BlueTurtle25

Anything I should look for while testing my water? I'll post an update in a week or so. Thanks!

I do have live plants so I will keep the salt concentration to 1 table spoon per 5 gallons. I ordered some Indian Almond leaves from aquarium co op today and am hoping to get them by the end of the week. Besides this, is there anything else I can do to help reduce the swelling and how often should I be do water changes while he is suffering from popeye?

I added 2 table spoons of fritz aquarium salt last week. I did a 50% water change today so I will have to add another tablespoon. Would a higher concentration of salt help? I will go out tomorrow and buy some Indian almond leaves from Petco. I also wanted to add that I do have a lot of diatom algae (the brown dust algae) that I have to clean up with weekly water changes. Would this have anything to do with his Popeye? Thanks for your help!

Tanks size: 10 gallons Heater and filter: yes and yes tank temperature: 78 degrees Fahrenheit Parameters: Ph 8.2, Gh 120ppm, Kh 240 ppm, Nitrite 0ppm, Nitrate 15ppm, Ammonia 0ppm. *Parameters were acquired using the API master test kit and taken a second time using the API 5 in 1 test strips. Tank and fish are both around a year and a half old. I perform 50% water changes weekly and clean sponge filter every 1-2 months. I refill the aquarium with well water. This water has been tested recently and contains no ammonia or nitrate. Other than my betta fish there are two nerite snails. I feed 5-7 pellets of Hikari Betta Bio gold daily and feed frozen bloodworms once or twice a week as a treat. Pictures of fish and aquarium: https://imgur.com/a/siK0Qym

I'm at a loss with what to do about treating my betta's popeye. He developed it 3 or so months ago and it has just been stagnant or worsening. I have tried 1 course of Fritz Maracyn (Erythromycin) and 2 courses of Sea Chem Kanaplex (Kanamycin) in this time frame. As well as multiple water changes a week and a low dose of salt (1tbsp for 5 gallons) in his 10 gallon planted tank. I even tried a salt bath with 1 tbsp of salt per 1 gallon and it just made him stressed and it took him a while to begin acting normal again. Any suggestions on what else I could try? He's still eating and swims around, but his eye looks awful.

I gave my betta a salt bath today and he seemed very stressed afterwards. I noticed for a few hours afterwards he just stuck to the top of his tank and gill breathed rapidly. Occasionally he would bat his pectoral fins really fast. I'm pretty sure it was shock from the bath. I plan on discontinuing the salt baths and just keeping a low level of salt in his tank for a another week or two. His eye has slowly, but surely been getting better. I removed the decoration, which I believe he injured his eye on as well.

I added 1 teaspoon per 5 gallons of Fritz aquarium salt to my betta's 10 gallon tank yesterday, like you suggested. Nothing really seems bothered by the salt thankfully! Is there a minimum amount of water I should use for the salt baths? I plan on using a 2-4 gallon plastic container and just filling it up with the same water that I use for water changes. And water temperature should be identical to his main aquarium? I started the low dose of salt in his 10 gallon yesterday, so a week will be Saturday (the 12th) and I will start the salt baths tomorrow everyday until Friday! Thanks again for your help! It means a lot to me! I'll give you an update Saturday!

I'm wondering if I should do a water change and trying dosing Fritz Maracyn instead of Kanaplex? Kanaplex is obviously not doing very much considering his eye is still swollen. Should I try salt baths as well? I really appreciate your help! I hope I can get this solved it's been almost a week now with minimal improvement.

I bought some Fritz Aquarium Salt today and i will start dosing it alongside kanaplex.

Hi! I started noticing very slight Popeye symptoms in my Betta's left eye on Sunday, when I was feeding him. I ordered some Fritz Maracyn antibiotic powder from Aquarium Co Op and was just going to let things be until it arrived. Unfortunately, my package was not expected to show up until Friday and by Tuesday his symptoms had gotten way worse. I panicked and immediately found many posts online about people treating their Betta's Popeye with SeaChem's Kanaplex. I did a 75% water change and drove an hour to a fish store that had Kanaplex in stock. The employee was very helpful and told me to increase my aquarium's temperature from 78 to 79 and that kanaplex usually does the trick for Popeye. I have been following SeaChem's directions. Dosing every other day, his eye isn't as swollen, but it has gotten cloudier. His last dose of Kanaplex is tomorrow and I have only seen minimal improvement. I'm very worried about irreversible damage to his eye. I have attached some photos. How should I proceed? Thanks! pH: 8.0 Nitrates: 20ppm Hardness: 120gh Nitrite: 0ppm Ammonia: 0ppm KH/Buffer: 240KH Water Temperature: 79 Degrees F Aquarium Capacity: 10 Gallons Other Inhabitants: Nerite Snails x2 (I got these number using both the API Master Test Kit and 5 in 1 Strips) Attached Pictures Below.

Thanks for responding! Like I told Guppysnail, I have a bit of an aquarium itch again so I think i'm just going to start a 20 gallon high tank and move these plants into it. Then turn it into a community tank for my betta. I'm glad to hear that these plants aren't that fragile. I was and still am a bit worried about killing them lol. I will definitely get a spare airstone and pump for this.

Thanks again for letting me know about this! I was just going to follow the diluted bleach instructions I found online, but I was still hesitant about it. I didn't want to accidently kill anything. I've kind of got a aquarium itch again and I think i'm going to move all of these plants into a 20 gallon high tank. I want to play with aquascaping again. I'll definitely have to buy more plants though. I'm glad I know about reverse respiration now so I don't have a bladder snail infestation everytime I put in new plants. I still have a few things to get before I can start aquascaping a 20 gallon high tank, but i'll let you know how the reverse respiration works out!

Thanks for your response! Reverse Respiration is exactly what i'm looking for. Do I need to store the plants in a special way or can I just put them in a bucket of water for a day or two? Should I trim the roots at all? I know the roots on some of my plants are pretty long and could make it a pain to replant.

I have a 10 gallon planted tank that was algae free up until May or so. I'm pretty sure the tank getting 4-5 hours of sunlight when the days started getting longer caused the algae bloom. I was pretty sick with Crohn's disease so I wasn't able to nip it in the bud. Now I have an algae mess on my hands. I'm really considering just rescaping the tank and starting over instead of trying to battle the algae. I have 8-10 stems of Vallisneria, 2 amazon swords, anubius nana, java moss and a tiger lotus bulb. I also have a male shortfin koi betta that is the sole inhabitant of the tank. My plan is to set up a temporary quarantine tank for my betta, while I rescape. I can use the existing sponge filter and tank water for the quarantine tank. I just don't know what to do about the plants. Is it possible to uproot them, clean the algae off of them and store them temporarily with my betta or another quarantine tank until I have a permanent spot in my newly scaped 10 gallon for them? Sorry if these are stupid questions. This is my first attempt at ever trying to rescape a tank and I don't want to accidently kill my betta and plants. Thanks!