Yay! New fish(ies)!

Alright, so I won an auction for a beautiful golden halfmoon betta on aquabid last week, and he really is stunning (His name is Helios). He just arrived in the mail this morning! I've still got him in the bag warming up in his new home...just adjusting to the temp, you know? Well, when I opened up the box that he came in, I got a bit of a shock! The breeder, also sent me his golden brother! However, when I took a closer look, his brother has tail rot.

My mother's suggestion was to flush him. But honest to god, my little heart died when she said that. Put a live fish, in a toilet that's full of ammonia, and all the chlorine, and other chemicals?! I couldn't possibly! So i'm about to go out, and buy my second tank for Helios' brother. I haven't got a name yet... But I want to try to heal him, these fish are so beautiful, I couldn't possibly sit around innocently enough knowing that I killed him.

Helios is the greek sun god, who would ride a horse draw chariot across the sky and change night to day, and day to night again. I loved it. But now, i've got two! Haha. I'll get a pic or a few once I get the tank set up and I'll ask for you guys to help with some names.  ;D

I just felt like sharing this information with all of you.  I'm suprisingly happy, since I just got a free, sick fish that I haven't got a home for... but I love him already... I just want to make him all better, you know?  :-*

Here's the picture of Helios that was on Aquabid.

 

He's a handsome Betta! Beautiful coloring.. you know, if you need a home for his brother...

Glad you didn't take your mother's suggestion - she must think flushing is instant-death rather than long, agonizing death for a fish.. What are you planning on treating his tail rot with? Fungus Clear, Maracyn-2 or TriSulfa?

If you're wanting to keep to the Sun mythology.. maybe Apollo?

Looking forward to pics and good luck getting the tail rot cleared out.

 

Flush a fish just because of finrot? That is just horrifying!! :'( :'( I'm so glad you didn't do it. Keep us updated on their progress. I hope his finrot clears up really soon. It may have been the stress of shipping that caused it. Keep a close eye on the other fish too in case he gets it.

 

Helios is beautiful and I am sure his brother is just as handsome.  It's nice that the breeders give you free fish, but don't you wish you knew they were coming so you could be ready for them?....lol.  Ahhhh well, now you will have twice the fun since you have two new boys to bond with! 

Nicole

ETA: typo

 

Gee, are you sure you weren't bidding on 2 and just thought you were bidding on 1. That's is so exciting. Congratulations! Helios is a very handsome guy. I'm glad you didn't flush him down the toilet. Can't wait to see pics. Natalie

 

Congratulations on your new acquisitions... Can't wait to see pics of them both... Helios looks gorgeous.

I can't stand it when people think it is OK to flush live fish. I fought with my mom several times last summer because she thought it was funny to suggest that I do just that to all six of my HEALTHY fish. Grr. Well, glad you didn't take your mom's suggestion, and are going to take care of the brother.

 

For a name, how about Ra? He's the sun-god of Ancient Egypt, considered the highest and most important of Gods as he provided light and life.
Good luck with the tail rot! I'm sure he'll be fine and you'll be happy to have him.

Whitney

 

what a hansome fish! congrats!

 

^_^ Thank you all!

-FLBettaCouple-

I'm giving him Maracyn-2. It's his third day on it, today and he's actually doing quite well! I haven't seen it spread or get worse... I thought about Apollo, and grew really attached to that name. <33 I love it, and it really suits him. Though, I also read Antisen's post and thought about calling him Ra. Finny story about that, I invited a friend over when they arrived, and I told her that I wanted to name him Ra, and she's a vegetarian... Well, then she told me that it wasn't a good name... I asked why? And she said Ra Fish wasn't a good name.  ;D So, it made me love the name Apollo more. I'm working on getting pictures. You guys will have to excuse me but because of the meds, Apollo's tank is a bit murky.

