extremenewb
Aquarium Advice Regular
Hi all,
I've had a betta for about a week in my tank now. He seems to be swimming rather erratically most of the time and I'm kinda worried for him. My community's fine, but this 2G isnt Whenever I pop in to see him, I always see him swimming rather actively. The only time I see him stop is when I turn off the lights and he starts to sleep. I would have interpreted his actions as "active", but I don't see him building a bubble nest and at times, he swims back and forth in the tank (sorta like when you do pivoting drills in basketball or something) from the same locations. I was reading a site and it wrote:
Erratic Swimming -- Fish is turning in circles. Probably damage to the nervous system. Not much to be done here. Dispose of the fish to limit the spread of causative organism and keep an eye on your other fish.
It's not circling, but pivoting. Don't know if it's the same thing, but I'm worried for him. In terms of eating, he eats actively (immediately after I drop food in), and doesnt have a bloat. Please help!!
Also, ammonia/nitrite both 0. I change around 30% of my tank bi-weekly, so I don't have a nitrate test and thus figure to give u. Also youngish, a few months old. Don't know what other info to give u.
I've had a betta for about a week in my tank now. He seems to be swimming rather erratically most of the time and I'm kinda worried for him. My community's fine, but this 2G isnt Whenever I pop in to see him, I always see him swimming rather actively. The only time I see him stop is when I turn off the lights and he starts to sleep. I would have interpreted his actions as "active", but I don't see him building a bubble nest and at times, he swims back and forth in the tank (sorta like when you do pivoting drills in basketball or something) from the same locations. I was reading a site and it wrote:
Erratic Swimming -- Fish is turning in circles. Probably damage to the nervous system. Not much to be done here. Dispose of the fish to limit the spread of causative organism and keep an eye on your other fish.
It's not circling, but pivoting. Don't know if it's the same thing, but I'm worried for him. In terms of eating, he eats actively (immediately after I drop food in), and doesnt have a bloat. Please help!!
Also, ammonia/nitrite both 0. I change around 30% of my tank bi-weekly, so I don't have a nitrate test and thus figure to give u. Also youngish, a few months old. Don't know what other info to give u.