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  1. Hello! I noticed last night that my betta seems to have some scales on his head turning a brownish bronze color. I just wanted to make sure that nothing is wrong. Background: I've had him for 6 months. When I got him he had a white head and some white mixed in on his back, so I actually thought he was a koi. However, within a week of good care, almost all the white disappeared and he's been dark blue with a few light blue scales dotted throughout for the entire time I've had him. His lighter scales don't seem to ever change locations. So I'd kinda ruled out that he's a koi, but I wanted to mention it in case these new colors could just be a koi gene. He appears to have the tiniest bit of loose skin around his bronze scales (like a really small amount. It's hard to even notice). I just rescaped my previously all silk planted tank and replaced everything with dragon stone and live plants, so maybe he just scraped himself a little while exploring? (all the plants were quarantined for a month and alum dipped.) This morning, he also has some dangling stringy poop (just a short bit). It's brown, not white. He doesn't appear to be bloated at all. He's acting totally normal, active, eating. So that's what's going on. Hopefully it's nothing but I wanted to check! The bronze doesn't look like velvet, it looks like scales to me. I only see it on his head, not his gills or the other half of his body. Nothing on his fins. Oh, he does have some missing pieces of his fins that was from fin rot, but his fin rot seems to be gone after treating it. His fins grew in about half way before kinda stopping, but they haven't gotten worse again, so I think that might just be how his fins will be now. Tank: 10 gallon Heated at 79 degrees F, filtered, fully cycled Fully planted with anubias and java fern No tank mates No ammonia or nitrites. Nitrates are around 10-20. Weekly water changes, usually 30-40%
  2. So I have a group of floaters that have been in quarantine for over a month. About to add them to the tank- surprise! Planaria. Must've been eggs on the plants as I didn't see any at first and the planaria are very tiny. Some too small to even see the eyes on. I added alum to the quarantine container for 3 days and then moved the plants to a new container with fresh water. I'm waiting to see if I spot any living planaria left in the original container (or any in the new one.) I did not submerge the floaters completely as I'm guessing that would kill all of them. I'm hoping that any part of the plant that's above the water is safe- I'm guessing planaria eggs can't survive on a dry surface? My logic was if any planaria was up there, it must go back into the treated water right? I'm hoping the alum took care of the eggs and planaria, but the little things creep me out, so I was wondering if anyone can confirm the effectiveness. Should I be safe to add my plants to my tank or should I play it safer and wait a few more weeks?
  3. I've heard with bettas yes, maybe I'm wrong? Idk, I've only been in the hobby since July lol
  4. Probably would've been more effective, but I was worried about kidney damage from the salt.
  5. Thank you! I do use the Master Test Kit. I suspect that the fin rot was caused by high tap nitrates (around 30ppm). I now do water changes with half or 2/3 distilled water to dilute those, and added floaters to help suck up nitrates. Another cause could've been my filter, which until a few weeks ago was too strong. I wonder if using salt now that I've changed the filter would be more effective, but again, I already tried it and it didn't fully heal the rot. I could probably try it again, it was back in December-early January that I did it before starting antibiotics.
  6. Hello, new to the forum! 🙂 Wish it was a more lighthearted first post... My betta has been struggling with fin rot for months now, and I haven't been able to get anything to really vanquish it. I tried aquarium salt and catappa leaves for two weeks, followed by two weeks of daily water changes to filter the salt out. He had some new growth, but as soon as I finished the daily water changes, the new growth fell off and his fins started to get worse again. Now I am just finishing two rounds of Maracyn 2 treatment. I am once again seeing small amounts of what appears to be clear growth on the two largest splits/tears in his tail. However, after what happened upon finishing the salt treatment, I'm skeptical if his fin rot is really gone. He still has dark edges around the tears in his fins (photo included). I don't know if those take time to go away or if this means his fin rot isn't gone. I'm afraid that as soon as I do the final water change tomorrow, the progress will be erased and his fins will continue to retreat. As you can see, the main tear is getting kinda close to his body and I don't want body rot, as I know that's nearly impossible to cure. Tank basics: 10 gallon tank, HOB filter (adjustable with very slow flow), heated around 79 degrees Ammonia and nitrite have been steady at 0 throughout the salt and Maracyn 2 treatments Nitrate is between 10-20 Very hard water (high gH and kH) but I do my water changes with half distilled water to lessen that Silk plants in the tank Usually I have red root floaters and moss balls in there as well, but they've been temporarily removed so the meds don't affect them. The tank is fully cycled with at least one water change a week, 25-30%. No tank mates The fish is active and seems happy, and has a normal appetite. He really shows no symptoms other than the torn fins and dark edges. I have two ideas here: 1. Finish the Maracyn 2 treatment and water change tomorrow as planned. Plant the tank (I have live plants ready to replace all silk ones) and hope that his fins continue to improve with the plant filtration and increased oxygen.) 2. Try another medication. Maybe Maracyn 1? I think it's more effective against fungal infections, and I thought my betta's rot is bacterial, but I'm very new to this hobby so I'm not sure I suppose. Or if anyone has other advice, that'd be great! I could of course plant the tank and try maracyn 1 together, but I'm concerned about killing all my new plants. Advice from experienced fish keepers is greatly appreciated! I'm curious if you guys think his fin rot is healing or if it isn't fully. (excuse the fuzzy looking stuff floating on the surface in the pic, it's from the maracyn 2!)
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