[AquaticLife] Sick Betta Update
Don’t fool with the pH. Save your money and your fish. It’s likely changed due to the salt and meds. Further, it’s never good to fool with pH anyhow. Most fish easily acclimate to a broad pH range. And if someone did need to alter their pH, there are natural ways to do it without using harsh chemicals. What is your tap water baseline pH level? Check my blog for a recent article on establishing your baseline if you haven’t done it already..
Bettafix is the same active ingredient as Melafix… it’s the melaleuca tea tree oil extract or something like that. The only difference is the dose. If you still have Bettafix, you could double the dose or more since Melafix is 10 times stronger and I normally recommend a 50% dose of Melafix with labyrinth fish… at least that’s what I’ve used with no problems in the past. If you are running out of Bettafix, then buy Melafix and use 1/2 doses or less for Bettas and it will be much less expensive than Bettafix. I know that Melafix prescribes that you can do a 2nd weekly treatment after the first week finishes.
Keep up with the frequent 25% PWC’s as fresh clean water is the best thing for our fish. Their own immune systems can handle the rest in most cases with a little help from meds/salt when needed. I do daily PWC’s on sick fish tanks unless the medicine strictly advises otherwise but most allow it and you just replace the 25% of the meds you removed with the PWC.
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