HELP Clear Jelly in betta tank

[Zona]

Hi all. I have a wonderful betta fish in a 5 gallon tank. I have had him since June 2019. I recently put new rocks in with his cleaned tank a week ago. Tonight I notice this clear jelly goo in the tank. Its mostly on the top but if you move the water ,it sticks to the to the side. I have never seen this happen and dont want it to hurt him. Hes been acting fine and eating as much as usual, etc... I do not have a filter running bc when I've even tried to turn it on he gets scared . Please help.

 

[butterflybetta]

What kind of rocks did you put in his tank? Can you post a picture of the jelly?

 

[NotSoAggressiveAquatics]

Can you get a pic? And you really should be running the filter. Is it a submerged filter? If not then the filter dried up along with your beneficial bacteria

 

[Zona]

What kind of rocks did you put in his tank? Can you post a picture of the jelly?

I put in rocks that I have always used . I dont know the name right off but I get them from walmart . They are the colored kind . The filter I have is submerged but just never plugged in bc my fish freaks out with it on.

Can you get a pic? And you really should be running the filter. Is it a submerged filter? If not then the filter dried up along with your beneficial bacteria

Hope you can see the pics well enough.

 

[butterflybetta]

I put in rocks that I have always used . I dont know the name right off but I get them from walmart . They are the colored kind . The filter I have is submerged but just never plugged in bc my fish freaks out with it on.

Hope you can see the pics well enough.

That looks like it could be protein film. Protein films are nothing to worry about, just scoop them out with a cup. It’s probably there because your filter isn’t on.

Having a filter is necessary for your fish tank. It sounds like the one you have, has a flow that is too strong for your betta. What kind of filter do you have? How big is your tank? I also noticed you are not familiar with the nitrogen cycle. You are going to have to do fish-in cycling. You can learn about it: Here

I also have a couple more questions to try to further help
Do you have a heater and a water test kit? How often do you do water changes? How much water do you change?

 

[Fisch]

When you state that you use the rocks since some time, could it be that the color chemicals are disintegrating in the tank water?

 

[Zona]

That looks like it could be protein film. Protein films are nothing to worry about, just scoop them out with a cup. It’s probably there because your filter isn’t on.

Having a filter is necessary for your fish tank. It sounds like the one you have, has a flow that is too strong for your betta. What kind of filter do you have? How big is your tank? I also noticed you are not familiar with the nitrogen cycle. You are going to have to do fish-in cycling. You can learn about it: Here

I also have a couple more questions to try to further help
Do you have a heater and a water test kit? How often do you do water changes? How much water do you change?

I do complete changes every 2 weeks. I have a 5 gallon tank and hes lived there 2 years almost . Never had the jelly problem before. I buy him spring water . The filter is a whisper that has 2 settings.. low and high .it came with the tank,but I see that he acts scared whenever I have tried it . I have a water test kit with the test strips . I have not gotten a heater .. I know its horrible BUT I read so many bad reviews and I dont want him to die from a heater malfunction so I keep his water normal in the winter with an electric fan heater . I know that sou ds horrible, but my little Lucky has made it nearly 2 years and I dont wanna rock the boat so to speak.

 

[Zona]

When you state that you use the rocks since some time, could it be that the color chemicals are disintegrating in the tank water?

Well these rocks are all brand new . I dont keep them too long without replacing ,just bc even though i rinse them i like to give him new ones free of his waste after a couple months or so.

 

[Fisch]

Well these rocks are all brand new . I dont keep them too long without replacing ,just bc even though i rinse them i like to give him new ones free of his waste after a couple months or so.

Recipes for the paint may change, to be cheaper or for whatever reason. So it nay be worth to take them out and see if the issue improves

 

[StarGirl]

I would suggest getting a small sponge filter if he freaks out from the filter. Have you ran the other one at all? If not then there probably is not much beneficial bacteria in there anyway.

 

[Zona]

I would suggest getting a small sponge filter if he freaks out from the filter. Have you ran the other one at all? If not then there probably is not much beneficial bacteria in there anyway.

I didn't think of a sponge filter. Thank you for that!

Recipes for the paint may change, to be cheaper or for whatever reason. So it nay be worth to take them out and see if the issue improves

That's true. I may try that. As long as the jelly goo stuff isnt gonna make him sick or worse, I at least feel better and can try the other things suggested here. Thank you all so much !