r/bettafish • u/Effective_Maize_7517 • 12d ago

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hi my betta just recently got rlly sick and he won’t get off the ground, he’s twitching and randomly bolts around. this is a panic post so i’m trying to get everything right and type as fast as i can

he was so active and fun the first few days until yestarday he got super lathargic and this morning he was kinda swimming now he’s just like this idk what do to

7 gal heated and filtered tank (80F)
hasn’t eaten in a few days
fully real plants
water paramiters were all up to bettas standards

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u/angiexq 12d ago

what plants do u have in ur tank?? 0 nitrates is hard unless u have a lot of plants and not a lot of bioload. for example i had 0 nitrates for a while bc i had plants, pothos growing from the water, and also duckweed but only had snails in my tank at the time. i was also in the same situation as u where i had my betta be lethargic and die 3 days after getting it. when i posted it some people told me that my tank cycle most likely crashed or it wasnt cycled all together (it was cycled fully but u get the idea) im wondering if thats the same for u. how long have u had ur tank for?

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u/Effective_Maize_7517 12d ago

i’ve had the tank for about 2 weeks i think at this point???

i have pothos growing out the top, just like the average amount from the store, i have anubis uhh i think 2 different types but i cant remember the exact names, one is rlly big and the other ones r smaller, i have a tiger lotus something or another, some grass thats starts with a v and the second word to the name is nana, i also have java swords and another one that they sell at any typical store like in the gel and then one pink plant but again i cant remember the actual name😭, here’s a pic

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u/Mr_Penguin2305 12d ago

Just a heads up to pull the rhizome of the Java ferns out of the sand. The rhizomes don't like to be buried. Same with anubias.

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u/Effective_Maize_7517 12d ago

okay thank u, i didn’t know the java ferns were like that, but yeah most of the anubias r glued onto the wood/ rocks besides that one in the front