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Thanks! He is getting some new tank decorations today too

and his color is coming back!

im a little late to this post haha but i have a planted tank. seems like u may have gotten it under control tho. melaxfix is a great product that could also help your betta

Yeah I think it was the gravel/too much light. I will look in to melaxfix..he is doing better but I am sure it would speed things along

Be careful with melafix for bettas. There has been a lot of talk of it killing bettas. The company itself came out with Betafix which is a diluted form of melafix.

Thanks! We just went to the petstore and left empty handed. Going to Petsmart soon..blah. Ill see if they have it. I have been found 20% water changes every other day. He's much more active. Color is still paler than id like but I just have to be patient. I went ahead and took the plants out just because it was a pain to keep taking them.up to vac the gravel

When in doubt do a water change. That's what the fish forums say. Clean water can heal a lot of things without chemicals. You do need to dechlorinate for fish though. There are a lot of Betta forums out there. Good Luck!

Thats what I did. I kept changing the water but not cleaning the gravel well enough. I found a betta forum afte I posted this

Love of Animals wrote:Be careful with melafix for bettas. There has been a lot of talk of it killing bettas. The company itself came out with Betafix which is a diluted form of melafix.

if u just put in less melafix its basically the same thing.

It would be the same thing but do you know the proper dosage? I'm really not sure how strong it needs to be to kill the betas. I know from fish forums though that a lot of people have claimed it killed their betas at the recommended strength suggested on the bottle.

i did a google search and you are right that alot of ppl claim that but my ex gf had a betta that was sick and i treated it with melafiz and he did great, knowing how ppl claim that it killed their betta idk if i would have doen it again but it worked out so idk

The aquarium salt has worked wonders. His fins have started growing back and his color is getting better. His mood was betterafter too. Ill hold off on chemicals unless he gets sick again and in that case ill do some research

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