Friday after my mom got home from work she was appalled to see that I had gotten another tank for a "Rotting fish!" She just doesn't understand anything. -Anyways!-

I absolutely love them both, and don't have the heart to flush him, that would be awful! ^_^ Anywho- Thank you for all your kind words, and suggestions. I've named the brother Apollo. And then I've got Helios. And I have to admit, when I first got him, he had a bit of a rip in his tail, so I've had a close eye on him to make sure his "rip" doesn't become fin rot as well. It might just be a fold in his tail...that's what i'm hoping anyways. I'm also planning on getting pictures up tonight, or tomorrow afternoon, between classes. And I apologise about my absence, my fiancee is in the Navy, and he came down for my birthday this weekend.  ;D

 

I think Ra Fish is absolutly hillarious!!! LOL! Hehe, that's something I may name one of mine someday!!! He he he... (this is coming from someone who named her Funeral Home office fish Grim! hehehe...

Anyway, good luck getting the fin rot under control. If the maracyn two doesn't kick it, I'd add maracyn to the mix and use them as a combo. that's what cleared up Grims fin rot!!!

 

Cool. I'll look forward to hearing that Apollo has started fin regrowth before too long. Too bad about your mom - some people just don't want to open up to the fact that fish really are great pets. I know quite a few myself. Hope she comes around one day.

If you're concerned about that possible tear in Helios' tail fin, if you felt like it you could add something like NovAqua+ to his water, but even just keeping the water clean & warm could do the trick. Hope it's just a fold in his tail too. I'm sure you'll get a lot of replies when you post pics.. maybe a close up of both tail fins too.

 

I think Apollo is a wonderful name for your new little guy. Ra Fish is a funny name, but it is also cute.

I can't wait to see pictures.

CherryRose

 

It's strange how some people just don't GET fish. When I told one of my friends that my betta had fin rot, she just said "why don't you get another one? They're only a few dollars!" and another friend told me he'd "buy it a friend" knowing full well that bettas fight >

I totally hadn't put together "Ra" and "Fish" that way, but now I think it's kinda cute. I'm sure as soon as I develop MTS in my bigger apartment, I'll start giving all my new fish mythological names.

Good to hear Apollo is doing better! Also can't wait to see pictures.

 

It's strange how some people just don't GET fish. When I told one of my friends that my betta had fin rot, she just said "why don't you get another one? They're only a few dollars!" and another friend told me he'd "buy it a friend" knowing full well that bettas fight >

I totally hadn't put together "Ra" and "Fish" that way, but now I think it's kinda cute. I'm sure as soon as I develop MTS in my bigger apartment, I'll start giving all my new fish mythological names.

Good to hear Apollo is doing better! Also can't wait to see pictures.

Yea.. people don't get why we'd spend so much on 'just a fish'. I remind them that these are intelligent pets with lots of character and what makes an animal a pet is the love & bond you have with it. You wouldn't throw a puppy out because it had fleas and these are our "underwater puppies" - they love our attention, they shamelessly beg for food, they drive us nuts at times, they're playful & curious.

I think our MTS will lead us to a "betta room" when we get a place that we can devote a full room to mating a Betta pair (Hopefully Angel & a lucky white male). We'll need a ton of time & money too.

 

Hmmm well, I swam around with my fishies for a couple hours gazing at them and admiring them... and got a few pictures with my cell phone. Let me tell you, Helios doesn't mind getting pictures taken at all! He loves the attention, and he poses! Where as, Apollo is much more camera shy. I also managed to get a couple videos. So, I'm going to give this a go, and I do ask for your forgiveness when it comes to the shakiness of the camera... since it was my cell phone, I was also holding it close and you can hear my breathing, so I suggest you turn your speakers off if you wanna watch them. haha! Anywho- On to the long awaited pictures and videos!

Url to the video of Helios-

Url to the Helios' Sequel-

Url to the video of Apollo-

Yay Pictures!!
First, Apollo (He got more pictures, because I was trying to get a good one or two of his tail, but Helios has one more video, so that's like a ton more little pictures... haha)









And now Helios' two pics.




