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Fish are friends too! [Fish/Tank Thread]
PassionateLovie
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So I bought a new Betta Fish last weekend and I noticed that he's super picky and refuses to his pellets and just eat the blood worm treats. I've been giving him 3 or 4 pellets a day too but he ignores the pellets. So my question is, is it ok for him to just eat blood worms or should I stop giving them to him untill he starts eatting the pellets and then adding a few worms later on to his diet?
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how did you know i spent hours today looking at pico reef tanks
gimme the deets of your betta tank
how big is it
do you have a heater
whats the temp
what sort of filtration
are they dried blood worms?
when was the last time you did a water change/how often do you do water changes/how much/what sort of stuff do you use in your water
overall: Blood worms are for treats, not a staple diet. If your fish isn't eating its normal pellet food then you need to figure out what you've messed up that is making him cranky
Test Results for the Following:
* Ammonia Level(tank)
* Nitrite Level(tank)
* Nitrate level(tank)
* Ammonia Level(tap)
* Nitrite Level(tap)
* Nitrate level(tap)
* Ph Level, Tank (If possible, KH, GH and chloramines)
* Ph Level, Tap (If possible, KH, GH and chloramines)
Other Info pleasethanks:
* Brand of test-kit used and whether strips or drops?
* Water temperature?
* Tank size (how many gals.) and how long has it been running?
* What is the name and "size of the filter"(s)?
* How often do you change the water and how much?
* How many days ago was the last water change and how much did you change?
* How many fish in the tank and their size?
* What kind of water additives or conditioners?
* Any new fish added to the tank?
* Any medications added to the tank?
* List entire medication/treatment history for fish and tank. Please include salt, Prazi, PP, etc and the approximate time and duration of treatment.
* Any unusual findings on the fish such as "grains of salt," bloody streaks, frayed fins or fungus?
* Any unusual behavior like staying at the bottom, not eating (Other than the already obvious not eating except for bloodworms), etc.?
So you should be feeding him once a day, as much as he can eat in 5 minutes. What else do you have in the Spec with him? Are you remembering to turn the light out at night, in preferably 12 hour intervals? Also, what is room temp? Is he showing any signs of distress that I mentioned on the form above??
Are you doing big changes? Seeing as you're cycling you're going to be needing to do a lot of them, but it's haaarrdd when you have a Pico (Pico means under 5 gallons) tank to keep your water chemistry good. Definitely go out and get yourself a testing kit and start keeping a diary of those stats I posted above, what you want to see is this:
What that boils down to is, your tank and your fish are gonna be kinda fucked until your filtration can build up some beneficial bacterias that will help cycle your tank. Here's some more info on that: http://www.firsttankguide.net/cycle.php
What sort of rock did you put in?? If it's a rock you found, did you test it with vinegar or anything? Did you boil it clean?
youre posting faster than i can post
edit because I cant post this fast:
if youve had the tank for 3 years you deffo need to just test hte water or bring it into your LFS for them to test it and tell you whats up
ALSO the thing with buying a betta from a LFS is that you don't know what AGE it is when they got it, or if the fish was healthy or fucked or what when you got it. You could just have a bad fish, as shitty as that is. But you should deffo get your water tested. And worms won't keep him alive forever, you gotta manage to get him to eat pellets.
but imo, as far as what you've told me
I'd get your water tested by your LFS and get yourself your own testing kit (They run between 20-50$, but last for fucking ever and they make you feel like a SCIENTIST when you use them)
because it could be something with your water? And even if your past fish wasn't effected, I mean, it could be now. Or hey maybe its what killed your old fish. BB's (Beneficial Bacteria) are crazy shit, and sometimes shit just goes wrong, your cycle could be thrown off. Did you recently clean your filter/change the bio material?
Stop feeding him bloodworms, he won't die if he goes hungry for a day or two or three. Switch to pellets entirely.
Check him THOROUGHLY for parasites or anything that visually looks wrong. There's a good possibility he had something on him or brought it in with him. Cause if he's bottom sitting and not eating he sounds siiccckkk.
test strips are actually kinda shitty
get the kit
take water to the LFS too
aw he sounds sweet!!
Here's a pic of him
fish are fucking rad
I'll cut you man
You needed to add the .jpg at the end.
Damned pretty looking fish.
I could run all those tests on Ion Chromatography for a good price. Would you like a quote?
Also it's pH
I'd have to run that using an ISE though. Paper test strips are not accurate enough.
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your water actually looks really clear!!
and I can't see any parasites from this photo alone
his fins don't look very full for a crown-tailed betta though, looking a little clamped
also oghulk you have no idea how fucking pumped i am about fish
Especially considering the epic things you can do with tanks.
that suuuuccks im sorry
lol thank you! and he is! I named him King. I'm just hoping he's just being picky but I'll test his water for sure.
yea thanks that would be great!
yea
speaking of epic tanks, I was checking out this sexy bitch today
lagoon pico reef tank, 3 gallons
tank(unknown maker) 15 1/4L x 9 3/4W x 5H
Elite mini 25 watt heater
Tetra internal power filter 2-10 gallon(85gph)
13 watt 6500k cfl bulb(for mangroves)
2-3 x 1w cool white and 3-4 x 1w royal blue gu10 LEDs
2 hydor pico evolution power heads
LIVESTOCK;
8lbs dry rock/2lbs live rock
8lbs live sand
7 mangroves
several macroalgaes...ochtodes,halymenia sp, unidentified red macro
cuc...3 ceriths,3 nerites,1 nassarius,limpets,bristle worms
feature fish/Invert...Yellow clown goby,2 sexy shrimp
3 colors of gsp
Photosynthetic gorgonian
Pulsing Xenia
Blue sympodium
20+ types zoanthids
5 acan lords
3 ricordias
2 acan echinata
Orange sun coral
(Note: These are actually called sexy shrimp)
I you want me to report the data to the EPA or to the European Union REACH offices, it's an extra $100 per sample.
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ain't nothing odd about that at all
like I said, fish are rad too bad you can't see that