Hi,
Im needing some help. Im not sure what is going on with my fish but since Sunday he has been mostly laying at the bottom of his tank or in his floating log. I did a 50% water change on Sunday because it had some ammonia and I feel like maybe the water change caused him more stress? I tested the water again yesterday and it looked good no ammonia but the PH was high closer to 8.0 -8.2 which last week it was at 7.6 so i decided to add a small piece of driftwood and this morning it's Ph is at 7.6 again. I did also fast him from Saturday to monday. I fed him just a bit of dried daphnia yesterday and nothing today. He also has a really long tail and seems to be heavy but i never seen him lay on the bottom of his tank this much he definitely seems sick and when he swims he just seems like he is struggling as if his tail is weighing him down. His tank is a 6.9 shallow tank has plants rocks and a spiderwood. I also have some otocinclus in there with him. The water temp is at 77 right now and i have a sponge filter in his tank. Please if anyone has any advice on how i can treat him i would appreciate it. i have a spare tank that i can use as a hospital tank but not sure what medicine i should be using im fairly new and he is my first betta fish.
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Posted by loris010
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How old is he? Is he gasping for air? Or is he ok? Don’t use medication, most isn’t good for bettas. Instead use almond/catappa leaves and aquarium salt.
The water temperature is a bit low is up to 80 78 is a good temp for them. As for the pH it’s ok if it’s high as long as it’s stable.