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THanks again. So waiting until tomorrow should be okay for another water change should be okay?

Should i be okay dosing daily with the stress coat if there is an ammonia reading? Or how often should be okay to add it? I will continue to use prime to condition my water

It has not gone above 0.5 in awhile. I had to do an incycle fish cycle about 2 months ago and it was higher at that point

Thank you! I am getting an ammonia reading in the tank. I did a 50% change yesterday but ammonia is between 0.25-0.5 today. I was going to do another change tomorrow - but then worried I had added too much stress coat by adding it again today (on top of yesterday with a water change) but...

Hi. I did a 50% water change yesterday for my 3.5 gallon tank with one betta. I added prime (regular dosing) to the new water before the change. I then added a regular dose of Stress coat because it has seemed to help recently. by the instructions on the bottle of Stress coat it seemed I...

Thank you. I did do a 50% water change yesterday. I used Prime as the water conditioner ( as I usually do) and then added stress coat in after the water change because its what has seemed to help him so far. however, I just read that it's bad to use both prime and Stress coat. I also added...

He actually ate a pellet today!! And more brine shrimp. He also made a bubble nest overnight The ammonia does look to be closer to 0.5 however though :-(. Should I do a water change? Can I change 25% or should I do 50%?

Thank you both! I wish i knew how old is but I have NO idea as I have only had him since July. He was found in a cup where I work and no one claimed him so I kept him. UPDATE today - I did get freeze dried brine shrimp and he has been eating a good amount of that today! (comparatively...

HI again. Poor guy is only eating 1-2 blood worms per day and still doing a lot of hiding in his floating log and on his hammock. I have been changing his water every other day for a week now and haven't seen any improvement in him. I did see him poop once last week but haven't in about 4...

I actually did see him poop this morning. Should I leave his tank light off all day? The overhead light will be off for most of the day after 3pm. One more question - I have FURAN-2 on hand (someone gave it to me) and I was wondering if I should try that? Not sure if there is any infection...

UPDATE: He had about 3 bloodworms yesterday and one today. Still not interested at all and doesn't even attempt to eat the pellets or more blood worms. He is doing a lot of hiding out in the floating log and on his hammock. Should still wait until tomorrow to change his water again? I did...

Thank you. I do have blood worms and have tried those as well. I will change the water daily -50% or should I do less?

I usually drop in one at a time but can try the bug method. Thanks! I do temperature match the new water before adding it. My parameters today are: Ammonia - 0-0.25, Nitrites 0, Nitrates 5, Ph 7.4-7.6, temp 79 Thank you for the suggestions. I will try the stress coat since I have it on hand...

HI. I changed 50% of his water today and added prime to the water before the change. He is still not eating so far. the temp is still 78-80. Any other ideas as to what I might try? I do have some API stress coat that I have never tried - would you recommend trying the stress coat?

Aqueon betta food pellets and he seems to like them normally