helloshepard
Aquarium Advice Newbie
Hello. This is my first non-greeting forum post so I apologize if I am doing it wrong.
I bought a female betta from the LFS 15 days ago. She was in a 29 gal with 8 zebra danios doing an fish-in cycle in a lightly planted tank. Within the last three days I noticed my betta has slowly been becoming more and more listless, not eating, and hanging out in one corner of the tank, except when she comes up for air. The zebras are fine.
Concerned the betta might be harassed by the danios, I moved her to a 1-gal container until I could set up the 10 gal QT (I currently do not have the space for it) Once the betta was in the new container she seemed much happier for about 20 min, swimming and even ate a little, but now she is back at the bottom. She is pineconeing and is losing color (pictures and comparison attached-Monday vs Today).
What can I do to treat the dropsy? The internet seems to vary wildly from promoting euthanasia to aggressive treating to the fish version of hospice. Should I put her to sleep?
Symptoms:
-Pineconed body
-Listless, lack of appetite
-Loss of coloration
Setup:
-29g
-Tetra 30 gal filter w/ extra media and sponge
-8 zebra danios
-20% WC every other day (50% change 2x day for 1g)
-Lightly planted with Amazon sword, guppy grass, and 2 moss balls (the other 2 are in the 1g, which is why there's some substrate on the bottom)
Readings:
-0-.25 ammonia
-Temp in low 80s
I bought a female betta from the LFS 15 days ago. She was in a 29 gal with 8 zebra danios doing an fish-in cycle in a lightly planted tank. Within the last three days I noticed my betta has slowly been becoming more and more listless, not eating, and hanging out in one corner of the tank, except when she comes up for air. The zebras are fine.
Concerned the betta might be harassed by the danios, I moved her to a 1-gal container until I could set up the 10 gal QT (I currently do not have the space for it) Once the betta was in the new container she seemed much happier for about 20 min, swimming and even ate a little, but now she is back at the bottom. She is pineconeing and is losing color (pictures and comparison attached-Monday vs Today).
What can I do to treat the dropsy? The internet seems to vary wildly from promoting euthanasia to aggressive treating to the fish version of hospice. Should I put her to sleep?
Symptoms:
-Pineconed body
-Listless, lack of appetite
-Loss of coloration
Setup:
-29g
-Tetra 30 gal filter w/ extra media and sponge
-8 zebra danios
-20% WC every other day (50% change 2x day for 1g)
-Lightly planted with Amazon sword, guppy grass, and 2 moss balls (the other 2 are in the 1g, which is why there's some substrate on the bottom)
Readings:
-0-.25 ammonia
-Temp in low 80s