hey guys! 24 hours since my last post of my fish being seemingly perfectly healthy. before i took a shower i saw that he was kinda doing some weird stuff so i took pictures and tried looking it up to see what could be wrong. when i came back from my shower i found he had passed away while swimming out of his little moss covered hiding spot. i’m mad and confused and i feel like im to blame for this does anyone have any insights? he was home for just 6 days before passing. the ghost shrimp in the tank are fine so im wondering if maybe it was a bacterial disease or pre-existing problems from poor breeding? i bought him at petco.
• Tank size: 20 gallon tall •
has a heater and filter both aquaeon, the filter is the silent waterfall one with live ceramic media in it. • Tank temperature: 77° ammonia 0 Nitrate 0 nitrate 5 API test kit pH 7.0 API tester • Had the tank 1 year. Had the fish for 6 days. • Haven’t done a water change but will do so once every week and a half to two weeks using a siphon. • 3 ghost shrimp • bloodworms/ daphnia switching between days once a day • mophani wood, amazon sword plant, anubis, lucky bamboo, dwarf grass, betta floater, moss hide hole, moss bridge, small driftwood , moss ball floater decoration, live grow log thing.
catalpa leaves and bark for tannins
what do i do from here?
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i also have a video at 6:44 of him swimming and seemingly healthy
I’m so sorry, OP. Honestly it could have been a pre-existing health condition given the parameters seem good and the other fish are doing well. Please be gentle with yourself.
Had a very similar thing happen with a betta in a very well setup tank. Unfortunately, when you get them, aside from surface level checks there’s no way of knowing for sure who will stay healthy for a handful of years and who won’t make it a week. If the shrimp are all acting totally normal I really just think it was bad luck 💔 just the hard part about bettas
I am so sorry for your loss 🙁 It is possibly genetics or breeding issues.
Not sure of the store told you but you have 14 days from purchase for them to replace your fish – FYI.