ThunderGoddess
Aquarium Advice Newbie
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- Aug 18, 2007
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Hello. I've had my betta fish Vladimir for about three months, and am currently transporting him to my college. I normally keep him in a five gallon tank, but for the road I have him in a glass canister with holes in the lid that is a little under 1 gallon. I'm keeping him in a cooler surrounded by bags of water at about 76 degrees, which has worked well to regulate his temperature. If I want to raise his temperature I make one of the surrounding bags slightly warmer. He is traveling in the middle of the back seat between my brother and myself.
I feel like I've thought this through as well as I could have, but right now I am at a hotel our first night out, and when I checked his ammonia levels they were high, almost half-way between safe and instant death. I did a water change (about 75%) immediately, and thought I would have neutralized the problem, but when I checked the ammonia levels after the water change they were exactly the same as before. I've never dealt with ammonia problems in the past, as this is my first fish and I've never had a problem with his regular tank. I wouldn't worry if could set up his tank soon, but I won't be able to until Thursday morning when I move into my dorm, which is 5 days from now.
I haven't fed my betta today, and the only thing in his tank is a few handfuls of gravel from his larger tank. I have been using large amounts of stresszyme. Does anyone have any suggestions for my ammonia problem?
I feel like I've thought this through as well as I could have, but right now I am at a hotel our first night out, and when I checked his ammonia levels they were high, almost half-way between safe and instant death. I did a water change (about 75%) immediately, and thought I would have neutralized the problem, but when I checked the ammonia levels after the water change they were exactly the same as before. I've never dealt with ammonia problems in the past, as this is my first fish and I've never had a problem with his regular tank. I wouldn't worry if could set up his tank soon, but I won't be able to until Thursday morning when I move into my dorm, which is 5 days from now.
I haven't fed my betta today, and the only thing in his tank is a few handfuls of gravel from his larger tank. I have been using large amounts of stresszyme. Does anyone have any suggestions for my ammonia problem?