Does everything look OK with my betta

What is the water volume of the tank?
5 g
How long has the tank been running?
4 months maybe
Does it have a filter
Ye
Does it have a heater?
Ye
What is the water temperature?
75-80
What is the entire stocking of this tank? (Please list all fish and inverts.)
One crown tail betta

Maintenance
How often do you change the water?
1
Week
How much of the water do you change?
17%-27%
What do you use to treat your water?
Aqua sensual and safe start
Do you vacuum the substrate or just the water?
I also vacuum

*Parameters - Very Important
Did you cycle your tank before adding fish?
What do you use to test the water?
What are your parameters? We need to know the exact numbers, not just “fine” or “safe”.
Ammonia: 0-2:5
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: idk
pH: 7:7

Feeding
How often do you feed your fish?
Twice a day
How much do you feed your fish?
Five a day
What brand of food do you feed your fish?
Betta bio pebbles
Do you feed frozen?
No
Do you feed freeze-dried foods?
No
Illness & Symptoms
No
How long have you had this fish?
8 months
How long ago did you first notice these symptoms? No
In a few words, can you explain the symptoms?
No
Have you started any treatment for the illness?
No
Was your fish physically ill or injured upon purchase? No

 

Not an expert on bettas but it looks like his colors are faded a bit. One cause of this is stress, which can be caused by many things including ammonia. You mentioned that ammonia sometimes gets to 2.5ppm (a lethal amount). Was you tank properly cycled?

 

Not an expert on bettas but it looks like his colors are faded a bit. One cause of this is stress, which can be caused by many things including ammonia. You mentioned that ammonia sometimes gets to 2.5ppm (a lethal amount). Was you tank properly cycled?

ye i check last night its 0.
I wrote that before I checked

the glass is foggy bc of a Algae boom i have been cleaning

and hes dark colors

he black and dark blue

 

Is the ammonia truly at 2.5 ppm or did you mean to type 0.25 ppm? As CreativeName1 said, 2.5 ppm is a indeed a deadly amount, so he'd be feeling a lot of stress, or even becoming ill at those levels.

 

Is the ammonia truly at 2.5 ppm or did you mean to type 0.25 ppm? As CreativeName1 said, 2.5 ppm is a indeed a deadly amount, so he'd be feeling a lot of stress, or even becoming ill at those levels.

Ye my bad 0.25. But its 0 i check after the post

 

Ye my bad 0.25. But its 0 i check after the post

Have you checked the amount of Ammonia in your tap water? Perhaps it "spikes" to 0.25ppm because you have it in your water and it increases when you do a water change?

If that's the case, are you use Seachem Prime to detoxify it during a water change and how long after the water change are you seeing the 0.25ppm? Your bacteria should be able to process it pretty quickly so if that's not the case your tank may not be fully cycled.

 

Greetings!

Even though your 5 gallon tank may be home to only a Betta, I recommend changing a higher percentage of the water weekly, more like 40-50 percent especially if you do not use live plants and for the fact 5 gallons of water is small volume of water.

It is a bit worrisome that you do not know your nitrate values in this tank. In very low amounts, Nitrates are harmless but if allowed to build up enough it will cause stress and illness. The ideal level of nitrates is a widely debated topic here on Fishlore. Some say it should never be above 40ppm while others say it should never be above 10ppm. I try to keep mine below 20ppm. If you do not have a nitrate test kit I highly recommend picking one up. It is one of the most useful parameters to measure for an uncycled or cycled tank.

What test kit do you use to test your other parameters?

 

I recommend changing a higher percentage of the water weekly, more like 40-50 percent especially if you do not use live plants and for the fact 5 gallons of water is small volume of water.

I would just caution this and say OP should test his tap water first, otherwise he could be exacerbating the issue.

 

Greetings!

Even though your 5 gallon tank may be home to only a Betta, I recommend changing a higher percentage of the water weekly, more like 40-50 percent especially if you do not use live plants and for the fact 5 gallons of water is small volume of water.

It is a bit worrisome that you do not know your nitrate values in this tank. In very low amounts, Nitrates are harmless but if allowed to build up enough it will cause stress and illness. The ideal level of nitrates is a widely debated topic here on Fishlore. Some say it should never be above 40ppm while others say it should never be above 10ppm. I try to keep mine below 20ppm. If you do not have a nitrate test kit I highly recommend picking one up. It is one of the most useful parameters to measure for an uncycled or cycled tank.

What test kit do you use to test your other parameters?

I HAVE no ammonia i check after the post

and my tap has none
And i do have nitrate test kit I didn’t test it at the time

 

I HAVE no ammonia i check after the post

and my tap has none
And i do have nitrate test kit I didn’t test it at the time

If you currently have a nitrate test kit, can you test your current setup right now?

If it is a liquid test kit, make sure you shake the bottles if the instructions say so in order for you to get an accurate reading. Don't forget to wait five minutes after combining the liquids if you use the API nitrate test kit.

 

If you currently have a nitrate test kit, can you test your current setup right now?

If it is a liquid test kit, make sure you shake the bottles if the instructions say so in order for you to get an accurate reading.

ik . but im not home

 

and my tap has none

That means something in your tank is producing more Ammonia than your Beneficial Bacteria can process, and you see it increase to 0.25ppm.

5 Gallon tanks are not easy to keep in good standing, in my experience. We had a male Betta in a 25L (~5 Gallon), which for reasons I still don't understand just kept crashing and he got bad fin rot.

After several attempts to re-ignite it, while he was in the QT, we gave up and gave him the QT permanently and we haven't had the issue since.

 

That means something in your tank is producing more Ammonia than your Beneficial Bacteria can process, and you see it increase to 0.25ppm.

5 Gallon tanks are not easy to keep in good standing, in my experience. We had a male Betta in a 25L (~5 Gallon), which for reasons I still don't understand just kept crashing and he got bad fin rot.

After several attempts to re-ignite it, while he was in the QT, we gave up and gave him the QT permanently and we haven't had the issue since.

I NEVER HAVE AMMONIA i thought i did before I tested

 

That means something in your tank is producing more Ammonia than your Beneficial Bacteria can process, and you see it increase to 0.25ppm.

5 Gallon tanks are not easy to keep in good standing, in my experience. We had a male Betta in a 25L (~5 Gallon), which for reasons I still don't understand just kept crashing and he got bad fin rot.

After several attempts to re-ignite it, while he was in the QT, we gave up and gave him the QT permanently and we haven't had the issue since.

If the OP is using the API Ammonia test kit, sometimes it can show up as a false positive in the test. The two colors between 0 and .25 are very close and hard to distinguish from one another. I have this issue with the api kits myself in my undeniably cycled tanks. The test result for cycled, ammonia-free water often shows a slight hint of green.

 

I NEVER HAVE AMMONIA i thought i did before I tested

Yeah, I misread, so basically what I said but for Nitrites.

If the OP is using the API Ammonia test kit, sometimes it can show up as a false positive in the test. The two colors between 0 and .25 are very close and hard to distinguish from one another. I have this issue with the api kits myself in my undeniably cycled tanks. The test result for cycled, ammonia-free water often shows a slight hint of green.

Yeah, it's not the Ammonia that's "spiking" to .25 it's Nitrite (I know I said Ammonia, I got myself confused), and those colours are different enough IMO.

 

Its good its 0