froggiegal

I moved Wiggles into his new home last night! A cycled 10 gallon tank with toys, heat, silk plant, & filter. This morning I noticed that his fins are spread out, he's swimming all over - curious as can be. When he was in the vase, his fins looked shriveled. I'm seeing what appears to be debris on the end of his tail. Hope it's not anything else!

I think I found a local wholesaler fish store. I'm thinking of getting 4 corys. I think 6 will be too much for the 10 gallon. He has the following available: Arcuatus, metae, albinos and adolfoi corys. I'll have to see which is more appealing to the eye. However, would appreciate your input as to your experience and which of these may be the better tankmate.

I love this site and all the helpful members! ty all.

rifter098

i dont think any cory is better suited than the other, but watch out, bettas get aggressive with other fish...keep an eye on them the first week
...personally i like the adolfoi...they are cool looking...but the pandas(metae) are supposed to be really cool also...maybe 2 of each?

Lucy

I'm so glad Wiggles like his new tank, what a difference, huh?
I love his name!

Make sure you quarantine any new inhabitants to a tank for a minimum of 2 weeks, a month being better.

Before you add the cories, take the betta out and out the cories in, hopefully that'll help with any territorial issues.

Have a back up plan in case there's any aggression.

Post some pics when you get them.

COBettaCouple

They love exploring new territory.. do you have a picture you could post of his fins?

froggiegal

Thank you Rifter and Lucy for your input. I'm going to have to wait then and buy a QT. Wow, this is a costly hobby and I don't even have the fish yet! Then will have to wait till the new tank cycles...uggghh. Is there a product I can use to get the new tank to fully cycle? Also, do you think if I buy a 5 gallon to house new fish that thank will be big enough to hold the 4 corys?

Lucy, you helped me out with my chiclid question earlier this week regarding "Killer". I'm working with three different tanks - the established 45 gallon (what was) a chiclid tank, this new cycled betta 10 gallon tank (which WAS my QT) and last week, I set up a 50 gallon that I am trying to get cycled. I want to make that a community tank for fancytale guppies, tetras, angels... I'm a novice but love looking at the fish. So, trying to get over the hump about cycling the tank and find it so hard to quarantine a fish when in the past, I just acclimated them and put them in the tank! (I guess, I was lucky I had no problems.) So, I appreciate everyone's patience and hope I'll be able to help someone out some day as well. Thanks.

froggiegal

CoBetta,

I'm going to take a picture and then will have to figure out how to upload it. Thanks

Alessa

yes, there is a product.

it is called Tetra Safe Start. You add it, wait a week without testing or changing water and hopefully voila, youre done!

if you dont know who carries it around your area, go to the tetra website, search for the product and type your zip code. It shoud tell you who carries it in your area.

Lucy

In the beginning it can be expensive, especially with multiple tanks, but after everything is established, it's usually just maintenance.

I think the problem is, you get a tank going, find another fish you like, find out they're not compatible with your existing fish so of course, you have to get them another tank. lol

froggiegal

Alessa - thank you. I will look for it today.

froggiegal

Hope this you can see Wiggle's fins in this picture...



first time doing this - hope it works... (guess not)


I posted his picture in the betta site it's picture # DSC01142 - Can anyone tell me what type of betta he is?

froggiegal

ooopps, click on the camera? He's there lol

rifter098

he is a veiltail betta...very pretty! but it does look like he has some fin rot that u will want to treat right away...before it gets into his bloodstream

froggiegal

Oh no..........The pet store should be able to stock me up with some meds? Thank you for identifying him. Let me see shat fishlore says about fin rot.

Lucy

I wouldn't trust the fish store unless they've shown they really know what they're talking about.

Keep his water pristine, you can add a few drops of garlic juice and if you can get vita-chem and fish protector, that will help him.

Rid-Fungus and Triple Sulfa are good for fin rot. Rid-Fungus is organic, so it's not as hard on the fish.

froggiegal

I finally give him a GOOD home and I have issues...no tankmates today...Thank you everyone.

Lucy

He'll be fine, you're doing very well for him.

rifter098

it is in the early stages, so it will be easy to treat and get rid of...he will be healthy very soon with good care!
i would do daily 1gal. water changes to keep his water clean, i have heard really good things about triple sulfa when used for fin rot...i would go with that and rid fungus as lucy suggested...that should stop the bacteria...and to help speed up his recovery, others have suggested vita-chem and garlic guard
i know u will take good care of him! good luck and let us know how we can help!

froggiegal

Thank you all - without your input, I would have been totally ignorant, wiggles would have stayed in the vase and I would be still cursing Killer for still being alive by himself in the 45G chiclid tank. Now, Wiggles has better hopes for survival AND Killer is gonna be getting "company" SOON. Hopefully he'll fall "in fish love" with one of the females that I plan to put in...***keeping fingers crossed that I won't have to by another tank*** LOL Have a good weekend.