Thursday, February 03, 2005
Spurt of Bad Luck
Whether starter's luck or just a 'spurt' of bad luck ... this blogger's Betta keeping will be postponed a few weeks while weather warms up and an extra arrangement or two is made. As said before .. maybe we complicate life for the home aquarists' Bettas when we aquarium them rather than 'jarring' them.
Male Betta # 2 died this afternoon after succumbing to more fungus -possibly masking 'velvet' disease.
In any case care and keeping will be studied further and improved .. whether stock or me is uncertain. Likely -one or more males will oin a community aquarium in near future .. and be kept entirely from females which in 3 or 4 quantity (small-timer) would live in a separate tank. As our New England weather warms .. a traditional shallower tank breeding arrangement would be attempted.
As to pragmatism -- in addition to breed and problem familiarity - a lessonabout 'tank treatments' with some pharmaceuticals - ie. JungleLabs.com 'Tank Buddy' fungal treatments --work well -- but do note (especially newcoming aquarists & returnees) the false positives' reading on water tests during & after use.
As quoted in an e-mail from Jungle Labs Customer Rep: ...
'If you were to test the ammonia level right now, it would probably give you a high reading. Not because your ammonia is actually high, but because this medication affects the test - it gives a false positive reading.'
.. this can also apply to other water quality nitrogen affected test values ...
Also JungleLabs states that unless otherwise indicated fish may be fed with few problems during applicatio of their treatments if a sponge filter is added against food waste build-up.
Ciao until more Bettas - however tips or news as it happens.
Male Betta # 2 died this afternoon after succumbing to more fungus -possibly masking 'velvet' disease.
In any case care and keeping will be studied further and improved .. whether stock or me is uncertain. Likely -one or more males will oin a community aquarium in near future .. and be kept entirely from females which in 3 or 4 quantity (small-timer) would live in a separate tank. As our New England weather warms .. a traditional shallower tank breeding arrangement would be attempted.
As to pragmatism -- in addition to breed and problem familiarity - a lessonabout 'tank treatments' with some pharmaceuticals - ie. JungleLabs.com 'Tank Buddy' fungal treatments --work well -- but do note (especially newcoming aquarists & returnees) the false positives' reading on water tests during & after use.
As quoted in an e-mail from Jungle Labs Customer Rep: ...
'If you were to test the ammonia level right now, it would probably give you a high reading. Not because your ammonia is actually high, but because this medication affects the test - it gives a false positive reading.'
.. this can also apply to other water quality nitrogen affected test values ...
Also JungleLabs states that unless otherwise indicated fish may be fed with few problems during applicatio of their treatments if a sponge filter is added against food waste build-up.
Ciao until more Bettas - however tips or news as it happens.
// posted by scotty of course @ 7:30 PM 