I remembered a suggestion to get pics of their tails, so I tried to get good ones of when they're all sprawled out and lovely. I'm terribly sorry about all the Motorola signs... haha like I said cell phone= camera.. And the blurriness... I can't figure out how to fix that yet. :-\

Well, i'm always reading through the threads waiting to hear for medications that help with fin rot, i'm still unsure actually... all I know of is maracyn a nd maracyn two. So, if anyone else has any suggestions as to whatelse I could use to help Apollo it would be greatly appreciated. I get paid this coming friday, and after spending my last one pretty much on college books and Apollo's new tank... this next paycheck can be used to buy Apollo's meds and a propoer water testing kit. My mom's a bit partial because the father that she hates used to breed bettas, so now that i'm getting into it, she's quite bitter. (Even though he's in England and we're in Oregon!) That's why she's being a cow about it all. I'm just tired of her always giving me her about it. 8) ^_^ Thank you CherryRose! I'm in love with three main men in my life, two of which are aquatic! haha

 

Jungle Labs Fungus Clear Tank Buddies cured Dory's fin rot when Maracyn and Maracyn 2 did not. So that's my suggestion. Be careful of the tank decor you have while you're treating, though, the Tank Buddies turn your water blue-green and can permanently stain stuff that color.

That last picture is absolutely gorgeous btw

 

Muchos Gracias Antisen! I am quite fond of that picture, myself. xP

Hmm so, i'm thinking that I'll get that fungus clear stuff, as well as a new filter because the one that I have for Apollo's tank is noisy, and makes a ton of awful bubbles on the top of the tank and it looks terrible, not to mention it's hard to sleep with it. haha

If the meds do end up staining the decor, I don't really mind. The plants came free with the tank, and the cave is Apollo's little home, I won't take that away. I wonder if fish see in black and white like dogs? If that's the case, then the color change won't mean anything to Apollo. haha Definitely need to get a new filter though. I'll also take a peek at the TriSulfa, since I read that working for someone here, in the forum.

 

Aw the pics and videos are co cute. You really do have beautiful bettas. Good luck with the treating the finrot. Natalie

 

For free decor that came with the tank, that stuff looks pretty cool! It took me so long to get used to the sound of my filter and aerator when going to bed, so I know what you mean... Oh, and sorry if you already know this, but make sure to take the carbon out of the filter before you medicate. That's all! Again good luck

Whitney

 

Thank you Natalie! I went out and got other meds incase the Maracyn-2 doesn't work. And Petco didn't have Maracyn or the Jungle Labs Fungus Clear Tank Buddies when I went today, so i'm trying out Gel Tek Penecillin. I read in here that it worked for someone when when the pellets were covered with it, and then I got this stuff called Betta Revive, it's by the same company that makes the Betta Bio Gold pellets, Hikari. So i'm hoping that will work too. Though I took a good peek at Apollot this morning and i'm beginning to see regrowth! Well, maybe i'm just getting my hopes up and it's just deterioration, but there's clear webbing between the torn bit in his tail, i'm quite pleased. We'll see wht tomorrow brings I suppose. And I got him a new filter to get rid of those ugly bubbles.

Whitney- Just the plants came with the tank, haha. I went and bought the cave and rocks and such. And there isn't any carbon in the filter yet. What is that for? And where would I put it in the filter? Though, I did know that carbon got rid of the meds and was pointless. xP Thanks for the info though! I appreciate all the help I can get! haha. <3

 

