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I've had this betta for about a year and a half. He's been a very... odd fish, to say the least, going through phases where nothing would stop him from biting his fins down to almost nothing, refusing to eat anything but a specific brand of food, and then becoming extremely demanding of exactly when he wanted to be fed.
Lately, he's been acting sick, lethargic, droopy and overall practically dead. He lays at the bottom of his tank most of the time, on his side, barely breathing. He'll occasionally, perhaps once or twice a day, haul himself to the surface for a gulp of air, and then he just drops like a rock. He hasn't eaten in almost a week.
I did an 80% water change as soon as I noticed this behavior, cleaned his filter, replaced the carbon in the filter, vacuumed the sand thoroughly and used the "medicinal" dose of API Stress Coat+ water conditioner.
He lives in a 5-gallon tank filtered with an AquaClear 5-20 gallon filter and has plenty of plants and hiding places to keep him occupied and mentally healthy.
The only thing I can think of now is that he's seriously sick with something I've never encountered before, or perhaps has become depressed.
I recently started attending college full-time, so is it possible that he's become lonely without my more frequent presence and thus become depressed?
Lately, he's been acting sick, lethargic, droopy and overall practically dead. He lays at the bottom of his tank most of the time, on his side, barely breathing. He'll occasionally, perhaps once or twice a day, haul himself to the surface for a gulp of air, and then he just drops like a rock. He hasn't eaten in almost a week.
I did an 80% water change as soon as I noticed this behavior, cleaned his filter, replaced the carbon in the filter, vacuumed the sand thoroughly and used the "medicinal" dose of API Stress Coat+ water conditioner.
He lives in a 5-gallon tank filtered with an AquaClear 5-20 gallon filter and has plenty of plants and hiding places to keep him occupied and mentally healthy.
The only thing I can think of now is that he's seriously sick with something I've never encountered before, or perhaps has become depressed.
I recently started attending college full-time, so is it possible that he's become lonely without my more frequent presence and thus become depressed?
