Hey all,
Big Red, one of my bettas has been acting very lethargic the last couple of days. He won't eat, and just lounges around the bottom of his tank or against his filter. (The lounging against his filter is normal behavior, but he used to kind of wrap himself around it. Now he is just laying against it vertically. I have pics) He's normally a pig when it comes to food, whether he is full or not. I also cannot get him to flare hardly at all. He's normally very quick to display, whether for a mirror or another fish. He just has no pep right now. I have noticed that the tips of his fins have lost a bit of color and are curly and kind of scraggly looking, which is a new development. (I'm not sure if that is from him spending extra time against the filter or not) I don't know if he is just depressed or something much worse. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I could barely get a reaction from him by putting Finneus near his tank in plain view. Even with Fins displaying, it took awhile for Red to display. He then gave up after about 4 secs of displaying and just kind of sank to the bottom, as if exhausted.
I can't give water stats currently as I have misplaced my 5 in 1 test strips, but the Ammonia level is 0. I did a 70% water change last night and had done a 25% one the day before. He's in a 2.5 gal planted tank which is filtered and heated. The water temp stays between 78-81 degrees F.
Here are the 2 of him against the filter. I can take more pictures upon request.
I have had him since March of this year. This behavior is completely new.
Thanks in advance!
Big Red, one of my bettas has been acting very lethargic the last couple of days. He won't eat, and just lounges around the bottom of his tank or against his filter. (The lounging against his filter is normal behavior, but he used to kind of wrap himself around it. Now he is just laying against it vertically. I have pics) He's normally a pig when it comes to food, whether he is full or not. I also cannot get him to flare hardly at all. He's normally very quick to display, whether for a mirror or another fish. He just has no pep right now. I have noticed that the tips of his fins have lost a bit of color and are curly and kind of scraggly looking, which is a new development. (I'm not sure if that is from him spending extra time against the filter or not) I don't know if he is just depressed or something much worse. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I could barely get a reaction from him by putting Finneus near his tank in plain view. Even with Fins displaying, it took awhile for Red to display. He then gave up after about 4 secs of displaying and just kind of sank to the bottom, as if exhausted.
I can't give water stats currently as I have misplaced my 5 in 1 test strips, but the Ammonia level is 0. I did a 70% water change last night and had done a 25% one the day before. He's in a 2.5 gal planted tank which is filtered and heated. The water temp stays between 78-81 degrees F.
I have had him since March of this year. This behavior is completely new.
Thanks in advance!
think pets at home would test your water if you took a sample in, obviously better to just buy your own liquid test kits they are expensive but last ages.
My other two bettas are in the same type of tank with all perimeters exactly the same, and they are thriving. Red just started acting like this. Levi's tank also isn't cycled, and he is getting the same amount of water changes. Finneus' tank has been set up for about 6 or 7 months.
hows he doing?