Thank you Natalie! I went out and got other meds incase the Maracyn-2 doesn't work. And Petco didn't have Maracyn or the Jungle Labs Fungus Clear Tank Buddies when I went today, so i'm trying out Gel Tek Penecillin. I read in here that it worked for someone when when the pellets were covered with it, and then I got this stuff called Betta Revive, it's by the same company that makes the Betta Bio Gold pellets, Hikari. So i'm hoping that will work too. Though I took a good peek at Apollot this morning and i'm beginning to see regrowth! Well, maybe i'm just getting my hopes up and it's just deterioration, but there's clear webbing between the torn bit in his tail, i'm quite pleased. We'll see wht tomorrow brings I suppose. And I got him a new filter to get rid of those ugly bubbles.
Whitney- Just the plants came with the tank, haha. I went and bought the cave and rocks and such. And there isn't any carbon in the filter yet. What is that for? And where would I put it in the filter? Though, I did know that carbon got rid of the meds and was pointless. xP Thanks for the info though! I appreciate all the help I can get! haha. <3

The Fungus Clear has done good for us with treating fin rot too - as well as being cheaper than Maracyn-2 and TriSulfa. Too bad your Petco was out of it - walmart usually has it as well for cheaper. Did you check there? I've heard good on those Gel Tek products too and we might order a few of their products in our next DFS order.. along with an anemone decoration like you have.

We've been using the Whisper Filters and they're relatively quiet. I believe the carbon absorbs chemicals from the tank but releases toxins that aren't bound to it so that's why it needs replaced regularly. Check this URL for more info:

Good luck with both of your handsome Bettas. We look forward to hearing that both are happy, healthy and being feisty little characters.

 

I think our MTS will lead us to a "betta room" when we get a place that we can devote a full room to mating a Betta pair (Hopefully Angel & a lucky white male). We'll need a ton of time & money too.

If you don't mind me asking, where in Florida do you live? I would certainly be interested in buying a little youngling from you once you get around to mating.

 

Wow. That's an absolutely beautiful fish.

Bless you for wanting to heal your fish's brother. I understand some people's thought process that it would be easier for both animal and human to end the suffering of a sick animal, but we wouldn't do this to another human if he/she had gangrene in a finger.
Good luck and I hope everything goes well with your ill fish.

P.S. Just a heads up that your filter isn't going to be able to fully do its job until you stop medicating the tank. Aside from the carbon affecting the medication, the medication usually wreaks havoc on the bacteria that are trying to grow in the filter. Keep medicating until you are supposed to stop, but just keep in mind that the filter probably won't have much biological filtration until a while after you stop, so keep watching the chemistry.

 

If you don't mind me asking, where in Florida do you live? I would certainly be interested in buying a little youngling from you once you get around to mating.

We live about 90 min NE of you, in St. Augustine. We were just in Orlando this morning at MCO, catching an AM flight to Denver.

 

Fungus Clear wasn't at Petsmart either. Hmmm I would check Walmart, but the closest one is a 45min-1 hr drive away, so it would wreak havok on my beat up old car. I think I'll have to stick to the current stuff that i've got. If you have a Petsmart near you, that's where I got the anenome decor. I got a Red Sea Art Deco filter, I had read up on it from previous customers on the petco website and there was nothing but good things coming from them, and they're really quiet. I didn't see TriSulfa, either. But I did see Triple Sulfa at Petsmart. I'm thinking it's the same stuff, I didn't get it though because it was after my Petco splurge.

sirdarksol- I'll keep an eye on the chemicals. Thank you for the info, and the praise. I'm quite confident and pleased with my decision. <33 I do absolutely love them both, and it's so true we wouldn't put down one of our own for a little sickness, why do the same with a beloved pet?

 

Fungus Clear wasn't at Petsmart either. Hmmm I would check Walmart, but the closest one is a 45min-1 hr drive away, so it would wreak havok on my beat up old car. I think I'll have to stick to the current stuff that i've got. If you have a Petsmart near you, that's where I got the anenome decor. I got a Red Sea Art Deco filter, I had read up on it from previous customers on the petco website and there was nothing but good things coming from them, and they're really quiet. I didn't see TriSulfa, either. But I did see Triple Sulfa at Petsmart. I'm thinking it's the same stuff, I didn't get it though because it was after my Petco splurge.

