I am going to have to go to the mall, its a distance but that is the closest
pet store now, I am guessing I can just ask someone there about the stuff
you said. I have been changing the water every day, since they are in a
tank, I have a filter and heater, I don't know if I should do a full or
partial water change every day? I been doing about 50%, My ick med says Ick+
fungus and bacteria, is that true? does it work for the fungus and bacteria?
I am not sure but I thought someone said betta's don't like salt at all,
then I read somewhere they do, is Morton's non-iodized salt ok or should I
go get another kind? how much should I use while they are getting better?
again thanks
Nikki




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Nikki wrote:
Yes they are closing forever...she says not enough business..wonder why
I don't make a habit of buying fish there, when my five year old wanted a
fish for the first time we went there, a half hour after getting the fish
it died, my husband took him down again to get a new one, my husband has
always had tanks so he looked around and said NO she has to many dead
fish floating around in the tanks, but our son said please, so he got him
another since it was not going in a tank with other fish it was not a big
deal, it died also the same day, so I usually only get supplies there, I
just happened to see the guppies and bettas and felt bad, that was my own
fault. FWIW, I never had betta's before and I got them 2, and although
they are a bit beat up, I really like them, they are pretty and neat to
watch, I hope they make it through. Got rid of ick on them, they are
missing a lot of fins I would say one is missing about 30% of fins and
the other is missing about 40-50%, but they are not acting sick, they are
eating and swimming so I will see what happens. I was wondering about the
salt because I read that when they are missing fins they are prone to get
fungus or bacteria infections and since they had ick, I thought if they
liked salt it may prevent any of those problems from happening

Eating and swimming is naturally a good sign, as is the cleared ich. I'm
going to risk sounding like a broken record. ;-) The best thing for fin
damage is very clean water. A touch of salt makes sense too, but only
while they're recovering. Then I'd wean them to fresh water.

If your betta gets bacteria on the fins, go back to your Q-tip with the
peroxide. A Q-tip with malachite green is a great cure for fungus. I
also find that feeding twice a day rather than once gives bettas the
nutrition they need to regrow fins.

In general, bettas heal from fin damage very well. I think it's because
they evolved fighting and healing.

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