Betta with Ich

[ikermalli]

I am sorry for making assumptions anasfire23, i thought that was what you meant, i truly regret what I said.

[Rza1]

Also we have his spawn in memory of him he is gone but not forgotten

180ish babies after 4 weeks

[Rza1]

see what happens its kids i tell ya!!! I'm grey already with one kid!! His got over 100

also take into account we breed them there our job too so we sell them we can't get to attached

[ikermalli]

oh, I thought you just bred them for yourself. Does anybody do that? In your avatar is that one of the bettas you bred?

[Baby_Baby]

Of course that's not all I care about, I love my fish...they calm me when I sit and watch them but sometimes it can't be helped that you lose them eg ammonia spike kills off the weaker ones or a fight breaks out and u lose the smaller ones it happens and if you get attached to them all then you are constantly going to be sad! All i'm saying is that I try to maintain a healthy attachment to them so when I lose them I'm not grieving for days and can move on. If you think that makes me sad so be it, I can't live my life worrying what others think of me...I have to live with myself every day not other people. Have a great day Ikermalli

What she's trying to say is that she has a life

[ikermalli]

she's a breeder, isn't that like her life cuz its hard to take care of fry?

[kbjunior8]

just wondering is taking care of a fry the same as taking care of an old fish? or do you have to change things

[ikermalli]

fry can only eat certain types of food and you also have to separate them at the right time for bettas right?

[anasfire23]

Yep, fry can only eat uber small food like nematode worms (microscopic worms) eg Vinegar eels, Microworms and walter worms until they are big enough to take baby brine shrimp, blood worms, pellets and other live foods. But they are as sensitive as an old fish so you have to be careful. I'm freaking out a little at the moment coz I just realised they all have white spot, probably got it from their dad so I've had to up their temp to around 89F and add some multi-cure at 1/4 the regular dosage...I've also added some salt! Lets hope they get over it! Ikermailli, yes you do have to separate them but the time to do that differs with each spawn. My first spawn were all fine with each other up until 6 weeks old, the second lot started fighting at 3 weeks. This lot are almost 4 weeks old and there are still no signs of fighting, even from the largest ones so I'm hoping they will all be fine for a few more weeks.

As Baby_Baby said, I do have a life outside of my fish even though they are my job at the moment and do take up a lot of my time I also have a 6 year old son to care for, a house to keep clean and other fish tanks to maintain. If you did a count of all the fish I have here now we'd be over the 300 mark easily, I can't get all weepy over each individual fish when they die, I feel sad when I find them dead and there's a moment when my brain says 'aww that's a shame, poor little guy' then I dispose of the body and move on... I can't wallow or I'd be in a constant state of depression. Especially when it comes to losing fry... We've lost 163 fry since they hatched, many of which bodies I saw, are you expecting me to cry over every single one of them? Ikermalli, you need to realise that I have a very healthy attitude towards it all, I have to distance myself emotionally from it all or I'd be a wreck 24/7. It is a little sad that people who breed fish have to get this way but it's necessary in order for you to keep your sanity and anything that resembles a life!

[ikermalli]

As I said I am truly sorry, I am not a breeder and take as much care of my two bettas as possible. So I am attached to them. Good lock with all your fry. Also can you help in my new topic? I think my fish has pop eye, Ichthius says he does

[Baby_Baby]

Just so we get this out of the way:
I am in no way a sappy weirdo who is stalking any fish I happen to own. I dont have a mental breakdown over a tetra, I was just emphasizing a point.
Dont want yall to think I'm a few fruit loops short of a cheerio....
wait that made no sense..
dangit not again.

Thank you. That is all.

[anasfire23]

Originally Posted by Baby_Baby

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Dont want yall to think I'm a few fruit loops short of a cheerio....
wait that made no sense..
dangit not again.

Thank you. That is all.

OMFG that was the funniest thing I've seen in a while....few fruit loops short of a cheerio! I think it's fine for people to weep a little when they lose a fish, it's natural to process grief in different ways, some cry, some just get upset and others get annoyed...like me....that a) it died b) I now have to replace it and c) I can't afford to replace fish all the time lmao! Doesn't mean I didn't appreciate the fish when it was alive, I kept it's water clean, fed it and watched it for hours on end when life got a little too stressful! Every person is different lol and I try not to expect others to be exactly like me because everyone is individual and you will NEVER find anyone who thinks or reacts exactly as you do so we must have respect for the differences amongst Man.

[Baby_Baby]

I TOTALLY understand where you're coming from. Its not that you're cold, its just that you would look like one of those women who sit around and watch lifetime movies all day long if you cried over every single fish, and besides that is NOT healthy. (UNLESS its that one movie where the guy is like stalking that lady by posing as a nice neighbor but is actually setting up cameras in her house and watching her in his attic!!! OMFG THEN YOU CAN BE PARANOID AND LIKE WHEN THE NEIGHBORS COME OVER WITH BROWNIES, THROW THEM BACK!!! .....((okay, have a small bite, THEN throw them back)) )

I majorly get upset when its a fish I've had for a very long time, Like a pleco or loach or an old betta, but if you'll excuse me I'm going to go watch lifetime my show is on-....

uh I mean....

[ikermalli]

Lol!!!!!

[khachdatinh]

I feed my bettas frozen redworms (the cube things) . Many of my bettas get Ich(k) . Here is what i do within 3 days the Ich thing should go away. In my 10 gallon tank, i put the sicked betta in, a Marine Stealth 250w heater and turn it to maximum (89 degrees) . Major amount of white dots will show up by next day or so and on the third day they should be gone and the fish should be eating normally. I then turn the temperature back to 80F. I haven't seen any of my sicked fish get Ick the second time. None died by that method and it didn't cost anything in term of medications.

Ikermalli, you sound like peta.

[ikermalli]

peta? what's that?