CrazyDiamond88
Fish Crazy
Hi guys, I've had my betta almost a year now. He's pretty much always been a happy, energetic guy.
A couple of months back he was in a tank with some pygmy cory I had. They kept dying off, I think because I didn't do a gravel vac often enough and they got a bacterial infection. I have since given them away and he is the only one left in the tank. After they went I treated the tank with salt and some broad spectrum anti-fungal & bac meds.
Since that time he hasn't seemed himself. It looks like he has a white stripe down his body a lot of the time, which I believe is stress? He also seems less active and lounges on the floor a lot. I just thought that was because he didn't really have any big leaves near the surface to sit on, but he kind of does...
The past few days he's been a lot more inactive, though he still races to the top if I'm there, and he still eats with enthusiasm. Although he seems to be a bit worse at finding food when I put it in the tank, like his senses are dulled. I've also noticed a small hole in his dorsal fins and perhaps his fins look a bit scraggly.
Last night the temperature in my tank dropped from about 25 celsius to 22. That is really odd and has never happened before, it's generally always steady at 25. I thought maybe it was the cold weather (hardly cold, but it was about 14 celsius last night which is colder than we've had for a while). I checked the heater and it's still working. I always have it set to 29 celsius. So I turned it up to about 32 and this morning the tank is back to about 25.
Anyway some advice would be fab. I checked my params last night, 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites, nitrate about 10, pH was above the normal colour range (so in the high area) but I didn't check it exactly as I'm quite busy (in the middle of moving house). I change his water about 25% once a week.
A couple of months back he was in a tank with some pygmy cory I had. They kept dying off, I think because I didn't do a gravel vac often enough and they got a bacterial infection. I have since given them away and he is the only one left in the tank. After they went I treated the tank with salt and some broad spectrum anti-fungal & bac meds.
Since that time he hasn't seemed himself. It looks like he has a white stripe down his body a lot of the time, which I believe is stress? He also seems less active and lounges on the floor a lot. I just thought that was because he didn't really have any big leaves near the surface to sit on, but he kind of does...
The past few days he's been a lot more inactive, though he still races to the top if I'm there, and he still eats with enthusiasm. Although he seems to be a bit worse at finding food when I put it in the tank, like his senses are dulled. I've also noticed a small hole in his dorsal fins and perhaps his fins look a bit scraggly.
Last night the temperature in my tank dropped from about 25 celsius to 22. That is really odd and has never happened before, it's generally always steady at 25. I thought maybe it was the cold weather (hardly cold, but it was about 14 celsius last night which is colder than we've had for a while). I checked the heater and it's still working. I always have it set to 29 celsius. So I turned it up to about 32 and this morning the tank is back to about 25.
Anyway some advice would be fab. I checked my params last night, 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites, nitrate about 10, pH was above the normal colour range (so in the high area) but I didn't check it exactly as I'm quite busy (in the middle of moving house). I change his water about 25% once a week.
Have you since removed the meds from his tank? If the pH of your tank is not very different from the pH of your tap water you could up the volume of the water changes too, it will help with the healing of his fin problems. You want to heal those up as quick as possible to prevent/fix any fungal or bacterial infections.
