Tuesday, June 28, 2011
WOOOOOO!
Two new fish are coming. First time fish have been sent to me. Their coming from a wonderful breeder in the US. I am excited and it has made my day a little better. :)
Monday, June 27, 2011
Might be buying another girl...
I have been meaning to get a good breeding straight HM female for a while, and I might get her partner too. Hopefully I can get a good spawn if I get them and breed them. Pictures soon!
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Common Betta Diseases and Treatments
Now that the DBT X CT Spawn has stablized with like 4 fry/ and everyone is sitting around under their bubblenest (exept the girls who are chasing the new female) I thought I should introduce you to the two most common problems I see with betta and how I treat them.
First off the best medicine is prevention and most of these diseases can be prevented and solved by cleaner water, this usually means more water changes and less feeding.
Fin Rot:
I commonly see this in betta coming out of the pet store or one that has been neglected for a period of time. For mild to medium cases I usually start doing 100% water changes everyday and adding a little freshwater Aquarium Salt. Severe cases usually will require I medication. Fin rot usually presents its self as a dark edge around the fins and will in a short amount of time manage to eat the edges of the fin in, till the point where it starts eating away the body... I have seen this before and its not lovely usually the fish will die as soon as the rot starts eating away at their body.
As you can see here is a photo of Splatter this is a photo of him healing and his fins are growing in clear (you can see this best on the bottom) and on his dorsal fins you can still see some of the dark edges of the fin rot. This is sometimes harder to spot on darker betta but its the same idea and almost all finrot looks the same.
Swim Bladder Disease and Bloating:
Caused by overfeeding and bad water quality. This is real simple to diagnose the fish will start to have problems controlling their buoyancy. Bloating can cause swim bladder disease, and you will notice a fat tummy and lack of pooping. Swim bladder problems will cause a fish to float to the surface all the time or sink... mainly you will notice a lack of control in the fish.
In this fish here you can tell he is bloated the best course of action would be to raise the temprature and fast him for a few days. Also Epsom salt in 1tsp/gallon dosses helps. With swim bladder disease you can add epsom salt in slow upgrades to maybe 2 tsp/ gallon and see if that can help. Swim bladder disease can also lead to dropsy which is usually fatal.
Photos (c) to their owners.
First off the best medicine is prevention and most of these diseases can be prevented and solved by cleaner water, this usually means more water changes and less feeding.
Fin Rot:
I commonly see this in betta coming out of the pet store or one that has been neglected for a period of time. For mild to medium cases I usually start doing 100% water changes everyday and adding a little freshwater Aquarium Salt. Severe cases usually will require I medication. Fin rot usually presents its self as a dark edge around the fins and will in a short amount of time manage to eat the edges of the fin in, till the point where it starts eating away the body... I have seen this before and its not lovely usually the fish will die as soon as the rot starts eating away at their body.
As you can see here is a photo of Splatter this is a photo of him healing and his fins are growing in clear (you can see this best on the bottom) and on his dorsal fins you can still see some of the dark edges of the fin rot. This is sometimes harder to spot on darker betta but its the same idea and almost all finrot looks the same.Swim Bladder Disease and Bloating:
Caused by overfeeding and bad water quality. This is real simple to diagnose the fish will start to have problems controlling their buoyancy. Bloating can cause swim bladder disease, and you will notice a fat tummy and lack of pooping. Swim bladder problems will cause a fish to float to the surface all the time or sink... mainly you will notice a lack of control in the fish.
In this fish here you can tell he is bloated the best course of action would be to raise the temprature and fast him for a few days. Also Epsom salt in 1tsp/gallon dosses helps. With swim bladder disease you can add epsom salt in slow upgrades to maybe 2 tsp/ gallon and see if that can help. Swim bladder disease can also lead to dropsy which is usually fatal.Photos (c) to their owners.
Monday, June 20, 2011
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Not a good day for the fry...
So I ended up just having to fill the tank up twice as much and putting in a pre-cycled filter. I got test strips but they showed no ammonia I managed to get it all running.. so far I havent found any more deaths sense the two the night before but its harder to find them now they may have gotten sucked up into the filter. Many of them still dont have an appetite but now most are swimming again. We will see how they are in the morning.
Friday, June 17, 2011
GAH! Bad Day
So last night I had to take my fry out of the tank clean it a once over massive greater then 90% water change and then slowly acclimate my 2 week old fry back... Many of them were side floating and having problems swimming. Now the tank has decided to cycle I think or its just growing white stuff on my walls. I really hope this doesnt hurt the guys if worst comes to worst I have a filter I am prepared to use. So not amused by this tanks antics... and I had to cull a fry I injured him bad while trying to net him... Just not a good situation all around.
In better news I moved Uni to a bowl and my new unnamed red and white boy is eating pellets now Yay!
In better news I moved Uni to a bowl and my new unnamed red and white boy is eating pellets now Yay!
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Spawn count update! CTXDBT
So durning feeding today I recounted the fry I have around ten X___x not sure what to do about that lol. Kinda a nice surprise today hopefully I can get good pics soon of them when they get bigger. Its nice to know I had twice as many as I originally counted little buggers. We will see at the final count. They are reaching 3 weeks old right now I will separate them at about 6-7 weeks hopefully.
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