on
Add aquarium salt per its instructions, water change and add prime.
Smaller tanks are harder to keep stable but I recommend adding fast growing floaters and toss a bunch of Anubis or something easy to find.
I also recommend the antibiotic kanaplex, I mix mine with a small amount of food pellet and a drop of water then let it dry out and that will be his medicated food
How old if the tank? What filter and heater are you using
KuhliL0v3r on
The green stuff you have there is BGA: blue green algae, also called cyano bacteria.
This stuff is a pain in the ass, it’s caused by too many nutrients in the water and not enough flow or oxygenation.
Best way to get rid of it is to get aggressive fast growing plants and to reduce your lighting period. You need to combine this with manual removal, get out as much as you can by hand, use gloves or wash your hands very well while doing so because certain species (a very small minority) are toxic. For the bits you don’t manage to scoop out you can dose hydrogen peroxide with a pipette which will kill it. Make sure to shut off your filter while doing this and keep it off for 20 minutes. This is critical as it gives the hydrogen peroxide enough time in contact with the BGA to kill it and also keeps the peroxide away from the filter bacteria which it could harm until it’s already decomposed.
One-plankton- on
Cyanobacteria (the blue green slime) is usually caused by low flow or excessive lighting. It is very toxic.
Manually remove what you can, then use Ultralife or Chemiclean to treat- this is the only time I recommend treating for anything growing in a tank.
You still will need to address the underlying issue. How long are your lights on for?
Your fish has popeye
HappyTuesdayR1S on
I have been dealing with CB for a bit too. I didn’t know what it was at first, then fucked up and scrubbed it off so it went all over. I did. Couple black outs and most of it is dead, I’m actively fighting it but.
I’m almost positive it’s from too much nutrients. Everything grows, then starts to melt and will come back a couple weeks later. I haven’t used my chemical just black out, more air with my stone, manual removal, lots of water changes.
Def seems to be way more under control I tested for phosphorus and it wasn’t super high so I’m assuming it’s just because the snails shit soooo much and I wasn’t cleaning enough.
Electrical_Strike767 on
OH MY GOD YOU GPD BLUE GREEN ALGAE RIP 🪦
TripResponsibly1 on
For the algae, it’s Blue-green algae (actually a bacteria, not algae). The best tank treatment I’ve used is the ultralife bluegreen slime stain remover, you can get it on amazon. It’s a very targeted treatment just for blue green algae and won’t hurt snails, inverts, fish, or your plants. Works great just remember to physically remove as much as you can before treatment and follow the instructions carefully.
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Pop eye, treat with medicate and aquarium salts in a hospital tank, aquarium salts melt plants. My girl had this once, but she’s good now. And having a bed close to the surface of the tank also helps, they’ll rest a lot when recovering
I thought your toddlwr was taking the pic for a second! I hope youre betta gets better!
Add aquarium salt per its instructions, water change and add prime.
Smaller tanks are harder to keep stable but I recommend adding fast growing floaters and toss a bunch of Anubis or something easy to find.
I also recommend the antibiotic kanaplex, I mix mine with a small amount of food pellet and a drop of water then let it dry out and that will be his medicated food
How old if the tank? What filter and heater are you using
The green stuff you have there is BGA: blue green algae, also called cyano bacteria.
This stuff is a pain in the ass, it’s caused by too many nutrients in the water and not enough flow or oxygenation.
Best way to get rid of it is to get aggressive fast growing plants and to reduce your lighting period. You need to combine this with manual removal, get out as much as you can by hand, use gloves or wash your hands very well while doing so because certain species (a very small minority) are toxic. For the bits you don’t manage to scoop out you can dose hydrogen peroxide with a pipette which will kill it. Make sure to shut off your filter while doing this and keep it off for 20 minutes. This is critical as it gives the hydrogen peroxide enough time in contact with the BGA to kill it and also keeps the peroxide away from the filter bacteria which it could harm until it’s already decomposed.
Cyanobacteria (the blue green slime) is usually caused by low flow or excessive lighting. It is very toxic.
Manually remove what you can, then use Ultralife or Chemiclean to treat- this is the only time I recommend treating for anything growing in a tank.
You still will need to address the underlying issue. How long are your lights on for?
Your fish has popeye
I have been dealing with CB for a bit too. I didn’t know what it was at first, then fucked up and scrubbed it off so it went all over. I did. Couple black outs and most of it is dead, I’m actively fighting it but.
I’m almost positive it’s from too much nutrients. Everything grows, then starts to melt and will come back a couple weeks later. I haven’t used my chemical just black out, more air with my stone, manual removal, lots of water changes.
Def seems to be way more under control I tested for phosphorus and it wasn’t super high so I’m assuming it’s just because the snails shit soooo much and I wasn’t cleaning enough.
OH MY GOD YOU GPD BLUE GREEN ALGAE RIP 🪦
For the algae, it’s Blue-green algae (actually a bacteria, not algae). The best tank treatment I’ve used is the ultralife bluegreen slime stain remover, you can get it on amazon. It’s a very targeted treatment just for blue green algae and won’t hurt snails, inverts, fish, or your plants. Works great just remember to physically remove as much as you can before treatment and follow the instructions carefully.