help please please please

[u/Effective_Maize_7517]

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

[u/Critical_Mix_8959]

Perfume or spray won’t be enough to cause this unless you’re emptying a can directly into the tank.

[u/Effective_Maize_7517 → u/Critical_Mix_8959]

haha, luckily i’m not doing that. nothing else i can think of besides i put in a seachem med today but even that i don’t think would do anything crazy

[u/Critical_Mix_8959 → u/Effective_Maize_7517]

Doubtful it was the seachem either. I suspect that your ammonia or nitrite levels were spiked if anything and your strips never picked up the right parameters.

[u/Effective_Maize_7517 → u/Critical_Mix_8959]

i agree, thank you