Mychala

@Chick-In-Of-TheSea thanks for the info! I've just got ramshorn snails so I'll get as many out as I can. Hopefully I won't end up with hidden dead snails and an ammonia spike.

Will Api general cure treat scutariella? I've have plants shrimp and snails and I was concerned about using salt in the aquarium. It's heavily planted and I'm afraid finding everyone to do a salt dip will be problematic. Ph 6.8 nitrates 25. Nitrites and ammonia 0 buffer 80 temp 78.

@Coluthanks a bunch! Kanaplex is ordered and will be here Thursday I'll dose the Doxy today.

@Colu I don't have kanaplex on hand, I will get it ordered. I do have api fin and body cure which is doxycycline on hand if you think that will possibly do the trick?

@Colu no flashing , no stringy poop, nothing new added recently. I can't visibly see anything on him other than maybe some tiny hole looking spots on his face that I'm not sure have ever been there. He is fairly new we got him in December and he has been perfectly healthy until now. He is pale and seems to be breathing heavily and won't eat. On Saturday I did start a dose of api general cure and then decided to dose app erythromycin as well to try and cover my bases. Yesterday I did my water change and redosed . He seems to be a bit more active, still pale and breathing heavily and won't eat. Anything else I can do? Any thoughts? This is definitely a pet fish and losing him won't go over well with my 4 yr old so I'm up for trying anything.

We've had Bandit since December our old betta passed from a large tumor. He's always been active and a big eater but a few weeks ago he stopped eating and became less active. He's pale and continues to get skinnier. I've tried live ghost shrimp doesn't even stir him. I've placed frozen brine in front of him and he takes it but spits it out. We've tried fluval bug bites, dried Daphne, multiple betta pellets etc. Somethings off and I'm not sure what. I thought it was ph. My fluval stratum ran out but that was weeks ago so I decided to put stratum back in slowly to knock it back down but it doesn't seem to have helped. Did it slowly over several days. Ph 7.4, gh 300, kh 120, nitrates 25, nitrites 0, ammonia 0. Thought maybe he was bloated and a fast would have taken care of that.. Now thinking maybe I should deworm him?any thoughts?

@PineSong @Fonskedid you notice they are more lethargic and generally don't eat as well? My tap ph is 8.2 hard as a rock and I typicIlly use fluval stratum to keep it down. My stratum recently must have ran its course and my ph is back up. The betta isnt sick but just doesn't act the same... I'm thinking I'm putting new stratum in to see if it fixes the problem @JettsPapa for several years I have kept about a cup of fluval stratum in my clean water bucket and age it overnight. It drops my ph from 8.2 to 7. It's cheaper than the distilled water over time. Just make sure the ph is stable before you change water and leave the stratum in the bucket.

Actually he is pretty young less than a year. Our old betta developed a rumor and passed away in November. He was the one I tried the stratum with and did so much better. Just not sure if it was coincidence or stratum making the difference. The new one Bandit is typically a big eater and waiting for me. I've watched him for about a week now and he's just barely eating/spitting things out. Not even after the frozen food. I'm hoping the pig is just constipated. 🤣 I ordered more stratum to have on hand just in case. My substrate is a stratum mix but I typically keep a couple handfuls in my bucket and age it and it drops the ph that way so I may be able to just get by with that lowering the ph...it's a careful process. That stuff will drop your ph from 8.2 to 7 overnight

My tap ph is 8.2. Over the years I've had bettas in this and they never seemed to thrive. Just poor appetite mostly. Several years ago I switched to having fluval stratum and haven't had many issues since. I'm guessing my stratum started to wear out my ph has gradually increased back to 8.2 over the last couple weeks. The glowlight tetras are acting normally but the betta has minimal appetite and is less active. No signs of illness. Coincidence or should I redo the stratum? It's a pain and causes algae so I wanted rid of it but I also don't want the betta issues again... I'm going to give it some time but thoughts? Ph 8.2 nitrates 10 nitrites 0 ammonia 0 gh 300 alkalinity 120 temp 80

Surprisingly I stumbled on a 0-0-1 fert, it's actually Aqueon, if anyone else is looking.

@Wes L. sounds like the easier option! I hope it does the trick , if not I'll try the flourish trace. Maybe it's just about time for a complete rescape🤔 its been a while...

@Wes L. my substrate is fluval stratum but I did put some root tabs in this morning as the stratum is getting a bit old, maybe that will fix the problem. I have been dosing higher to try and get more trace elements to correct the problem, knowing this makes the nitrates higher I have also been doing larger water changes. It's just become work to keep up with it. I was hoping there is a product that is more or less just the trace elements. But I think I'll just hold off and see if the root tabs do the trick. This tank is heavily planted with vallisneria and stem plants as well, I'm afraid they may be sucking up the trace elements.

I have pinholes in the leaves of my crypts. I'm currently dosing easy green 1-2x per week but my nitrates are wanting to stay over 40ppm. Is there a fertilizer I could add into my routine with much less to no nitrates and more of the rest?

@MengoYep that was my Val above. Just hang in and it will start sending out shoots that grow. I've found if I cut it that it doesn't always continue to grow upwards.

@James Black thanks! Thats what I was thinking would be best but I wanted to check, this is the first time hes been overwintered outside. I'll just give him plenty of time to acclimate to the temperature change.