[Sick female betta]

I haven’t messed with aquarium salts in a long time cause I recently switched over to live aquarium plants and don’t wanna kill them and lose their benefits.

[Sick female betta]

So I have been treating with Epsom salts for almost 2 weeks and her pineconeing has began to go away she’s definitely not as bloated and swollen as she once was. She’s picking at food every other day or every other 3rd day. I’ve noticed she has been staying more towards the middle to top of the hospital tank now. She’s been behaving a little more normally but I know she’s still not out of the woods yet

[Sick female betta]

They don’t look like they are sticking out, they look more inflamed 

[Sick female betta]

My name is Andrew and my mom and I keep many species of freshwater tropical fish. I currently have a sick female betta that is in need of help. She’s bloated, you can really see the shape of her scales, she has clamped fins, and is very lethargic. She lives in a 10 gallon aquarium with a divider cause I was gonna try my hand a breeding koi betta’s. Her flashy male counterpart lives next door. The aquarium is planted and they live with some snails to help clean up the food that they don’t eat. Kinda like a self sufficient ecosystem, she’s been relocated to a planted hospital tank for observation and treatment any help anyone can give would be greatly appreciated. I’ve been laid off from my job and have been working for myself while my mom has been working part time. We’ve had a rough couple of years and I was gonna try my hand at breeding betta’s as a fun side project and make a little bit of side money. Please help.

[Reclaiming my aquarium]

On 1/5/2021 at 7:11 PM, James Black said:

Here are some algae eaters

Snails

Siamies Algae Eaters

Bristlenose Pleco

Right now I have a Leopard spotted Pleco, a clown Pleco, and a group of Otto’s working on the algae issue

[Reclaiming my aquarium]

Yes there is a diamond koi Angel fish in there

[Reclaiming my aquarium]

I’m trying to reclaim my 40 gallon planted aquarium that my soon to be ex wife messed up big time, by leaving blinds and curtains open and flooding the room with sunlight. So now that It looks like I’m getting divorced my mom and I are trying to get the algae all cleaned up and get it replanted and a thriving self contained ecosystem again. I’m gravel vacuuming and and scrubbing algae all the time while my algae eating help give us a hand in keeping things clean. Any ideas of what to do with our already established community aquarium would be so helpful.

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Very well said Cory I agree with you on this topic. We all need to be here for one another during this time of uncertainty.