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I added a very young Betta to the group, had a foggy eye when I got him from the lovely water quality in his cup but otherwise has looked good and the eye cleared up with a clean tank and such.
But.. I was running low on the usual fish flakes and put in some of the new spectrum tiny fish food bits (can't recall the specific description at the moment), the other tanks did fine, but I think that this little one went around hoovering up every bit he could find before the endlers in there had a chance. And now seems to have swim bladder because of it.
I hadn't seen him for a day and found him going in tight circles with a very 'full' looking belly. I've tried nearly everything I can think of to help him and still nothing. For the past 4 days he's been floating on a tiny bed of smooth rocks that are in a net hanging from the top of the tank so he doesn't have far to go to get air, but honestly.. I haven't seen him even attempt to go up for air.
I've tried aquarium salt since he's heavy and not buoyant, epsom salt baths (twice now, should I do it more frequently?), raised the temp a couple degrees, fasted for.. 4 days, tried soaked and cooked pea (I think he got a little nibble of it?! but he's so tiny I couldn't tell), added stress guard, rooibos tea..
He's still mobile but swims at an angle and obviously has a big belly making movement awkward.
Tank:
15g
ph 7-7.2
Nitrites 0
Ammonia 0
Nitrates 5
Water changes with vacuuming 1x a week 40%
He doesn't seem particularly stressed out, just kinda confused.. I don't know what else to do for him and I'm wondering about quality of life if this keeps going on.
But.. I was running low on the usual fish flakes and put in some of the new spectrum tiny fish food bits (can't recall the specific description at the moment), the other tanks did fine, but I think that this little one went around hoovering up every bit he could find before the endlers in there had a chance. And now seems to have swim bladder because of it.
I hadn't seen him for a day and found him going in tight circles with a very 'full' looking belly. I've tried nearly everything I can think of to help him and still nothing. For the past 4 days he's been floating on a tiny bed of smooth rocks that are in a net hanging from the top of the tank so he doesn't have far to go to get air, but honestly.. I haven't seen him even attempt to go up for air.
I've tried aquarium salt since he's heavy and not buoyant, epsom salt baths (twice now, should I do it more frequently?), raised the temp a couple degrees, fasted for.. 4 days, tried soaked and cooked pea (I think he got a little nibble of it?! but he's so tiny I couldn't tell), added stress guard, rooibos tea..
He's still mobile but swims at an angle and obviously has a big belly making movement awkward.
Tank:
15g
ph 7-7.2
Nitrites 0
Ammonia 0
Nitrates 5
Water changes with vacuuming 1x a week 40%
He doesn't seem particularly stressed out, just kinda confused.. I don't know what else to do for him and I'm wondering about quality of life if this keeps going on.
