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My Betta fish won't eat, think he's dying, please help ;(
I don't know what I'm doing wrong but this is the second betta fish I am losing in the past month. I've had betta fish and have kept an aquarium for years in the past and never had the problems that I'm having now. When I got my betta fish home I used the water he was already in and pH tested it and added more water to the bigger bowl. I made sure the temperature was the same, used Start Right water conditioner, and made sure the pH matched. Everything was clean, used no soaps or anything like that. Just have glass marbles at the bottom and an aquarium castle in the center. He has not eaten. I've tried giving him a flake, a betta pellet, and a freeze dried worm treat for bettas and he just won't touch it. Now my city has chloramine and has detectable amounts of ammonia in the water (I tested it once, it was surprisingly high). I know about ammonia being converted to ammonium in acidic water, however I did not want to shock him as his pH was really high like 7.6. I'm woisondering if this is ammonia poisoning. I have a filter in my fridge that is really good. Will it filter out the chloromine and ammonia? Maybe I should purchase gallons of spring water from the grocery store. Will I still have to add Start Right to it? I've had him about a week now. And another thing is he tried to eat the first few days. He'd grab the pellet and spit it back out, grab it again, spit it back out. did the same with the freeze tried treats. Now he just doesn't even bother. Please help! Thanks.
I don't know what I'm doing wrong but this is the second betta fish I am losing in the past month. I've had betta fish and have kept an aquarium for years in the past and never had the problems that I'm having now. When I got my betta fish home I used the water he was already in and pH tested it and added more water to the bigger bowl. I made sure the temperature was the same, used Start Right water conditioner, and made sure the pH matched. Everything was clean, used no soaps or anything like that. Just have glass marbles at the bottom and an aquarium castle in the center. He has not eaten. I've tried giving him a flake, a betta pellet, and a freeze dried worm treat for bettas and he just won't touch it. Now my city has chloramine and has detectable amounts of ammonia in the water (I tested it once, it was surprisingly high). I know about ammonia being converted to ammonium in acidic water, however I did not want to shock him as his pH was really high like 7.6. I'm woisondering if this is ammonia poisoning. I have a filter in my fridge that is really good. Will it filter out the chloromine and ammonia? Maybe I should purchase gallons of spring water from the grocery store. Will I still have to add Start Right to it? I've had him about a week now. And another thing is he tried to eat the first few days. He'd grab the pellet and spit it back out, grab it again, spit it back out. did the same with the freeze tried treats. Now he just doesn't even bother. Please help! Thanks.