loverofdogs
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Rubert is my betta that I have had for 2 years and three months. He was fully grown when I got him, so I am not completely sure how old he is. Also, he is blind in his right eye, but is still able to traverse his aquarium. In the last three days, he has stopped moving around like usual, and just floats at the top of the water leaning against the glass. At first I thought it was Swim Bladder Disorder because whenever he stopped swimming he would just float back to the surface, but when I tried to feed him today (after two days of fasting) he didn't even perk his head up to look at the food floating towards him. At this point, I just want to know if there might be something wrong with him that I can fix, or if his body is shutting down due to old age.
The tank has readings of 0 for ammonia, nitrites, and nitrates. The tank is 78 degrees and is at a pH of 7-7.2
The tank is a 2.5 gallon Aqueon bow front with the same filtration that comes with the aquarium (I can't find how powerful it actually is). It has been set up for about 2 and a half years.
Rubert is the only fish in the tank. I did a water change three days ago, and vacuumed the gravel. I removed about 30% of the water.
His heater broke about a week ago, so I replaced it two days before his symptoms started showing. It took about 24 hours for the water to heat up, because I wanted the transition from colder water back to his normal temperature to be as smooth as possible.
I feed Rubert the Aqueon floating pellets, and that has remained constant for the entire time I've had him. He spits out or ignores anything else.
The first two pictures are of him today. The last picture is of him yesterday.
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The tank has readings of 0 for ammonia, nitrites, and nitrates. The tank is 78 degrees and is at a pH of 7-7.2
The tank is a 2.5 gallon Aqueon bow front with the same filtration that comes with the aquarium (I can't find how powerful it actually is). It has been set up for about 2 and a half years.
Rubert is the only fish in the tank. I did a water change three days ago, and vacuumed the gravel. I removed about 30% of the water.
His heater broke about a week ago, so I replaced it two days before his symptoms started showing. It took about 24 hours for the water to heat up, because I wanted the transition from colder water back to his normal temperature to be as smooth as possible.
I feed Rubert the Aqueon floating pellets, and that has remained constant for the entire time I've had him. He spits out or ignores anything else.
The first two pictures are of him today. The last picture is of him yesterday.
Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice