wvllflower
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
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- Apr 27, 2018
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Hello im new and i need help with my boyfriend's betta. So couple months ago he got betta from the shop and it was okay in his tank until my boyfriend moved him to his new tank. There he randomly started floating and wasn't able to swim down even when he tried. The only thing that helped was moving him to a cup. Before someone suggests swim bladder I can tell you that its not swim bladder. My boyfriend owns over 20 bettas and he knows a lot about them. The reason im asking here for help is that no one knows whats wrong with the fish. He even asked person who wrote a book about bettas and he didnt know either. Tank size and water and temperature is perfect for the fish. Ill try to explain what happens. Fish is fine for a few days in a tank and then suddenly starts floating and can't swim down. when it happens my boyfriend moves the fish to the cup and there it starts swimming perfectly fine and nothing is wrong. we tried medicine, different diet, different water and tanks and nothing helps. we just can't figure out why fish is okay for days and then starts doing it with no reason. also this tank doesn't have a filter because its a smaller tank but this fish prefers smaller tanks. so if anyone has any idea what might be wrong please help because we tried everything and nothing seems to be working.. water in the cup is the same like in a tank and if it was swim bladder fish wouldnt be fine in the cup either. please help