JessieVB
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I have a male VT betta (only inhabitant of the tank and have had him since Sept. '07), who seems to be floating to the top of the tank against his will. He could be doing this on purpose, but he almost seems to roll a bit onto his side which makes me think he isn't doing this on purpose. He also is hiding in his "cave" (I think he's trying to not float; he's been doing this more as of today). I only noticed him start to do this today.
My test kit is in the mail--I know shame on me, I should already have one. . . but budget finally allowed me to get one. Will post parameters ASAP.
The tank is a 5 gallon that has been up for about 2-3 weeks. I used gravel, plant, airstone, etc. from his 1 gallon to seed the beneficial bacteria. Anything that was in the 1 gallon went into the 5 gallon. Tank has new substrate and a new ornament, both were thoroughly rinsed before they went into the tank.
Using the biowheel that came with the tank.
I did a PWC last Saturday, used dechlorinator and let temp. adjust to the same as the tank.
I feed him betta pellets and introduced freeze-dried bloodworms to his diet about 2 weeks ago. He eats fine and loves the bloodworms.
My test kit is in the mail--I know shame on me, I should already have one. . . but budget finally allowed me to get one. Will post parameters ASAP.
The tank is a 5 gallon that has been up for about 2-3 weeks. I used gravel, plant, airstone, etc. from his 1 gallon to seed the beneficial bacteria. Anything that was in the 1 gallon went into the 5 gallon. Tank has new substrate and a new ornament, both were thoroughly rinsed before they went into the tank.
Using the biowheel that came with the tank.
I did a PWC last Saturday, used dechlorinator and let temp. adjust to the same as the tank.
I feed him betta pellets and introduced freeze-dried bloodworms to his diet about 2 weeks ago. He eats fine and loves the bloodworms.