Re Fin Rot Improving 😀

There's poly filter (aka filter wool and filter floss) and there's Poly-Filter with capital letters. I don't know why they gave it such a confusing name. The one that removes chemicals is made by Arcadia, though you'll sometimes see it sold as by Underworld, the company that made it before Arcadia took it over. It is also very expensive, which is why I just use one bit after all the carbon. This stuff. I usually buy the 8 x 4 inch sheet which costs anything from £10 upwards. Poly-Filter (with capitals) is a sheet almost an inch think and stiff, with a hard feel to the surface. It is cut up with scissors to make it fit.



I would wait for 3 days after the last dose unless that would make it way past time for a water change. The medication will still be in the water for that time. Then add the carbon.

There is the possibility that your particular betta is sensitive to something in the second dechlorinator, so going back to the first one is a good idea. If you want to try one with the least possible chemicals in it, look for API Tap Water Conditioner which contains only sodium thiosulfate to remove chlorine and tetra sodium EDTA to bind metals. Nothing else. No ammonia detoxifier, no slime scale promoter. However, very few shops sell it, I usually have to get mine on-line.

And the stuff that looks like cotton wool can be out in the filter, usually as the last medium, to remove fine bits that pass through the rest.

Hi Sue
I'm going to do a water change as firstly it's due, and secondly this batch of water that's in the tank is the one with the dechlorinater I want to remove .
So far he's had two courses of esha 2000 . I might just do a water change with his original water conditioner and wait a couple of days to see what happens .
When all the esha treatment and carbon has been done. And I hopefully have a healed betta . I was going to change from carbon to the wool. The one I bought is called poly wool . Made by marina .
This is the one that has no container or net bag . Can it just be put in where the cartridges used to go , or does it need to go in something ?
Sorry for being a idiot !
Poor moonbeam I'm about to dismantle a fantastic bubble nest he's been building for three days ! I'm going to try to move it in the jug when I scoop him out !
Ally
Photo is from before treatment

The before and after treatment pictures are amazing.
Great to see that Moonbeam has so much of his colour back. 

Photos taken today while in his jug . I think you can see where some of the colour is returning .
Ally

Yes I scoop in the jug while I Hoover the gravel. As he's a nightmare for following my hand when I'm cleaning the tank !
Ally

Because my tank is small it's safer to get him out the way . When I was putting the Esha in I wiggled my finger to mix it and bonked him on the nose because he flew at my hand ! I've always got him out with the jug the water is the right temp, conditioner in etc .
Then I just pour it back in . It's a good chance to hold him up in the light to see how his fins are . I put a book over him and he watches it all from his jug !his fins are so long and flowing !
Ally

I have hoovered up fish and torn a chunk out of a betta's tail with the siphon  It is so easy with nosey fish. My ricefish are the current contenders for that role.

Ha little fish
Poor moonbeam he swam off quite dismayed ! He's very quick too so that's why I don't  use the syphon when he's in there . Too many things to go wrong !
Ally

Hi
Ok I've now decided to do a 5.5 litre water change daily until I see a better improvement . I've also added a new carbon filter as I have done two rounds of medication .
I've also gone back to using my original water conditioner .
The almond leave is releasing tannins so hope that's helping .
My poor zebra snails are surviving in their bucket with daily water changes . I don't know what they are eating , I've put in algae wafers in and plants but algae won't grow as I've got a towel over them so they aren't getting light . I'm growing algae in a jar on window soil but not sure how that going to help as I'm doing daily water changes 😂
Feeling glum as I decided I wasn't going to graduate to a bigger tank until I had kept this lot alive and disease free for six months ! Which I've not achieved despite doing EVERYTHING I should have !
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