sirdarksol- I'll keep an eye on the chemicals. Thank you for the info, and the praise. I'm quite confident and pleased with my decision. <33 I do absolutely love them both, and it's so true we wouldn't put down one of our own for a little sickness, why do the same with a beloved pet?

yea, long ways to go just for walmart.. you'd spend less in shipping than gas ordering online at the DFS site. The stuff you have sounds good and I look forward to hearing good results on it. Have you started them on it yet? Thanks for the info on the anemone - no petsmart in our hometown, but we can find them here in denver while we're out here. The filter you got is a good one too and one we'd consider if we got a tank setup without a filter. Good luck with your handsome guys.

 

Yea, I'll look forward to seeing how well the meds do. I haven't started Apollo on any of them yet, today's his last day on Maracyn two, and I have to fast him today and then I can start him up on gel tek tomorrow, so, that's my plan. I'll let you know of the results.

 

Yea, I'll look forward to seeing how well the meds do. I haven't started Apollo on any of them yet, today's his last day on Maracyn two, and I have to fast him today and then I can start him up on gel tek tomorrow, so, that's my plan. I'll let you know of the results.

Sounds good - best of luck with both your boys. I found the anemone at a petsmart today, but probably will have to order from the DFS site after returning to Florida since I'm not sure if we'd have room for 3 of them in the luggage along with the other things we're taking back. We saw a white/peach cambodian that is almost identical to our Sora - we'd be taking him back if we could. :'( why are we Betta shopping on vacation? Are we that sick with the betta bug?

Again, best of luck with the golden boys and congrats on finding such a great pair of handsome bettas.

 

Haha I haven't a clue why you're shopping for your fish while on vacation, maybe it's like my parents...

Whenever they go on vacation and leave the kids behind, they always bring us back some goodies. Well, apparently your bettas are your babies and you want to bring them back some goodies. And I took a good look at Apollo today, and he seems to be growing some fin back! I know I might be getting my hopes up, because it's only half a milimeter tiny little space... but it's clear growth! Once I saw more tonight, I ran down to my mother and rubbed that wonderful bit of information.

Of course, while I was doing it, she was on the phone with a friend of her's who has a betta. But she keeps her betta in a vase, with a plant... you know the decorative things that came into fashion? Yea, that's what she has and puts him in with tap water. :'( So, mother told her how i'm "insane" because i've "spent a couple hundred dollars on my fish that will live in tap water" : I turned around and said that my fish will be happier because these fishare absolutely beautiful and deserve more than a vase and more than tap water. They deserve a proper tank. She just laughed at me and told me to leave her alone. But whatever, i'm pleased with myself. ;D

 

Haha I haven't a clue why you're shopping for your fish while on vacation, maybe it's like my parents...

Whenever they go on vacation and leave the kids behind, they always bring us back some goodies. Well, apparently your bettas are your babies and you want to bring them back some goodies. And I took a good look at Apollo today, and he seems to be growing some fin back! I know I might be getting my hopes up, because it's only half a milimeter tiny little space... but it's clear growth! Once I saw more tonight, I ran down to my mother and rubbed that wonderful bit of information.

Of course, while I was doing it, she was on the phone with a friend of her's who has a betta. But she keeps her betta in a vase, with a plant... you know the decorative things that came into fashion? Yea, that's what she has and puts him in with tap water. :'( So, mother told her how i'm "insane" because i've "spent a couple hundred dollars on my fish that will live in tap water" : I turned around and said that my fish will be happier because these fishare absolutely beautiful and deserve more than a vase and more than tap water. They deserve a proper tank. She just laughed at me and told me to leave her alone. But whatever, i'm pleased with myself. ;D

LOL... yea, we think of our Bettas while we are away from them and if we could take one on the plane, we'd have another one now. Sure miss the 3 little characters - they're such great pets. A Betta in a vase full of tap water is like sticking a person in a box filled with LA smog.. sure it's possible to exist, but is it 'living'? Ignorance is a sad thing. We're glad to spend money on our Bettas, they're our pets and we love them so we treat them right.

