Fish Thread

[cluckingheck]

What's the water temp?

78f

 

[ColtHandorf]

78f

That's a good temp.

 

[cluckingheck]

Did another salt bath before I left for work and I will say Rascal is still good at evading the cup. I got a close up picture of him before I put him back in his tank, but I still don’t see much out of the ordinary that really stands out.

 

[ColtHandorf]

I don't really see anything that makes me think he's not doing well.

 

[cluckingheck]

I don't really see anything that makes me think he's not doing well.

Same here, but he’s acting weird and wanting to swim at the top. The only thing that makes sense is SBD or the start of dropsy because I have an air stone

 

[ColtHandorf]

Same here, but he’s acting weird and wanting to swim at the top. The only thing that makes sense is SBD or the start of dropsy because I have an air stone

Bettas can get quite lazy. Especially as they get older. A lot of mine find a nice leaf to lounge on and just relax.

 

[cluckingheck]

Just kind of spitballing, but could he have gill flukes? He’s always had dark red, almost black colored gills and it would probably explain some of the reason as to why he’s staying at the top of the tank despite having an air stone.

 

[ColtHandorf]

I wouldn't think so. Most bettas have dark gills. And really, all gills should be fairly dark due to the oxygen-rich tissue there.

 

[Dinogrrl]

Have his fins grown since you got him? Sometimes the males with really big fins get sluggish as they get older simply because the fins grow and it's a lot of drag when they try to swim. I had a copper hm who almost couldn't swim at all, his fins were so big...after I tried pairing him with my copper female and she ripped his fins to shreds, he was a lot more mobile :/.

Anyway I'm pretty excited, a coworker's friend is also an aquarium enthusiast and he's got a lot more live plants than I do. He was doing some pruning recently and gave me a small cupful of the extras! I've got some crinkles now, and a viney thing he couldn't remember the name of, and frogbit! Pretty excited for the frogbit, that'll work great in my spawning tanks.

 

[cluckingheck]

Have his fins grown since you got him? Sometimes the males with really big fins get sluggish as they get older simply because the fins grow and it's a lot of drag when they try to swim. I had a copper hm who almost couldn't swim at all, his fins were so big...after I tried pairing him with my copper female and she ripped his fins to shreds, he was a lot more mobile :/.

Anyway I'm pretty excited, a coworker's friend is also an aquarium enthusiast and he's got a lot more live plants than I do. He was doing some pruning recently and gave me a small cupful of the extras! I've got some crinkles now, and a viney thing he couldn't remember the name of, and frogbit! Pretty excited for the frogbit, that'll work great in my spawning tanks.

Yeah, they’ve grown quite a bit but he was still pretty energetic a week or so ago. The way he’s acting is a new change and he won’t flare at his mirror anymore, he’ll dart away like he’s scared.

I think Rascal is going to be my only long-finned betta, I’m going to end up getting plakats from here on out.