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4 days ago I added two new ottos to my 10 gallon divided community tank (1 betta in smaller divided section) another betta In bigger community section with 1 original otto and 1 baby BN pleco).
I did daily water changes as soon as I added them 3 days in a row. I normally do them weekly. I just set up the 10 gallon a couple weeks ago but used filter/media, sand and driftwood from cycled 5 gallon and used seachem stability. It should be cycled.
The same afternoon, my community betta was missing some finage. The next day the tips of his fins progressively turned white and fell off. I was doing 30% water changes daily since I added the ottos.
Yesterday the community betta turned from pink to grey and was acting frightened- darting away and hiding from me (normally loves me). I noticed was covered in dark brown/red dots. These may have been scabs???? I immediately put him in a Tupperware with bettafix and he darkened back to his original colors within the hour, and returned to his normal personality. He still has one big red dot. I am doing 100% changes daily in the Tupperware and adding betta fix until his fins heal up. The Tupperware is floating in the 10 gallon to keep it warm.
I can only think that the 2 new ottos were starved at the petstore, and could think of nothing else to eat but my poor betta, before I even had a chance to give them real food (algea wafer). I have heard that a starving common pleco will go after a fish's slimecoat. Would ottos do that? Could it have been my new BN pleco that attacked the betta? Or was the betta just stressed by the 2 new tankmates?
This is really a question about the personality of ottos. I'm sorry that I rambled too much about my betta *shrug*
I did daily water changes as soon as I added them 3 days in a row. I normally do them weekly. I just set up the 10 gallon a couple weeks ago but used filter/media, sand and driftwood from cycled 5 gallon and used seachem stability. It should be cycled.
The same afternoon, my community betta was missing some finage. The next day the tips of his fins progressively turned white and fell off. I was doing 30% water changes daily since I added the ottos.
Yesterday the community betta turned from pink to grey and was acting frightened- darting away and hiding from me (normally loves me). I noticed was covered in dark brown/red dots. These may have been scabs???? I immediately put him in a Tupperware with bettafix and he darkened back to his original colors within the hour, and returned to his normal personality. He still has one big red dot. I am doing 100% changes daily in the Tupperware and adding betta fix until his fins heal up. The Tupperware is floating in the 10 gallon to keep it warm.
I can only think that the 2 new ottos were starved at the petstore, and could think of nothing else to eat but my poor betta, before I even had a chance to give them real food (algea wafer). I have heard that a starving common pleco will go after a fish's slimecoat. Would ottos do that? Could it have been my new BN pleco that attacked the betta? Or was the betta just stressed by the 2 new tankmates?
This is really a question about the personality of ottos. I'm sorry that I rambled too much about my betta *shrug*