fuzzystar12 wrote:Because sometimes if used excessively it can damage the labyrinth organ that Bettas use to breathe. Sometimes it won't but sometimes it will. Bettafix is very easy to find at most pet stores I've been to, it's right next to the Bettas.
Well, I must be hellishly lucky then, I cant say Ive ever noticed breathing difficulties is my bettas.
It might be easy to find at your pet/aquatics shops, but like I said, I have never heard of or seen it. Your probably even in a different country to me. And all the pet/aquatics shops i go to, the bettas are in tanks, with the tanks containing all the other fish, not in the middle of the medicine aisles.
jellybaloo wrote:Because betta are labyrinth breathing fish and the main ingredients is tea tree oil if ingested it becomes an irritant
Melafix creates a film on the top of the water so when they go to breath they endup swallowing it which makes it harder for them to breath so ultimately they can endup suffocating to death
Like I said if you absolutely have to use it dont use it at full strength, bettafix is 1/5 the concentration of melafix
And when doing a water change make sure to remove the film on top by blotting it with paper towel so it doesn't build up over time
I myself prefer salt and clean water for treating most ailments
I cant say Ive ever had a film on top of the water when ive used it, so that aint a problem.
And yes, I have to use it, because I have a betta in my community tank, so the other fish need it. But surely if I dont use it al 'full strengh', it wouldnt properly treat my other fish?
And if bettafix is 1/5 the concentration of melafix, then wouldnt watering melafix down work?
Just looked on ebay, and googled bettafix, looks like we dont have it in the UK.
unless I cant get my parents to buy from an international seller on ebay. which aint gonna happen.
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