BettaMomma
Fish Aficionado
Okay - so everyone probably knows the story of Amos, who was moved to the 5 gallon tank, then back to the 2.5 gallon because the currents were too strong and he got stressed, blah blah blah
ANYWAY- it's now Monday, and this past Friday I moved him back to his little 2.5G tank. Before I moved him to the 5 G tank he was perfectly happy, flared when he saw me, etc. Now, he's back in his 2.5 tank (after the whole 5G ordeal) and he's very droopy - his fins are clamped. He had developed ick when he was in his bigger tank, and ate his tail off. I've been treating him for ick, and it appears as if that's going away. He also has popeye now, he's also being treated for that.
Although he's still eating just fine - he doesn't flare at me anymore, and he's very droopy. His temp's up to 82 for treatment of the ick. He's hiding under stuff, laying on the bottom or hanging out at the top of the tank all the time now. He is infatuated with the little hydor heater in his tank, and he always has to stick himself between the heater and the glass - so now I have situated it so that he can just rest at the top between where the cord attaches to the heater and the glass. He scares me everytime I show up after not having been at my desk for a while - it looks like he's dead just hanging there. uugh!
I put lots of silk plants in the tank - and I gave him an aeration bar (VERY light bubbles) and he seemed to love that at first, but now he doesn't care about it whatsoever. I tossed in a pinch of salt, too.
Is he just stressed from all the moving? I feel HORRIBLE because I thought I was doing a good thing, but I ended up stressing the poor little guy out horribly. Anyone else have suggestions on what I could try?
He's currently being medicated with Maracide and Tetracycline.
ANYWAY- it's now Monday, and this past Friday I moved him back to his little 2.5G tank. Before I moved him to the 5 G tank he was perfectly happy, flared when he saw me, etc. Now, he's back in his 2.5 tank (after the whole 5G ordeal) and he's very droopy - his fins are clamped. He had developed ick when he was in his bigger tank, and ate his tail off. I've been treating him for ick, and it appears as if that's going away. He also has popeye now, he's also being treated for that.
Although he's still eating just fine - he doesn't flare at me anymore, and he's very droopy. His temp's up to 82 for treatment of the ick. He's hiding under stuff, laying on the bottom or hanging out at the top of the tank all the time now. He is infatuated with the little hydor heater in his tank, and he always has to stick himself between the heater and the glass - so now I have situated it so that he can just rest at the top between where the cord attaches to the heater and the glass. He scares me everytime I show up after not having been at my desk for a while - it looks like he's dead just hanging there. uugh!
I put lots of silk plants in the tank - and I gave him an aeration bar (VERY light bubbles) and he seemed to love that at first, but now he doesn't care about it whatsoever. I tossed in a pinch of salt, too.
Is he just stressed from all the moving? I feel HORRIBLE because I thought I was doing a good thing, but I ended up stressing the poor little guy out horribly. Anyone else have suggestions on what I could try?
He's currently being medicated with Maracide and Tetracycline.
Then he stops in the corner and rests up at the top of the tank. Once in a while he will go down by the bottom of the tank with his fins all closed up and just skim across the bottom with all his fins closed up.
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