they had cute personalities but like most giants...their lifespan was cut short

I love the second one! :wub:

what happen to them gup? :T

they died. One died of natural causes but the MG girl kept getting an ich looking illness that would disappear, come back, disappear, and comeback. It just got really bad to where it killed her finally. Her immune system was bad. I miss her though, she had a lot of personality.

That is what ick does. You see it, the white spots drop from the fish and go through stages of development while they are attached to whatever they fall onto. Depending on the water temp it could take anywhere from 3 days to a month and then as many as 2,000 tomites (babies) emerge from each one to find a host. If they don't find a host within a couple days they die. That's why it seems that they come and go and get worse each time. From what I remember the only stage of their life cycle that they can be killed chemically is when they hatch and are in search of a host. When you see the spots on the fish they are safely just under the skin, and when they drop off to start the next part of their life cycle I do believe technology hasn't come up with anything that works yet.
One trick we did learn in college is that you can raise the temp of the water. Ick has an ideal temp range just like other life forms. Can't recall what the temp was, I'll have to go do some digging. Because bettas can handle higher temps than most fish I'd just raise it up into the low 80s for a week or two. Just be sure to do extra water changes with those higher temps.

actually that is how i would cure her before...i would up the temp to 90 something with tons of meds and they would disappear.

The temp needed to kill ick is 82-83.