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Housing
What size is your tank? 2.5
What temperature is your tank? 78 degrees
Does your tank have a filter? Yes
Does your tank have an air stone or other type of aeration? no
Is your tank heated? Not right now because it's summer here. Room temp is about 78 degrees.
What tank mates does your betta fish live with? None
Food
What type of food do you feed your betta fish? Aqueon pellets (Regularly); Topfin freezedried bloodworms (Once a day or every other day); HBH Colorbright flakes (Very occasionally- Usually when I do a 100% water change while they're sitting in their cups because I don't like the mess that the flakes make.)
How often do you feed your betta fish? 4-5 pellets a day, sometimes a bloodworm at night.
Maintenance
How often do you perform a water change? 100% once a month; ~10% every other week
What percentage of the water do you change when you perform a water change? Answered above
What type of additives do you add to the water when you perform a water change? Prime water conditioner/ API Stresscoat. When I do a 100% water change I add a few drops of Florish(Seachem) plant supplement.
Water Parameters:
Have you tested your water? If so, what are the following parameters?
Ammonia: In between 0mg and .5mg
Nitrite: 0mg
Nitrate: In between 0mg and 20mg
pH: 6.8
Hardness: 150gh
Alkalinity: 40kh
Symptoms and Treatment
How has your betta fish's appearance changed? Hasn't changed visibly that I can tell.
How has your betta fish's behavior changed? He can't eat his food and lays on the bottom after many unsuccessful attempts.
When did you start noticing the symptoms? Today
Have you started treating your fish? If so, how? No
Does your fish have any history of being ill? No
How old is your fish (approximately)? 3+years old
He sees his food and tries to eat it, but keeps missing and eventually gives up. Sometimes he can eat the pellet but he's only managed to eat like 2 pellets out of 10 I've tried feeding him. He also couldn't get the blood worm or any of the single flake I tried giving him. I ended up fishing wasted food out.
Afterwards he wedges himself in between the suction cups of the filter or on a leaf or else he just sinks to the bottom.
Here is a video If you want to see: http://s187.photobucket.com/albums/x209/AllisonSane/?action=view¤t=miguel.mp4
What size is your tank? 2.5
What temperature is your tank? 78 degrees
Does your tank have a filter? Yes
Does your tank have an air stone or other type of aeration? no
Is your tank heated? Not right now because it's summer here. Room temp is about 78 degrees.
What tank mates does your betta fish live with? None
Food
What type of food do you feed your betta fish? Aqueon pellets (Regularly); Topfin freezedried bloodworms (Once a day or every other day); HBH Colorbright flakes (Very occasionally- Usually when I do a 100% water change while they're sitting in their cups because I don't like the mess that the flakes make.)
How often do you feed your betta fish? 4-5 pellets a day, sometimes a bloodworm at night.
Maintenance
How often do you perform a water change? 100% once a month; ~10% every other week
What percentage of the water do you change when you perform a water change? Answered above
What type of additives do you add to the water when you perform a water change? Prime water conditioner/ API Stresscoat. When I do a 100% water change I add a few drops of Florish(Seachem) plant supplement.
Water Parameters:
Have you tested your water? If so, what are the following parameters?
Ammonia: In between 0mg and .5mg
Nitrite: 0mg
Nitrate: In between 0mg and 20mg
pH: 6.8
Hardness: 150gh
Alkalinity: 40kh
Symptoms and Treatment
How has your betta fish's appearance changed? Hasn't changed visibly that I can tell.
How has your betta fish's behavior changed? He can't eat his food and lays on the bottom after many unsuccessful attempts.
When did you start noticing the symptoms? Today
Have you started treating your fish? If so, how? No
Does your fish have any history of being ill? No
How old is your fish (approximately)? 3+years old
He sees his food and tries to eat it, but keeps missing and eventually gives up. Sometimes he can eat the pellet but he's only managed to eat like 2 pellets out of 10 I've tried feeding him. He also couldn't get the blood worm or any of the single flake I tried giving him. I ended up fishing wasted food out.
Afterwards he wedges himself in between the suction cups of the filter or on a leaf or else he just sinks to the bottom.
Here is a video If you want to see: http://s187.photobucket.com/albums/x209/AllisonSane/?action=view¤t=miguel.mp4