My fish are getting sick, hers stays healthy! Why??

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Hi,
This has been really bugging me. I am very faithful about doing a partial (1/4) water change every week on all my tanks. I add the correct amount of dechlor to the water, and make sure its chemistry is close to the tanks. I change my filter cartidges once a month, and feed my fish twice a day. None of my tanks are overstocked, this is what I have-
-1 male betta in 10 gallon w/ power filter set on low and heater that keeps water at 78-80F
-1 male betta in 5 gallon w/ undergravel filter and heater that keeps water at 78-80F
-2 male bettas in divided 10 gallon w/ heater that keeps water at 78-80F and 2 small power filters
-1 29 gallon w/ 12 female bettas, a heater that keeps the water at 76-78F, 4 bronze cories, and 1 small dwarf pleco w/ 55 gallon power filter
This is what she has
-1 male betta in a 2.5 gallon w/ no heater or filter
-1 male betta in a 1 gallon w/ no heater or filter
This is how she takes care of her fish- either adds way too much or not enough declor, when she adds new water, it is not close to the temp in the tank, changes thier water maybe once a month, usually every other month. I have kown her for a year, and her fish have never been sick! Why? I have dealt w/ dropsy, swim bladder, ick, fungus, internal bacterial infection, etc.
Please though, know saying what a bad betta owner she is. She really does love her little guys, she just doesn't read book after book on fish care and her life doesn't involve fish on a high priortory.
 
if your fish are getting sick then your not doing the right things.

Two things stand out from your question.

1/4 water change and once a month filter cleanage.

My question to you is why....

That is too little which is causing your fishes to get sick. From your other question again, poor water quality leads to dropsys and if your bettas are always getting dropsys and dieing, then your not doing something right.

You need to increase your water changes to somewhere around 50%. I personally do a 100 % water change.

You need to clean the filter once a week or once every two weeks. The fishes can handle the double cleanage, and a filter isnt going to help unless it is clean.
 
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