That's good news on some regrowth.. it might not seem like a lot, but it's a step in the right direction. Encouraging to have that so soon, you'll be having them both all good soon.

 

I'm glad to spend the money on my Bettas, too! I think they're well worth any amount of money. Their company is worth any amount of money. Especially my beautiful babies. <33 I've got to say, my mother's a but materialistic and just sees the potential in that "couple hundred dollars" and sees what that could have gotten me. If that makes any sense, i've got a couple of distractions about, including the mother. haha

I hope you're enjoying your vacation! I'm quite pleased to see Apollo's growth. I'm thinking of a couple things to do, and i'm not quite sure which one to do.

Possibility 1.) Give Apollo a 1/4 water change tomorrow. Then start the GelTek that I bought.
Possibility 2.) Continue the Maracyn-2 without the water change. (Simply because the water's a bit murky)

I'm not sure which one to try. Since the maracyn seems to be working, should I try another medication since his 5 days on maracyn are up? Or should I continue the maracyn for another 5 days? Or should I see if the GelTek does work?

 

Wow.... some people just don't get it.
I bet she wouldn't be saying that if it was 2 puppies or 2 kittens. She wouldn't say to just throw one out b/c it had an infection would she? Heck no.
I really wish people would stop seeing fish as "Just fish".. and start seeing them as real pets.

SIGH!

Anyways! heh... Your bettas are absolutely gorgeous! You must post more pics of them!
Since you gave them those names you should've had a greek theme in their tanks! hehe The decor you have now looks awesome though

 

Thank you Shollia!! I know... mother's jsut got to accept it and shut her trap, because i'm not changing my mind. : That's an awesome idea, I thought the greek stuffies looked super sweet, but not a lot would have fit in the tanks. Everything I saw was huge.. so that's why I have what I have. Thanks so much though, I am absolutely in love with them fishies. <33 I'll try to catch more pics and get them not blurry. I'll probably try to do so later tonight, or after class in the morning.

 

Have you looked at Petsmart for decor?
Last weekend when I was looking for something small to put into my 3 gallon, I found this small really cute greek column to put into the tank.
I'll post pics of it tomorrow so you can see. It's very small and I bet you could get at least 2 each into your tanks! hehe
Think it was only like hmm... 2 or 3 dollars too so pretty cheap decor *nodnod*

 

I have been to Petsmart, that's where I got the anenome decor. Though, I think that just a pillar in the tank would seem a bit bare.. not a lot of space for them to hide. So I have to say that i've grown quite fond of the cave, and anenome. The anenome haskind of a crescent shape, opened circle type thing on the side for him to hide in.

And as upset as I am to say this...
The past couple of days i've been looking at the fish, and absorbing their personalities and coloring and tail shapes...
Well, i've noticed some white on them, and it doesn't much look like their coloring since it isn't shiney. It looks a bit dull, like it's dried paint on them or something. Could it be Ick? I've done a bit of research, and it says it starts on the tail and fins.. but it's stricktly at the back of their eyes, going back to their upper head, and there's quite a bit of white on each fish. More on Apollo than Helios. I'm still not sure if it's just their coloring, and not Ick.. It's not like salt specks, it's like brush strokes of white, not dots like this:




I was looking at the picture that the breeder had displayed, and Helios didn't have any white on his head then, at least none showed in the picture. Could they have edited the white out of the picture, do you think? I'm almost positive that they edited the picture to make the colors more vibrant, since neither fish are that deep pf a gold. (They look more, 14 karat than the 24 karat that's apparent in the picture.  ;D) But what do you guys think? I'm not verysure what's going on, to be honest. It might be their coloring, but it could be Ick. So, suggestions please?

 

What's the temp of both tanks?
Ammonia? Nitrite? Nitrate?

Not sure what those spots could be.. do they look like it's just coloring.. or does it actually look like something is on them?

