u/Strange-Childhood-27

Hello - so, my little buddy Marshmallow that I had for a month passed last night or early this am… I’m extremely upset and I blame myself (newbie fish keeper here) he was a Petco or PetSmart betta (so active and healthy and reactive to me but he declined in health over the last week rapidly - he was definitely a juvenile too - he loved surfing that damn current from the filter lol) I also still have Kanaplex in the now empty tank and I was wondering if I should re cycle the whole tank if I decide to get another fish - we currently have another betta from Tropic Flow and he’s doing great 💜

Idk if I’m going to get another fish or not yet and idk if he had a disease - seemed like fin rot (he lost his tail two nights ago and it had a brown spot on it near the base but he also had not been eating in almost a week) - I think I knew he wasn’t going to make it and he knew too… he crawled up to the front of his tank last night to say goodbye to me (he had been hiding previously for the last week and that was the most I’d seen him)

I know people say oh he was just a fish but no he wasn’t - he was MY pet and a breathing living creature that I loved… Marshmallow was so loved… my 6 year old is devastated and at 45 years young so am I… never thought I’d be this upset and ugly crying over such a small animal…

SIP my little Marshmallow… you were and are still loved… 💜🩵💜😥😥😥

Hello (again) all -

10 gallon tank - heater and filter - cycled tank - no ammonia - no nitrites and about 10ppm nitrates in tank currently - 79 degree water and I added an almond leaf and stress coat plus yesterday to his tank - pH is 7.4 -7.6 in his tank

Marshmallow (my juvenile to young adult) betta will not eat now… he’s been resting a lot but not showing any signs of illness or infection besides resting in his hidey rock - he flits around every now and again but then goes right back to resting - not sure what could be going on… 😞

Phoenix’s tank (10 gallon - heater and filter - .50ppm ammonia - no nitrites and trace amounts of nitrates with 79 degree water and pH is 7.4-7.6) still will NOT CYCLE and I’m about at my wits end with this cycling (using Fritzzyme 7 and Stress Coat Plus and he also has an almond leaf in his tank too) I did restart the cycle because there were other chemicals in there I had been using that yucked up his water but I feel like I’m stuck in this endless loop of nothing but ammonia and he gets a partial water change everyday - ammonia is not getting higher or lower just staying at the .50ppm - I have spent over 600.00 on both these bettas to make them happy and healthy and I’m in tears right now because I’m so frustrated with all of this…I’m just feeling utterly defeated… been told don’t change the water for 4 days after using Fritzzyme 7 but kinda need to if there’s ammonia present…

If you made it this far into this post thank you…