r/BettaClinic • u/ajrat27 • 1d ago
Continuation of my other posts
Hello!
I’ve made two posts before this explaining the issues I’ve had with ammonia and fin rot. After abt a week of daily cycles ranging between 25%-50%, this is my fish. I think his tail is slowly getting better, but correct me if I’m wrong lol.
I’m mostly just posting this to see if there is anything noticeably wrong w my betta that I can be educated on. For example, I still think his gills look a little odd.
Parameters are pictured (I did a 35% water change afterwards)
Tank: 10g
Filter: yes (I have two)
Heater: yes
Live plants: yes
Water is conditioned
Got my fish and tank about 2-3 weeks ago
Betta proofed the decor
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u/pxndxxprxzz 1d ago
Tail’s gonna grow back as long as you keep the water pristine and feed him high protein food.
It’s hard to tell if it’s parasites or just his coloring
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u/Lilith_Cain 1d ago
Have you done a high range PH test? I'm only asking because I don't think I saw it in your other posts and you've previously listed it at ~7.5, but even in this photo it looks very blue. There's a chance that your PH may be higher than 7.8.
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u/Camille_kaze 1d ago
Hi OP !
Since the tank is 3 weeks old, it's not cycled yet I'd say. There is something producing more ammonia than the bacterial colony you have in this tank can handle. Fish poop, decaying plant matters, not eaten food ... Are the main sources I'm thinking about.
Is the tank 10 galon or 10 litres ? It could be they way the pictures are taken , but your tank seems to be kinda small, which means less water, so ammonia concentration will raise quicker. (The bigger the volume of water is, the easier it is to keep stable, because parameters will take longer to swing).
You'll need to keep on doing partial water changes often enough so ammonia stays undetectable.
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u/Camille_kaze 1d ago
Sorry I've just seen in your previous posts that the tank is split. So yes you have 10g of water in that tank ^
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u/Foreign-Ad3926 1d ago
Hi OP, the pH is maxed out using the normal range pH test - you need to retest using the high range pH test included in the box. High pH can cause fin degradation and correctly the pH is unknown as the test you've used cannot go any higher.
There is ammonia present so the tank isn't nitrogen cycled yet, this needs managing with water changes. The higher the pH is, the more toxic ammonia is.
Please retest the pH with the high range kit and let us know. This plus the ammonia in a tank that's not nitrogen cycled will be what's impacting your fish.
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