SABWARNER16
Fish Crazy
a couple days ago I posted a thread asking about what a depressed betta looks like. Recently, my usually very active and feisty betta, has been very inactive. He keeps his fins back most of the time now and just floats in one spot in the water. So I thought, well maybe a change of scenery would do. So I went out and bought him a 10 gallon. I had a sponge filter in his 5 gallon tank that wasn’t being used, I was just trying to grow some bacteria on it so eventually I could switch from the waterfall filter that was a little too strong, to the sponge filter. I took all his gravel and about half his water (water parameters were good), his little house and all his plants and moved them over and then started the sponge filter and added safe start just to help a little and some Prime. So a day later and he still looks depressed. I don’t see any torn fins or signs of rot or nipping. He just stays in one spot for a long time and floats. Then he might swim to a different spot and float. Lol I may just be Over analyzing but there’s a change in his behavior even my husband noticed. So I’m wondering if there’s something I can do. I’m not sure if a tank mate like some tetras would be a good idea? In his natural mood, I could almost guarantee he’d go after them but now I’m not so sure.
I’ve noticed he will like throw himself at the plants sometimes?... not like rubbing but he will dart and hit the plants. I’m not sure if that’s a sign of anything. I’m working on getting more plants for this tank as it looks a little bare right now. Ammonia and nitrite are 0 and nitrate is less than 5. I don’t have a heater in there because he’s next to a sunny window in Texas, the kitchen (which gets warm from cooking) and our house temp is warm so his tank stays around 76-77. The little red areas in the sand are root tabs. I don’t usually use API root tabs so I didn’t know they’d do that
I’ve noticed he will like throw himself at the plants sometimes?... not like rubbing but he will dart and hit the plants. I’m not sure if that’s a sign of anything. I’m working on getting more plants for this tank as it looks a little bare right now. Ammonia and nitrite are 0 and nitrate is less than 5. I don’t have a heater in there because he’s next to a sunny window in Texas, the kitchen (which gets warm from cooking) and our house temp is warm so his tank stays around 76-77. The little red areas in the sand are root tabs. I don’t usually use API root tabs so I didn’t know they’d do that