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He hadn't been eating. Unfortunately, this morning, Apollo has passed. Thank you for all of your help. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

He swam up to rest on the leaf bed a few hours ago. I guess he just got tired. There's a little bulge at the bottom of his head- can you tell what it is? I'm hoping it's not a tumor or something. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

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I got home to see this: (Not a good picture) Poor Apollo! I can't tell if his gills or his... Ugh, I don't know the word for it is... Well, see if you can tell from the picture. Sorry for being so vague, and thank you! Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

He's eating less than one pellet a day on average. I actually meant to write 8 pellets at 12 pm everyday (autocorrect!). That's probably too much, anyway. If he's not sick, would doing a Epsom salt bath be more harm than good? Thanks! Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Also, Apollo still doesn't look bloated at all... Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

So far, the only notable change in Apollo is that he has started to produce bubble nests again. I guess it's a good thing he hasn't gotten much worse. I haven't noticed any poop. None of the Lfs near me carry frozen daphnia, but I'll try to order it online. As for the Edison salt, I picked some...

Apollo, until three days ago, lived in a 36 gallon community tank. It was a constant 75 F. I did a water change once a week, about 20%. He is now in a 1.5 gallon tank. It's filtered and heated to about 80 F. It's probably too small, but it's all I have for now. (He used to live in it before I...

I transferred Apollo into the hospital tank. He was laying on the sand for about 20 minutes before he swam to the plastic plant and has been laying there for about 3 hours now. He still ignores food. His difficulty swimming makes me think it's swim bladder, but I don't know if bettas with swim...

Apollo, the betta in my avatar picture, is almost two years old. He might have swim bladder disease, but I'm not sure. Three days ago, I noticed he was eating less, and seemed to have trouble swimming and staying horizontal. Yesterday it got worse, he didn't eat. Apollo has to constantly try to...

I'm probably going to get one or two nerites tomorrow. The diatoms keep coming back! Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Kind of a stupid question but I want to be sure: Nettie's=nerite snails, right? Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Thanks for warning us, this is good to know. I'll definitely be putting a net or something over the intake tube while doing water changes! Sorry for you loss. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

The tank has been running for more than a year. I cleaned most of the diatoms off, did a water change, and cleaned the sand bed. I also reduced the lighting and amount of food the get. I can't increase surface agitation as I have a betta in there, and he's getting old. Hopefully this works...

I'm pretty sure they're diatoms. I attached a few pictures. I noticed the diatoms about month ago, and assumed they would go away by itself. It's not a new tank- it's been running for more than a year. I'm not sure what caused it. The plants are fake (although I have been meaning to get...