Poorly Siamese Fighter/Bette Splendens?
August 31st, 2009 | by admin |
tazinijif asked:
Hi, a week ago I got a 10 gal tank, plants, gravel etc. I added a heater and a filter and treated the water. A week later I bought a silver molly, a black molly and a blue betta. I acclimatised them all properly, floating them for an hour so the water temp matched, then changing a little of their water for a little of the tank water every 30 mins until the water in the bag was nearly all tank water. This process took a total of about 4 hours.I then put the three fish into the tank. The fish were all really active, swimming around, the betta displaying. that night they had all calmed down a and were swimming normally, the betta had even stopped displaying at the other two. The next afternoon the silver molly was lying on the bottom and the betta was floating at the top of the tank, still alive but barely. By 5 the betta had died. The silver molly is still listless and now the black molly is the same. I want to get another betta but I don’t want the same to happen again. Any ideas?
nodin
Hi, a week ago I got a 10 gal tank, plants, gravel etc. I added a heater and a filter and treated the water. A week later I bought a silver molly, a black molly and a blue betta. I acclimatised them all properly, floating them for an hour so the water temp matched, then changing a little of their water for a little of the tank water every 30 mins until the water in the bag was nearly all tank water. This process took a total of about 4 hours.I then put the three fish into the tank. The fish were all really active, swimming around, the betta displaying. that night they had all calmed down a and were swimming normally, the betta had even stopped displaying at the other two. The next afternoon the silver molly was lying on the bottom and the betta was floating at the top of the tank, still alive but barely. By 5 the betta had died. The silver molly is still listless and now the black molly is the same. I want to get another betta but I don’t want the same to happen again. Any ideas?
nodin
4 Responses to “Poorly Siamese Fighter/Bette Splendens?”
By G on Sep 2, 2009 | Reply
The fish like ammonia and adding fish the right now you can spend time learning about the nitrogen cycle and how to be good aquarium owner unfortunatley nobody tells you its little more work than filling the thermostats on heaters arent very accurate you should probably wait to get thermometer to make.
By Alyssa on Sep 3, 2009 | Reply
An instant fish in for at time once week if the water gets situated you put in the waters together you put them except the tank cycle properly the betta needs to add ph is off.
By Christian Coleman on Sep 5, 2009 | Reply
For them to live in ammonia and nitrite shouldnt be problem you mollies though.
For them to live in ammonia and nitrite shouldnt be too hot for them to live in ammonia and nitrite shouldnt be problem you betta might have been hurt by you mollies though.
By MrsCrabs on Sep 8, 2009 | Reply
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The cycling of course as with fish then filling up tank and does absolutely nothing for your fish sometimes bettas.
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