Should I Temporarily Move My Betta? PLEASE HELP

Ok, so here's where I'm at. I didn't feel like I could leave my betta in that 10g cycling tank, especially where his fins are tearing. So I floated him in a clean betta bowl of water in the tank, clamped to side (treated with BettaFix).

So tonight, I'm upgrading my 2.5 cycling tank (further along in the cycle than the 10g) to a 6g. This one has one betta in it, so he'll continue his cycle, which is further along in the bigger tank.

Then, I think I should take the betta out of the bowl and put him in the 2.5g of just clean water until the 10g cyles (changeing the water almost daily of course). Question is I have three dwarf frogs in the 10g, should I move them to the 6g with the betta, and let the 10g cycle without any fish? If so how should I do this? Should I use something to add bacteria?
 
The frogs should be fine as long as the levels don't get too out of control and you stay on top of water changes.
 
katfood said:
The frogs should be fine as long as the levels don't get too out of control and you stay on top of water changes.
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I'm just wondering if I should move the frogs and not do as many changes on the tank that has no fish, that way wouldn't it cycle faster?
 
the thing is, the water in the betta bowl is uncycled, so you are doubling the stress on him. leave him in the ten gallon, it should finish up cycling soon since the process has already started. the fins will most likely heal on their own after a week or two of being in the cycled tank.
 
Nuriel said:
the thing is, the water in the betta bowl is uncycled, so you are doubling the stress on him. leave him in the ten gallon, it should finish up cycling soon since the process has already started. the fins will most likely heal on their own after a week or two of being in the cycled tank.
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You're saying to leave him in the 10g, and EMG said to take him out since the torn fins in the cycling water are more suceptable to fin rot in those conditions.
I would think he would be fine if I keep changing the water. His fins were getting worse and worse in the 10g....
 
alright.
 
Jess, float your betta in the 10 gallon in the smaller bowl, it will be much easier to keep his water clean that way, instead of having to change a 2 1/2 or 6 gallon tank every day. Use 2 walmart sized betta bowls, which are about 16 oz size. Put him in one of the bowls with fresh clean water with aquarium salt. You don't need to do a bettafix treatment if he doesn't have finrot, but it won't hurt if you decide to anyway, just make sure you add the proper amount to each days water change...I use 12 drops of betta fix in a bowl that size...so the first days addition will be 12 drops betta fix.....day 2 will be 24...day three 36...etc....up to 7 days per instructions on the bottle...

Every day I carefully "flip" the betta into the fresh clean bowl, then clean out the bowl he was in and set it up for the next day. I float them in the big tank to keep the temps stable and equal.....very very easy treatment !! Much easier than worrying about cleaning a 2 or 6 gallon tank every day...!!
 
I think I will do that EMG until the tank cycles. Thanks :) As far as the cycling goes, if I move the frogs to the 6g, will the cycle continue normally in the 10g and how should I go about the water changes?
 
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Well, as far as the frogs....they might be ok in the 10 while it cycles, though they probably would be more comfortable somewhere else. I have a couple of dwarf frogs that are in an overloaded tank with female bettas and danios right now..and they seem to be doing rather well. (My tank is overloaded because I had to move some danios to make way for a batch of unexpected baby blue rams....only place I had to put them for now.)

If you don't have any fish or anything in the tank while it cycles, you don't need to worry about water changes as far as I know. Just let the cycle continue and check the nitrites...I believe you said the ammonia has already gone to zero.....so keep an eye on nitrites...when they go to zero do a 20-30% water change and it should be all set for your fish. Keep an eye on the cycle after you put them back in and if you see the ammonia or nitrites go up again, do another 20% change...put your frogs back in first if you've taken them out...then if you get an increase in anything you can take care of it before you add the betta.

If there is anything in this advice that is amiss, I'm sure someone will come along to correct me.... ;)
 
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