Megagalvatron1
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
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- Jan 15, 2019
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As the title states I really could use some help with my Betta fish. I don’t know what’s wrong with it and I’m really worried I’m gonna lose it. I am relatively new to fish keeping. I have had this betta for six months. He’s been fine and very happy up until the last five days. He used to be in a 5.5 gallon tank with two dwarf frogs one Cory catfish and some ghost shrimp. In that tank he was very happy swim around a lot and was constantly doing stuff. Because the cory catfish are a schooling fish I wanted to upgrade this tank. I’ve been cycled a 20 gallon tank and made sure everything was cycled and ready before moving him. I moved him over a week and a half ago.
At first he was very happy and swim around the tank a lot. I decided this week to finally treat him and my dwarf frogs and bought some frozen blood worms. I did however make a mistake of throwing them in tapwater. The tapwater was not treated. In this 20 gallon tank there is six Cory cats, my beta, my two dwarf frogs, six HarleyQuinns rasbors, and some ghost shrimp. Everyone happily ate all the blood worms. My betta tends to be a little bit of a pig and would eat all the ones on the floor that he could get to. Him and my female door frog were seeming very bloated the next day. As I know when this happens I don’t feed him in the next day he’s normally fine. However this time that has not been the case. While all the bloating had gone down the next day he now just lays on the bottom of the tank under the heater. He will come out for food and occasionally for air. Sometimes if he noticed me he will come out and swim around a little bit but then back to the bottom. I’ve also noticed he is starting to lose his color. I didn’t feed him for three days after the initial time. I then did try to feed them blood worms again this time using tank water. He ate about two and then went back to the bottom of the tank. I’m really concerned as I don’t wanna lose him. I have just been feeding him when he comes to the top of the tank one or two betta pellets.
My tank parameters are
Ammonia zero
PH 6.8
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 20
Temperature 78
Like I said I don’t know what to do I’m really afraid I might be losing him. Everything else in my tank is acting perfectly normal. The only thing I’ve been trying to do is use API treatments or melifix and primarily. Any thoughts?
At first he was very happy and swim around the tank a lot. I decided this week to finally treat him and my dwarf frogs and bought some frozen blood worms. I did however make a mistake of throwing them in tapwater. The tapwater was not treated. In this 20 gallon tank there is six Cory cats, my beta, my two dwarf frogs, six HarleyQuinns rasbors, and some ghost shrimp. Everyone happily ate all the blood worms. My betta tends to be a little bit of a pig and would eat all the ones on the floor that he could get to. Him and my female door frog were seeming very bloated the next day. As I know when this happens I don’t feed him in the next day he’s normally fine. However this time that has not been the case. While all the bloating had gone down the next day he now just lays on the bottom of the tank under the heater. He will come out for food and occasionally for air. Sometimes if he noticed me he will come out and swim around a little bit but then back to the bottom. I’ve also noticed he is starting to lose his color. I didn’t feed him for three days after the initial time. I then did try to feed them blood worms again this time using tank water. He ate about two and then went back to the bottom of the tank. I’m really concerned as I don’t wanna lose him. I have just been feeding him when he comes to the top of the tank one or two betta pellets.
My tank parameters are
Ammonia zero
PH 6.8
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 20
Temperature 78
Like I said I don’t know what to do I’m really afraid I might be losing him. Everything else in my tank is acting perfectly normal. The only thing I’ve been trying to do is use API treatments or melifix and primarily. Any thoughts?