It could just be coloring though.. I'm sure someone a bit more knowledgeable about diagnosing fishy diseases will be able to help you better.

 

Have you looked at Petsmart for decor?
Last weekend when I was looking for something small to put into my 3 gallon, I found this small really cute greek column to put into the tank.
I'll post pics of it tomorrow so you can see. It's very small and I bet you could get at least 2 each into your tanks! hehe
Think it was only like hmm... 2 or 3 dollars too so pretty cheap decor *nodnod*

Is it the same column we put in our Bettas tanks? The pics are in a post over in the tank & fish photos forum - I'd post it here, but am 1800 miles from my computer. All 3 of our Bettas love swimming around those. We saw a huge round greek column decor at petsmart yesterday that I wanted but it would be great for a tall tank, a real tall one. LOL

 

I'm glad to spend the money on my Bettas, too! I think they're well worth any amount of money. Their company is worth any amount of money. Especially my beautiful babies. <33 I've got to say, my mother's a but materialistic and just sees the potential in that "couple hundred dollars" and sees what that could have gotten me. If that makes any sense, i've got a couple of distractions about, including the mother. haha

I hope you're enjoying your vacation! I'm quite pleased to see Apollo's growth. I'm thinking of a couple things to do, and i'm not quite sure which one to do.

Possibility 1.) Give Apollo a 1/4 water change tomorrow. Then start the GelTek that I bought.
Possibility 2.) Continue the Maracyn-2 without the water change. (Simply because the water's a bit murky)

I'm not sure which one to try. Since the maracyn seems to be working, should I try another medication since his 5 days on maracyn are up? Or should I continue the maracyn for another 5 days? Or should I see if the GelTek does work?

We get that reaction a lot from my parents, they think of the money and how 'dumb' we are to spend it on our Bettas, so we don't bother even talking to them about our fish now.

If Apollo has regrowth, I think it would be ok to give him the partial water change now that his M2 course is up & go to Gel-Tek. He's on the mend so I'd feel a 2nd course of it might be 'overkill' as far as meds go and a weaker med like the penicillin for a little bit could be a good step to getting him off meds.

It might be ick, but I don't know about that for the reasons you stated.. I think there's a good chance it's coloring.. Bettas often have some varied coloring around that location and they often can change colors a bit after getting settled into a good home, so maybe it's just some natural coloring showing up now as you get your guys happier & more comfortable. You could check the fish diseases links over at that forum under it's "important topics" to see if anything matches and maybe google parasites on bettas, but at this point, I feel it's more likely to be coloring than a problem. I'm not an expert so I hope I'm right, but explore that info just in case it's something that needs treated.

 

Hah.. Alright, well after reading the main list of diseases and seeing all the diseases in which part of the diagnosis is "whiteness" i'm officially paranoid! It could be Columnaris (Cotton Wool Disease), Mouth or Body Fungus, True Fungus (Saprolegnia), Ulcers (Mainly for Apollo..)..There's just so many, I have absolutely no idea!

I think another trip to Petsmart is in order. And time to restock on more meds... I'll go check the water perameters, and let you know!

 

Alright, so I FINALLY found some Fungus Clear, and stocked up on that as well as some Amquel+ stuff.

After testing both tanks, this is what I found:

Apollo's Tank:
Ammonia- 0 ppm
Nitrite- 0 ppm
Nitrate- 0 ppm
pH- 7.1

Helios' Tank:
Ammonia- 0 ppm
Nitrite- 0 ppm
Nitrate- 0 ppm
pH- 7.2

So, nothing out of the ordinary there, unless the pH is out of whack. I've decided i'm going to start Apollo on the Fungus Clear, and see if that possibly gets rid of his whiteness, too; and if that's the case, then Helios is going on it, too. Only problem that i've seemed to have come across is that one tablet for every 10 gallons. Here I am, with a 3 gallon tank. Any suggestions to make it possible not to overdose??