Does the patch look anything like this: http://www.bettafish.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=36503&d=1315280143
Tank will be about 4 degrees below room temp. Swings are a big problem. He should be away from exterior doors and windows and away from vents as well. He needs a stable temp between 78-80. Unless your house is a stable 80F+ he's freezing and all the swings are really hurting him.
How do you acclimate during water changes?
He should be getting blood worms only once week as a treat in replace pellets for one feeding. Frozen should be fed in pellet size chunk - not dropping the whole or part of cube in. Also anything freezedried must be thoroughly soaked for at least 10minuts in a cup with dechlorinated water to soften. Pellets should be high quality protein based where the first 2-3 ingredients are whole fish, not fishmeal or wheat. Depending on what pellets you feed depends on how many you feed, but one is not enough and feedings should be broken up into one or two small meals a day. No matter what you feed he needs one day a week with no food.
Photos would be helpful.
Tank will be about 4 degrees below room temp. Swings are a big problem. He should be away from exterior doors and windows and away from vents as well. He needs a stable temp between 78-80. Unless your house is a stable 80F+ he's freezing and all the swings are really hurting him.
How do you acclimate during water changes?
He should be getting blood worms only once week as a treat in replace pellets for one feeding. Frozen should be fed in pellet size chunk - not dropping the whole or part of cube in. Also anything freezedried must be thoroughly soaked for at least 10minuts in a cup with dechlorinated water to soften. Pellets should be high quality protein based where the first 2-3 ingredients are whole fish, not fishmeal or wheat. Depending on what pellets you feed depends on how many you feed, but one is not enough and feedings should be broken up into one or two small meals a day. No matter what you feed he needs one day a week with no food.
Photos would be helpful.
