ocminpin
Aquarium Advice Addict
I'm devastated... I heard a splashing around in my 29g tank tonight and rushed over assuming it was a little dominance tiff going on...
I immediately saw my Betta, Lucy, doing flips and spins and twirls upside down, backwards, sideways and drifting down to the gravel. Completely spazzing out!
I looked in and she was lying on her side... I immediately scooped her out and put her in my 1g to get a closer look... She couldn't right herself and was doing full alligator rolls and tight super fast rolls/somersaults and then laying on her side on the surface... Her gills were barely moving... Maybe 2-3 times a minute and she wasn't surfacing for air... (as she floated).
She was acting normally earlier ... Swimming and rushing to greet me... Eating well...
Suddenly... Dead... Not a mark on her body... Nothing out of place...
She looked like she had a major seizure and then just laid there.
I watched her take one big hefty breath with her gills and that was it... It took all she had to do that... :-(
RIP Lucy... You were one of my favorite Bettas and the most animated fish I've ever owned... <3. :-(
I immediately saw my Betta, Lucy, doing flips and spins and twirls upside down, backwards, sideways and drifting down to the gravel. Completely spazzing out!
I looked in and she was lying on her side... I immediately scooped her out and put her in my 1g to get a closer look... She couldn't right herself and was doing full alligator rolls and tight super fast rolls/somersaults and then laying on her side on the surface... Her gills were barely moving... Maybe 2-3 times a minute and she wasn't surfacing for air... (as she floated).
She was acting normally earlier ... Swimming and rushing to greet me... Eating well...
Suddenly... Dead... Not a mark on her body... Nothing out of place...
She looked like she had a major seizure and then just laid there.
I watched her take one big hefty breath with her gills and that was it... It took all she had to do that... :-(
RIP Lucy... You were one of my favorite Bettas and the most animated fish I've ever owned... <3. :-(