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- Path: sparky!uunet!Cadence.COM!bruceg
- From: bruceg@Cadence.COM (Bruce Gustifson)
- Subject: Re: Help with Fin Rot
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.204607.7463@Cadence.COM>
- Organization: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
- References: <1992Nov1.160748.6338@newshub.ccs.yorku.ca>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 20:46:07 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov1.160748.6338@newshub.ccs.yorku.ca> wlanders@nexus.yorku.ca (W L Anderson) writes:
- >First of all, please excuse me for posting this if it is in the
- >FAQ somewhere (if it is, could somebody tell me where the FAQ is
- >located?).
- >
- >I'm having a problem with my male betta. After having him home
- >for a couple of weeks, I noticed that the hood for my light was
- >beginning to show some rust in a couple of spots. I immediately
- >removed the hood and changed the water, and I'm now painting it
- >with some plastic paint to avoid further rusting. However, in
- >the mean time, I've noticed that my betta started to loose por-
- >tions of his fins. No problem, I thought, I get one of the fin
- >rot remedies, and everything will be fine. I've followed the in-
- >structions with the remedy, and I'm just about to put the carbon
- >back in my filter, but he's still lost a couple of large pieces
- >of his tail fin. The other fins are OK. Should I be concerned,
- >or should I continue with the instructions, and see if his tail
- >starts to heal?
- >
- >Thanks in advance.
- >
- >Tom Hayko
- >wlanders@nexus.yorku.ca
-
-
- A couple of questions. Do you keep your Betta with other fish
- and if so, what kind? Is it in a heated tank? They prefer temps
- in the low 80's (80 - 84). Often other fish like barbs live to
- eat fins of long-finned fish. Also, many remedies will not work
- properly in unheated water.
-