taylorodw
Aquarium Advice FINatic
I came home today and looked into my betta's 10g rubbermaid tub (filtered w/ Aqueon 10gal filter, Stealth 8gal heater) he is in while I set up a new tank. He was sort of wedged inbetween the heater and the side of the tub.
I jostled the tub a bit to see if he was even alive, and he swam out, but then sank listlessly to the bottom. He would alternately swim, and drift down to the bottom again. He was also listing onto his side.
He has some dark spots on his pectoral fins that were not there before, but it does not appear that the fins are rotting away.
Tested water parameters -
pH 7.6
Ammonia 0ppm
Nitrite ~0.25ppm (why? tub has been running for long enough, plus pulled gravel from established tank)
Nitrate 20ppm
Please help! This guy is the first fish I've ever had.
I jostled the tub a bit to see if he was even alive, and he swam out, but then sank listlessly to the bottom. He would alternately swim, and drift down to the bottom again. He was also listing onto his side.
He has some dark spots on his pectoral fins that were not there before, but it does not appear that the fins are rotting away.
Tested water parameters -
pH 7.6
Ammonia 0ppm
Nitrite ~0.25ppm (why? tub has been running for long enough, plus pulled gravel from established tank)
Nitrate 20ppm
Please help! This guy is the first fish I've ever had.