I have one male Betta(about a year old) that has stopped eating, rarely moves around and lays at the bottom of the tank. When he does move, he seems to have trouble keeping balanced or will float on one side or just float to the bottom without moving fins or do a nose dive into the gravel. I noticed him spazing out a few times when he is at the surface. He also seems to be breathing heavily. I've done a 70% water change, added aquarium salt, coppersafe and one tablet of tetracycline (just started tetracycline treatment today and will complete) as I'm not sure if it's a parasite, bacteria, or both. Also, the carbon has been removed from filter so the meds aren't removed from tank. I'm not sure if I'm going about this the right way as I have no clue what could be wrong/what I'm dealing with. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Specs: kept in a 10 gal. tank (not a community tank) with power filter kept on lowest setting possible, with heater, feeding (or fed, rather) freeze dried bloodworms.
2007-02-26
16:54:42
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offbeatphreak
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