charmerang
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
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Hello all,
I'm hoping you can help my betta fish Phelps. I have had him for about 3 months now, he is normally very active and outgoing. However, for the past couple of days he has been very lethargic but this morning I noticed he was looking REALLY bad, his tail is frayed and he is only using one of his little side fins (I don't know what the proper name is.)
He has been hiding alot, which he normally does not do. He's also been hanging out near the surface just kind of floating there...
His tank is kept extremely clean, 1.5 gallon, full water change 1-2 times a week. So I can't imagine that it would be anything bacterial, fungal, or ammonia/nitrate related.
I had an ich scare with one of my newer bettas, so I panicked and added aquarium salt and Bettafix to Phelps' tank for preventative measures since I use the same net for both tanks.
But I'm not sure that it was the medication either. When I got my new betta fish, Petsmart was out of the heaters that I like for my small tanks (Marina 10w) so I got a different kind of heater, which supposedly also had automatic shutoff for temperature saftey (Marineland 10w.) I switched Phelp's heater with the new heater, but when I checked the thermometer this morning it was well above 85 degrees F!!! :0
Could this be the problem??
Phelps was also overfed by my fish sitter, he ate a whole 7 day betta feeder in less than 4 days!!! :0 But I fasted him all of last week and fed him some live brine shrimp yesterday.
Also, my newer betta Perry has been very lethargic and sulky too, but I can't imagine what is wrong with him. He has been like that since I got him... maybe that is just his personality?
Here are some pictures of Phelps healthy and then unhealthy.
Please help! I'm a very worried mommy!
Healthy Phelps:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y63/charmerang/IMG_3114.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y63/charmerang/IMG_3121.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y63/charmerang/IMG_3125.jpg
Phelps today:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y63/charmerang/IMG_3136.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y63/charmerang/IMG_3138.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y63/charmerang/IMG_3141.jpg
PS. Did a full water change last night before I woke up this morning and he looked worse....
I'm hoping you can help my betta fish Phelps. I have had him for about 3 months now, he is normally very active and outgoing. However, for the past couple of days he has been very lethargic but this morning I noticed he was looking REALLY bad, his tail is frayed and he is only using one of his little side fins (I don't know what the proper name is.)
He has been hiding alot, which he normally does not do. He's also been hanging out near the surface just kind of floating there...
His tank is kept extremely clean, 1.5 gallon, full water change 1-2 times a week. So I can't imagine that it would be anything bacterial, fungal, or ammonia/nitrate related.
I had an ich scare with one of my newer bettas, so I panicked and added aquarium salt and Bettafix to Phelps' tank for preventative measures since I use the same net for both tanks.
But I'm not sure that it was the medication either. When I got my new betta fish, Petsmart was out of the heaters that I like for my small tanks (Marina 10w) so I got a different kind of heater, which supposedly also had automatic shutoff for temperature saftey (Marineland 10w.) I switched Phelp's heater with the new heater, but when I checked the thermometer this morning it was well above 85 degrees F!!! :0
Could this be the problem??
Phelps was also overfed by my fish sitter, he ate a whole 7 day betta feeder in less than 4 days!!! :0 But I fasted him all of last week and fed him some live brine shrimp yesterday.
Also, my newer betta Perry has been very lethargic and sulky too, but I can't imagine what is wrong with him. He has been like that since I got him... maybe that is just his personality?
Here are some pictures of Phelps healthy and then unhealthy.
Please help! I'm a very worried mommy!
Healthy Phelps:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y63/charmerang/IMG_3114.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y63/charmerang/IMG_3121.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y63/charmerang/IMG_3125.jpg
Phelps today:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y63/charmerang/IMG_3136.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y63/charmerang/IMG_3138.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y63/charmerang/IMG_3141.jpg
PS. Did a full water change last night before I woke up this morning and he looked worse....