my female betta is dying or may even be dead. i can't really tell because he is not lying on his side, but is perched upright on the tank bottom.
her belly is slightly swollen and white, to an extent resembling those of well-fed bettas i've seen at the lfs. does the whiteness mean she has been dead for quite some time? the last time i checked on her was around 10 hours ago and she was fine.
all water stats (ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, ph) are normal.
the first thing i can think of for the betta's state is the recent introduction of hikari sinking wafers and hbh shrimp pellets to the tank. they were meant for the cories, but i think the betta ate some or all of it.
i also had willow tree branches in the tank, some parts of which were rotting. could the betta have rubbed against those parts or even eaten some of it?
does anyone know what may be the probable cause behind all this? what can i do about the current situation? all help's appreciated.
ps. i suspect the hbh shrimp pellets might be expired, but i emailed hbh about it and they told me that the lot no. 082306 is the manufacturing date of august 23, 2006, and that it's good for 3 years if unopened. i suspect hbh was lying because there was another can of hbh shrimp pellets whose first two digits were 00, which clearly do not represent any month.
her belly is slightly swollen and white, to an extent resembling those of well-fed bettas i've seen at the lfs. does the whiteness mean she has been dead for quite some time? the last time i checked on her was around 10 hours ago and she was fine.
all water stats (ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, ph) are normal.
the first thing i can think of for the betta's state is the recent introduction of hikari sinking wafers and hbh shrimp pellets to the tank. they were meant for the cories, but i think the betta ate some or all of it.
i also had willow tree branches in the tank, some parts of which were rotting. could the betta have rubbed against those parts or even eaten some of it?
does anyone know what may be the probable cause behind all this? what can i do about the current situation? all help's appreciated.
ps. i suspect the hbh shrimp pellets might be expired, but i emailed hbh about it and they told me that the lot no. 082306 is the manufacturing date of august 23, 2006, and that it's good for 3 years if unopened. i suspect hbh was lying because there was another can of hbh shrimp pellets whose first two digits were 00, which clearly do not represent any month.
If you really loved it, you could bury it. Be sure to put it in a box and wrap it securely or animals WILL dig it up. D: I'm sorry about your loss.
