lizzastevens
Aquarium Advice Newbie
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- Jun 7, 2018
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I have 2 baby bettas I got from petco. No issues until recently. I went on vacation and put a dissolving feeder in the tank (one on each side of the divided tank). Dumbest idea ever. It would have been better to leave them unfed because the tank was filthy when I came back. I changed the water out completely and cleaned everything in the tank. I noticed that both of my babies have been acting strange and I’m pretty sure they got sick. Both of their fins seemed to be much smaller than before (almost like parts went missing). One fish lost some of his color and became smaller (the one that floats to the top which I will mention). One fish always sinks to the bottom and has very low energy. He doesn’t eat. So I quarantined him, lowered the water level so he can swim up to breathe, have been fasting him for two days, and added a few drops of bacterial medicine. The other fish is always floating to the top. This one eats and seems to have more energy than the other one, but still is much lower energy than usual. He is in his own tank as well with medicine. Since they have been quarantined, the one the floats to the top has seemed to be getting a little better. He moves around more and eats every time I feed him. His fins look like they’re growing back (white tips on the fins and his fins look a bit larger). The one that sinks to the bottom has made no progress. I’m super worried about both of them.
What else can I do to help them? Am I doing something wrong ?
UPDATE:
The above was sent to Yahoo answers a few days ago. Just an update: the fish that tends to float to the top has been showing improvement. He moves around much more and has more energy. He’s still getting better, but the partial water changes and bacterial medicine I have put in the tank have seemed to help.
My fish that sinks - he’s the one I’m more worried about now. Yahoo answers people told me to put him back in his 5 gallon so I did. I left him for a night and a day and checked on him throughout and he seemed to be getting worse. He was breathing really heavily and seemed to struggle to get to the top for air. I put him back in the tank he was in before with the lowered water and his breathing has returned to normal (he comes up for air more too because it’s less of a struggle).
However, he is still not doing well and is clearly stressed. I’m new at this and I have no idea what’s wrong or how I should be treating him. Please help!
What else can I do to help them? Am I doing something wrong ?
UPDATE:
The above was sent to Yahoo answers a few days ago. Just an update: the fish that tends to float to the top has been showing improvement. He moves around much more and has more energy. He’s still getting better, but the partial water changes and bacterial medicine I have put in the tank have seemed to help.
My fish that sinks - he’s the one I’m more worried about now. Yahoo answers people told me to put him back in his 5 gallon so I did. I left him for a night and a day and checked on him throughout and he seemed to be getting worse. He was breathing really heavily and seemed to struggle to get to the top for air. I put him back in the tank he was in before with the lowered water and his breathing has returned to normal (he comes up for air more too because it’s less of a struggle).
However, he is still not doing well and is clearly stressed. I’m new at this and I have no idea what’s wrong or how I should be treating him. Please help!