ParadoxOwl
Aquarium Advice Regular
My Betta, D.W. has always been fairly, active let's say. Flaring at everything from his plants and filter, to the snail and me. He swam like a nut job all day and gobbled up the food I gave him. He seemed very happy and healthy.
I do a water change every week, usually 25% but sometimes 30%. Recently I think my nerite laid eggs and babies have appeared so my water changes became twice weekly to stop my Betta from eating all the babies! Yes he actually does eat them.
Anyway, a couple weeks ago, on his Betta leaf, on the suction cup, I noticed something very very small moving on it. I removed it right away thinking it could be a bug or something. Nothing was seen for a while until the past couple of days. During the water changes, while checking the bottom of the bucket for baby snails, I noticed super tiny brown specs. I'm talking a smidge smaller than baby snails. These brown specs seem to be moving! I looked up diatoms and I don't think it's that.
Since I noticed these thingys D.W. has been acting odd. He's moving sluggishly and doesn't eat as much, if at all! Some days he doesn't move. He just sits next to his heater or in a decoration which is very odd for him. This morning I thought he died, cause there was no movement from him for 5 whole minutes.
What can I do aside from water changes every 2 days? (I use prime and API stress zyme when changing water)
If I can, I'll snag a pic of the small dots.
My levels are
Amm- 0
Nitrite- 0
Nitrate-0
PH-6.9
Temp- 82
I do a water change every week, usually 25% but sometimes 30%. Recently I think my nerite laid eggs and babies have appeared so my water changes became twice weekly to stop my Betta from eating all the babies! Yes he actually does eat them.
Anyway, a couple weeks ago, on his Betta leaf, on the suction cup, I noticed something very very small moving on it. I removed it right away thinking it could be a bug or something. Nothing was seen for a while until the past couple of days. During the water changes, while checking the bottom of the bucket for baby snails, I noticed super tiny brown specs. I'm talking a smidge smaller than baby snails. These brown specs seem to be moving! I looked up diatoms and I don't think it's that.
Since I noticed these thingys D.W. has been acting odd. He's moving sluggishly and doesn't eat as much, if at all! Some days he doesn't move. He just sits next to his heater or in a decoration which is very odd for him. This morning I thought he died, cause there was no movement from him for 5 whole minutes.
What can I do aside from water changes every 2 days? (I use prime and API stress zyme when changing water)
If I can, I'll snag a pic of the small dots.
My levels are
Amm- 0
Nitrite- 0
Nitrate-0
PH-6.9
Temp- 82