Mr. Gardener wrote:
On Sun, 5 Mar 2006 16:31:01 -0500, "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
Nikki


These bettas might be good candidates for a full Metafix or Pimafix
program, I forget which does which, maybe both would be good.
This stuff is pretty new to me, so I'll toss it out here. Anybody?

-- Mister Gardener

Scrambles to the back of the tank cabinet for dusty meds.....

Melafix would be for the repair of the damanged fins, Pimafix would be
for fungal infections - if you decide to use them I wouldn't use them
together.

If the Ick is clear, personally, I would go for a lot of water changes.
Some people change up to 100% in their small betta tanks - but I
wouldn't necessarily suggest it right now. I would do around 30% twice
daily or 50% daily until things clear up. With good quality, clean water
the bettas should regrow their "ploomage" (fins and tails)if the damage
is superficial. If the wounds are obviously infected then some salt
might help as well but I wouldn't use salt long term in a betta tank if
they are healthy.


Gill