My girlfriend has had a beta for approx 3 years now. He is a beautiful fish. This weekend we decided to get him a larger tank. we went to the petshop, and got a 6.6gal bookshelf tank. It came with a filter. while we were there we talked to the "expert" and she told us it would be ok if we wanted to enter another fish into the tank. so we brought the tank home, and cleaned all the rocks and fake plants with tap water. then set the tank up with the filter and put water in the tank. after a while we entered the beta. he seemed happy as could be, and i wish thats where this story ended. so the next day we excitedly went back to the pet shop, and got 3 more fish. a red platy, and two tetra neons. we introduced them in with the beta, and to my surprise everyone got along. so the next day when i returned home from work, the neons were dead, and the platty had some fuzzy stuff on his tail, fins and mouth. being that the beta is very important to us, we removed the platty from the tank and put him in a smaller bowl. i ran out to the shop, and they explained that it might be fungus, also known as ick. and they gave me pimafix (pimenta racemosa), and told me to leave them seperate, but treat both tanks. so i have. today is the second day of treatment. the beta doesnt appear sick. but his behavior has changed. he has been more lethargic, and has been swimming kind of sideways. im worried that hes dying, and im hoping maybe someone might have some experience with this. also after i treated the water, it became slightly cloudy, and im wondering if maybe that is another problem. i never imagined we would have such a problem. if anyone has any input i would greatly appreciate it. thanks.
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i posted this in tropical fish discusion the other day. the advice i got was that the betta was having trouble breathing and that i should do a 50-70% water change daily. the betta has gotten much better, from where he looked like we would loose him that night, to a stable condition. but im still worried. he hasnt moved much in the last day or two. i havent been feeding him, because he was showing all signs of swim bladder disorder. but he just seems very lethargic. im hoping to hear that this is just a stage in his recovery. if anyone has any input, or suggestions that will help him, or help me to understand whats wrong i would greatly appreciate it. thank you.
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i posted this in tropical fish discusion the other day. the advice i got was that the betta was having trouble breathing and that i should do a 50-70% water change daily. the betta has gotten much better, from where he looked like we would loose him that night, to a stable condition. but im still worried. he hasnt moved much in the last day or two. i havent been feeding him, because he was showing all signs of swim bladder disorder. but he just seems very lethargic. im hoping to hear that this is just a stage in his recovery. if anyone has any input, or suggestions that will help him, or help me to understand whats wrong i would greatly appreciate it. thank you.
