Aquaman
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Our Betta, Moby, has not been feeling well for the past several weeks. He has classic symptoms of sitting at the bottom, sleeping/hiding behind the in-tank filter or just floating along the top. He keeps his fins clamped close to himself and only eats a little when we put the food right in front of his face. He doesn't chase after the food or attack it like in the past. His color has faded and he appears to have white patches around his face and isn't playful anymore.
We've had him for about a year now in a 1.66 gal tank with a Tetra Whisper in-tank filter. We usually feed him twice a day with a variety of Betta flakes, pellets and freeze-dried bloodworms. We change 25-35% of his water every 4 days, conditioning with BettaPlus several days in advance. His temperature is kept between 70-80 degrees heated by a hood lamp (tank too small for heater). His only companion is a 'Bridge' Mystery Snail who's thriving (fed algae wafers). We've been wanting to buy them a 10 gal tank with a heater and the works, but not until Moby is feeling better. On the advice of our LFS, we treated him for the past 7 days with Splendid Betta/Betta Fix Remedy (Melaleuca). The only other tank we have available is a basic fish bowl.
Water tests:
10/23/06: Ammonia-.25, Nitrate-approx 80, Nitrite-0, Alkaline-0, Hardness-150, PH-7.2
10/31/06: Ammonia-.25, Nitrate-approx 40, Nitrite-0, Alkaline-30-40, Hardness-150, PH-7.2
We've attached a picture. ANY advice/help is very much appreciated.
We've had him for about a year now in a 1.66 gal tank with a Tetra Whisper in-tank filter. We usually feed him twice a day with a variety of Betta flakes, pellets and freeze-dried bloodworms. We change 25-35% of his water every 4 days, conditioning with BettaPlus several days in advance. His temperature is kept between 70-80 degrees heated by a hood lamp (tank too small for heater). His only companion is a 'Bridge' Mystery Snail who's thriving (fed algae wafers). We've been wanting to buy them a 10 gal tank with a heater and the works, but not until Moby is feeling better. On the advice of our LFS, we treated him for the past 7 days with Splendid Betta/Betta Fix Remedy (Melaleuca). The only other tank we have available is a basic fish bowl.
Water tests:
10/23/06: Ammonia-.25, Nitrate-approx 80, Nitrite-0, Alkaline-0, Hardness-150, PH-7.2
10/31/06: Ammonia-.25, Nitrate-approx 40, Nitrite-0, Alkaline-30-40, Hardness-150, PH-7.2
We've attached a picture. ANY advice/help is very much appreciated.