Housing
What size is your tank? 2.5 g
What temperature is your tank? 76
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? New Spectrum pellets
How often do you feed your betta fish? 3 pellets 2 x per day
Maintenance
How often do you perform a water change? 2 x week
What percentage of the water do you change when you perform a water change? 50-100
What type of additives do you add to the water when you perform a water change? stress coat, aq salt
Water Parameters:
Have you tested your water? If so, what are the following parameters?
Ammonia:
Nitrite:
Nitrate:
pH: 7.6
Hardness:
Alkalinity:
Symptoms and Treatment
How has your betta fish's appearance changed? losing more fins, looks slightly bloated now
How has your betta fish's behavior changed? biting fins more and now laying on bottom of tank/lethargic, breathing hard
When did you start noticing the symptoms? a little after last water change (lying on the floor - he would still come eat) but now is worse. He won't eat and struggles to swim
Have you started treating your fish? If so, how? Moved him to a QT tank. 1 gal filled halfway- so he doesn't have far to reach the surface. used new stress coat treated water, AQ salt and IAL leaf
Does your fish have any history of being ill? just biting fins
How old is your fish (approximately)?approx 5-6 months
Please see youtube video for behavior and appearance:
http://youtu.be/1T8hv55j0iw
What size is your tank? 2.5 g
What temperature is your tank? 76
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? New Spectrum pellets
How often do you feed your betta fish? 3 pellets 2 x per day
Maintenance
How often do you perform a water change? 2 x week
What percentage of the water do you change when you perform a water change? 50-100
What type of additives do you add to the water when you perform a water change? stress coat, aq salt
Water Parameters:
Have you tested your water? If so, what are the following parameters?
Ammonia:
Nitrite:
Nitrate:
pH: 7.6
Hardness:
Alkalinity:
Symptoms and Treatment
How has your betta fish's appearance changed? losing more fins, looks slightly bloated now
How has your betta fish's behavior changed? biting fins more and now laying on bottom of tank/lethargic, breathing hard
When did you start noticing the symptoms? a little after last water change (lying on the floor - he would still come eat) but now is worse. He won't eat and struggles to swim
Have you started treating your fish? If so, how? Moved him to a QT tank. 1 gal filled halfway- so he doesn't have far to reach the surface. used new stress coat treated water, AQ salt and IAL leaf
Does your fish have any history of being ill? just biting fins
How old is your fish (approximately)?approx 5-6 months
Please see youtube video for behavior and appearance:
http://youtu.be/1T8hv55j0iw