Housing
What size is your tank? 2.5g Planted
What temperature is your tank? 78F
Does your tank have a filter? Yes
Does your tank have an air stone or other type of aeration? No
Is your tank heated? No
What tank mates does your betta fish live with? None
Food
What type of food do you feed your betta fish? Hikari Betta Bio-Gold
How often do you feed your betta fish? 1 pellet 2x Daily
Maintenance
How often do you perform a water change? Bi-weekly
What percentage of the water do you change when you perform a water change? 25%
What type of additives do you add to the water when you perform a water change? Nutra Fin Betta Plus / Nutra Fin Betta Enviro-Clean
Water Parameters:
Have you tested your water? If so, what are the following parameters?
Ammonia: 0ppm
Nitrite: 0ppm
Nitrate: 0ppm
pH: 7.6
Hardness: n/a
Alkalinity: n/a
Symptoms and Treatment
How has your betta fish's appearance changed? He started nipping his fins
How has your betta fish's behavior changed? Fin nipping, aggression, erratic swimming, flareing.
When did you start noticing the symptoms? Past 3 weeks
Have you started treating your fish? If so, how? N/A
Does your fish have any history of being ill? No
How old is your fish (approximately)? In the past two months he has become an adult.
In the past 3 weeks my betta has started to become more and more aggressive and neurotic. Im sure if he is just a very aggressive fish or is he is sick. Any help would be greatly appreciated.