Kairi
Fish Addict
alright... i am completely at a loss right now... my darling Leon went from perky, flaring and quite spunky one day to VERY sick (and dying) literally within a day. he died a couple weeks ago, but i have been researching EVERYTHING trying to figure out why. he was in a 5 gallon tank [alone and fully cycled] and the only thing i can think of was that i changed 50% of his water rather than 25%.... can that make a betta sick? i'm also wondering if i accidently cross contaminated from my 75 gallon [had a bacteria bloom at the time] ... might that do it?
anyway, hubby was broken hearted and won't let me put a betta in there for a while, so to keep it cycled we're going to get some neon tetras.
i am getting a 2.5 gallon for another betta to sit on my desk, and hopefully once that one settles in [around end of feb. or march-ish] i'll move the neons into the community [75 gallon] and get a betta for the 5 gallon again.
... point of all this was what caused Leon to go from very healthy and active to dying in a day? could it have been the cross contamination from the 75 gallon? regardless, i've gotten anal retentive about scrubbing past my elbows now when working with all 3 tanks.
anyway, hubby was broken hearted and won't let me put a betta in there for a while, so to keep it cycled we're going to get some neon tetras.
i am getting a 2.5 gallon for another betta to sit on my desk, and hopefully once that one settles in [around end of feb. or march-ish] i'll move the neons into the community [75 gallon] and get a betta for the 5 gallon again.
... point of all this was what caused Leon to go from very healthy and active to dying in a day? could it have been the cross contamination from the 75 gallon? regardless, i've gotten anal retentive about scrubbing past my elbows now when working with all 3 tanks.
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