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Hi, I'm hoping someone can help me out. I don't know what I'm doing wrong but this is the second betta fish I am about to lose in the past month. When I got my betta home I used the water he was already in and pH tested it and added more water to the bigger bowl (1 gallon 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. 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.
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 wondering if this is ammonia poisoning. Maybe I should purchase gallons of spring water from the grocery store. Will I still have to add Start Right to it? Or do you think I should just get the water to 6.8 so the ammonia does not harm him? Any advice would be great! Thanks.
Sorry I posted this same question on tropical fishkeeping.com and did not realize it was the same site! I apologize, I am new to using these forums and don't know how to delete it lol
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 wondering if this is ammonia poisoning. Maybe I should purchase gallons of spring water from the grocery store. Will I still have to add Start Right to it? Or do you think I should just get the water to 6.8 so the ammonia does not harm him? Any advice would be great! Thanks.
Sorry I posted this same question on tropical fishkeeping.com and did not realize it was the same site! I apologize, I am new to using these forums and don't know how to delete it lol