Housing
What size is your tank? 3.5gal
What temperature is your tank? 78*
Does your tank have a filter? yes
Does your tank have an air stone or other type of aeration? no
Is your tank heated? yes
What tank mates does your betta fish live with? none
Food
What type of food do you feed your betta fish? Flakes..
How often do you feed your betta fish? 2x daily a few flakes
Maintenance
How often do you perform a water change? 3 days
What percentage of the water do you change when you perform a water change? 100%
What type of additives do you add to the water when you perform a water change? conditioner (just ran out, have to go buy more....didnt keep container, but it was for bettas...)
Water Parameters: Haven't Done Tests
Have you tested your water? If so, what are the following parameters?
Ammonia:
Nitrite:
Nitrate:
pH:
Hardness:
Alkalinity:
Symptoms and Treatment
How has your betta fish's appearance changed? He was purchased without knowledge that what he clearly had was fin rot. We've had him now roughly ~1month
How has your betta fish's behavior changed? He was making little bubble nests when we got him, but soon stopped, he's generally been pretty lethargic, although i don't think he is quite as active as he once was - he was in a much smaller, colder, unfiltered .5gal until we saw the great setups on here. He spends most of his time in the bottom corners of the tank but will occasionally swim around and play with the filter bubbles.
When did you start noticing the symptoms? We realized it was probably an issue roughly ~1 week ago when we found the site
Have you started treating your fish? If so, how? Not yet
Does your fish have any history of being ill? Probably since we bought him by the looks of things :/
How old is your fish (approximately)? Not sure, he was making bubble nests when we first had him - from what i've read this would mean he was already mature.
To elaborate...He is a dark red betta, and when my gf purchased him he had black around the edges of his fins. She thought this was his coloring, until we started doing some research into the little guy. It has increased since, even since we've filtered / heated / given him a much much nicer home. We would consider ourselves pretty good fish owners, as we try to stay completely on top of care / maintenance for him.
Help !
sorry about pic quality they were taken with my iphone
What size is your tank? 3.5gal
What temperature is your tank? 78*
Does your tank have a filter? yes
Does your tank have an air stone or other type of aeration? no
Is your tank heated? yes
What tank mates does your betta fish live with? none
Food
What type of food do you feed your betta fish? Flakes..
How often do you feed your betta fish? 2x daily a few flakes
Maintenance
How often do you perform a water change? 3 days
What percentage of the water do you change when you perform a water change? 100%
What type of additives do you add to the water when you perform a water change? conditioner (just ran out, have to go buy more....didnt keep container, but it was for bettas...)
Water Parameters: Haven't Done Tests
Have you tested your water? If so, what are the following parameters?
Ammonia:
Nitrite:
Nitrate:
pH:
Hardness:
Alkalinity:
Symptoms and Treatment
How has your betta fish's appearance changed? He was purchased without knowledge that what he clearly had was fin rot. We've had him now roughly ~1month
How has your betta fish's behavior changed? He was making little bubble nests when we got him, but soon stopped, he's generally been pretty lethargic, although i don't think he is quite as active as he once was - he was in a much smaller, colder, unfiltered .5gal until we saw the great setups on here. He spends most of his time in the bottom corners of the tank but will occasionally swim around and play with the filter bubbles.
When did you start noticing the symptoms? We realized it was probably an issue roughly ~1 week ago when we found the site
Have you started treating your fish? If so, how? Not yet
Does your fish have any history of being ill? Probably since we bought him by the looks of things :/
How old is your fish (approximately)? Not sure, he was making bubble nests when we first had him - from what i've read this would mean he was already mature.
To elaborate...He is a dark red betta, and when my gf purchased him he had black around the edges of his fins. She thought this was his coloring, until we started doing some research into the little guy. It has increased since, even since we've filtered / heated / given him a much much nicer home. We would consider ourselves pretty good fish owners, as we try to stay completely on top of care / maintenance for him.
Help !
sorry about pic quality they were taken with my iphone