My sister has a young female betta. She has not been eating much, and I think her growth is getting stunted. Also, she is losing some of her color. I haven't tested the water yet because the last testing strip I had was a dud, but we are going to get the water tested at a pet store soon.
The tank is a 20 gallon with a floating algae boom. Some Acu-Clear has been put in the tank, but I read some of the reviews on Amazon and although it has killed some fish, it doesn't seem to harm bettas. When it does kill fish, it happens a lot faster. This has probably been going on for over a month, ever since the betta was adopted.
The aquarium has been getting weekly water changes. There were no 75% water changes due to the issue, though.
So far, we have tried changing her food. Her old food seemed like it was high quality, with the first few ingredients being bugs, but we are trying some pellets that have garlic in them.
If we really have to move her, we have an empty 10 gallon which was used for rodents, a 55 gallon which has 4 pearl gouramis, a female betta, 6 silvertip tetras, a bristlenose pleco, 2 dwarf crayfish, a bunch of bladder snails, and 4 assassin snails. The other 2 aquariums that are set up are definitely too small for more fish and also have female bettas.
Thank you for reading!
The tank is a 20 gallon with a floating algae boom. Some Acu-Clear has been put in the tank, but I read some of the reviews on Amazon and although it has killed some fish, it doesn't seem to harm bettas. When it does kill fish, it happens a lot faster. This has probably been going on for over a month, ever since the betta was adopted.
The aquarium has been getting weekly water changes. There were no 75% water changes due to the issue, though.
So far, we have tried changing her food. Her old food seemed like it was high quality, with the first few ingredients being bugs, but we are trying some pellets that have garlic in them.
If we really have to move her, we have an empty 10 gallon which was used for rodents, a 55 gallon which has 4 pearl gouramis, a female betta, 6 silvertip tetras, a bristlenose pleco, 2 dwarf crayfish, a bunch of bladder snails, and 4 assassin snails. The other 2 aquariums that are set up are definitely too small for more fish and also have female bettas.
Thank you for reading!