chris_topher
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
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- Mar 28, 2008
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I currently have the betta from my workplace at home because he very inactive and wasn't eating very often. He is very important to several of the staff, including myself, and the customers know him well.
The Problem:
Lucky is a green, pink, and white betta that I bought about 5 months ago, he has been healthy and active until now. He is in my established planted 5 gallon. The symptoms he is showing are:
-listing and rolling over to whichever way his top fin is pointing
-sinking to the bottom
-darting around the tank
-ignorance to food and the occasional mirror because I have tried to get him to flare up (helps with constipation).
The Previous Tank:
Was about a 1.5-2g bowl, no plants, and a bubbler. Temp was getting very cold as winter was setting on and there was no way to regulate this; it is really too small and awkward for a heater.
-No tests for pH or other chemicals in the water were done.
-He was always on a diet of betta pellets.
The 5g he is in now:
Established tank for a year. My own betta has been living in this tank since the start, he is healthy and active and I moved him to a new tank while I have Lucky.
-Temp: 23-24C (controlled by heater)
-Ammonia: 0
-Nitrite: 0
-Nitrate: too low to measure
-pH: 7.8 (unfortunately it has always been high)
-Last water change: yesterday, 1/3 water change, used dechlorinator as usual as well as stability
From what I can tell he has a swim bladder problem, however I dont think darting around is part of the symptoms of it. Lucky has been home for 3 days and ate only 1 pellet on the first day and then I tried to give him the pea treatment today and he didn't even notice it even when it dropped literally right in front of his mouth. I dont really know what to do, I have never treated sick fish before, and they are hard to diagnose and medicine can be risky so I need help, Lucky is important to many people!
Thanks!
The Problem:
Lucky is a green, pink, and white betta that I bought about 5 months ago, he has been healthy and active until now. He is in my established planted 5 gallon. The symptoms he is showing are:
-listing and rolling over to whichever way his top fin is pointing
-sinking to the bottom
-darting around the tank
-ignorance to food and the occasional mirror because I have tried to get him to flare up (helps with constipation).
The Previous Tank:
Was about a 1.5-2g bowl, no plants, and a bubbler. Temp was getting very cold as winter was setting on and there was no way to regulate this; it is really too small and awkward for a heater.
-No tests for pH or other chemicals in the water were done.
-He was always on a diet of betta pellets.
The 5g he is in now:
Established tank for a year. My own betta has been living in this tank since the start, he is healthy and active and I moved him to a new tank while I have Lucky.
-Temp: 23-24C (controlled by heater)
-Ammonia: 0
-Nitrite: 0
-Nitrate: too low to measure
-pH: 7.8 (unfortunately it has always been high)
-Last water change: yesterday, 1/3 water change, used dechlorinator as usual as well as stability
From what I can tell he has a swim bladder problem, however I dont think darting around is part of the symptoms of it. Lucky has been home for 3 days and ate only 1 pellet on the first day and then I tried to give him the pea treatment today and he didn't even notice it even when it dropped literally right in front of his mouth. I dont really know what to do, I have never treated sick fish before, and they are hard to diagnose and medicine can be risky so I need help, Lucky is important to many people!
Thanks!