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Hi everyone!
I am very concerned about one of my female bettas. I looked in the tank tonight and didnt see her anywhere! She had wedged herself between two stalks of her silk plant (but the stalks are plastic-y) and in her struggles to unwedge herself, rubbed her scales off. She got wedged right behind her gills (about a quarter of an inch). I will do a small water change tonight (since i know clean water is especially important in times like this) and add aquarium salt. I also have a small arsenal of meds:BettaFix, Maracyn2, anti bacterial food, AP+ anti-fungus and stress coat. would any of these be useful?? When i first freed her, she sank to the bottom and sat. Now (about 10 minutes later) she is swimming around. still seems a little shocked, but other than that, seems ok. i am just worried about her abraisions. Help! thanks!

I have used Melafix with good results on an angel and a catfish that had fin rot. It is an antibacterial fish remedy. It says it is extracted from tea trees and is an all natural fish remedy.

i was reading on the bottles, and saw that bettafix said it was good for open wounds, so i added some of that. would it be okay to use melafix in addition to??im really all for using as little as possible, not only because i know some of these remedies are just as stressful for them as the problem, but also because she is in a divided 10 with two others.

Also, another question. since i do have them in a divided 10 i was trying to figure out some way to keep them from seeing each other. i tried plants, it didnt work. i have some polyestery stuff that you put in the filter, not the media, but the stuff that looks like quilt filling that i had bought and i decided to try to attach it to the dividers. it workd great for a few days, thn i noticed one of my males worked his way (dont ask me how) between it and the plastic divider and got stuck. Should i just break this tank down and get them each a 2.5 from petsmart? or should i buy some of this and hope it will work on the dividers? http://www.petsmart.com/global/product_d...30106&Ne=2. If I get all new tanks, I would just need the tanks, heaters, and filters, so it would be a huge deal, and then i may even have the 10 as a hospital/quarantine tank, assuming i could find somewhere to put it...thoughts please? and sorry for rambling.

I'm pretty sure MelaFix and BettaFix are almost the same thing. They're both tea tree oils from what I can tell, so using both probably wouldn't do anything (good or bad), but you're better off not risking it.

K, thanks!! she seems fine today. still raw, but acting fine.
Any takers on the 2nd question?