fishychick
Aquarium Advice Freak
This has been a long horrible road, sorry for the long post, here are the basics;
1 male betta, only fish in a 5 gallon, been up about 8 months. Small filter, that came with tank, no heater because our area/house stays extremely warm. Tank stays about 78 degrees, pwc twice a week. Last water test was ammonia 0, nitrites 0, nitrates 10.
About 6 weeks ago, I came home and noticed his tank temp was well above normal, like 90 degrees. That seems to be when the trouble started.
He became extremely lethargic, sitting on bottom or not moving on top, no other symptoms, just basically stopped moving. I fasted him and fed him peas for about a week, no change.
Put him in small QT on heating pad and treated with Betta revive, switched to better quality flake food and added blood worms to diet. after 3 days, he seemed to improve, back in old tank, again became very lethargic.
Back to QT tank. Noticed fin damage, started to treat with Metafix, then read this thread, Fin Rot 101 - Betta Splendid. Stopped Metafix and started salt bath treatments, with 100% daily water changes. Currently on day 7. I keep him covered to hopefully reduce stress.
And lastly, came home last week to see that toddler had turned heating pad to high, tank temp was 110, did quick water change and gradually acclimated him to proper temp water.
At this point, this poor fish probably wishes I had just left him at the store in his little tiny cup. I feel like he would have been better off. Here are photos of him now. He's so jacked up I don't even know what I should be asking you guys. He's eating good, one flake in the morning and a blood worm for dinner. I have no idea how he is still hanging on. This is breaking my heart. Any insight into what the hell I'm doing wrong or what I can do to help this guy is greatly appreciated.
1 male betta, only fish in a 5 gallon, been up about 8 months. Small filter, that came with tank, no heater because our area/house stays extremely warm. Tank stays about 78 degrees, pwc twice a week. Last water test was ammonia 0, nitrites 0, nitrates 10.
About 6 weeks ago, I came home and noticed his tank temp was well above normal, like 90 degrees. That seems to be when the trouble started.
He became extremely lethargic, sitting on bottom or not moving on top, no other symptoms, just basically stopped moving. I fasted him and fed him peas for about a week, no change.
Put him in small QT on heating pad and treated with Betta revive, switched to better quality flake food and added blood worms to diet. after 3 days, he seemed to improve, back in old tank, again became very lethargic.
Back to QT tank. Noticed fin damage, started to treat with Metafix, then read this thread, Fin Rot 101 - Betta Splendid. Stopped Metafix and started salt bath treatments, with 100% daily water changes. Currently on day 7. I keep him covered to hopefully reduce stress.
And lastly, came home last week to see that toddler had turned heating pad to high, tank temp was 110, did quick water change and gradually acclimated him to proper temp water.
At this point, this poor fish probably wishes I had just left him at the store in his little tiny cup. I feel like he would have been better off. Here are photos of him now. He's so jacked up I don't even know what I should be asking you guys. He's eating good, one flake in the morning and a blood worm for dinner. I have no idea how he is still hanging on. This is breaking my heart. Any insight into what the hell I'm doing wrong or what I can do to help this guy is greatly appreciated.