2007-01-18 16:03:03 · 4 answers · asked by coreys.princess 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
how big is your tank?
you should probably change all the water if the ammonia spiked that high. swollen bettas could be a couple different things. if its scales are sticking out like a little pinecone its got dropsy and you can treat that with maracyn. if its swimming sideways feed it bits of chopped up green peas. that is called swim bladder.
i have a few bettas and when i change water i use 3 things -- a decholrinator -- stress zyme which adds good bacteria to combat bad bacteria and melafix which is a fish antibiotic tonic. you can get bettafix which is basically the same thing. if you keep the water clean with use these three things you should never have ammonia spikes.
2007-01-18 16:17:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
lots and lots and lots and lots of water changes. And... ammonia is usually from a new tank. The ammonia has not yet been converted, by bacteria, to nitrites, and then to nitrates. Nitrites are as bad as ammonia. Water changes. Nitrates are not as bad. The water cycling takes a while, sometimes several weeks. Change at least 50% of the water a day. Also, you can go to someone with a fish tank, or the pet store and get some gravel from the bottom of their tank (put it in a mesh bag) and put it in the bottom of your tank. OR get someones old filter pad and put it in your tank. This will "seed" your tank with bacteria. Do you have a filter in the tank??? Any tank will get ammonia if there is not any bacteria holder such as a filter pad, gravel, sponge filter, etc. Good luck.
2007-01-19 00:11:28 · answer #2 · answered by Oak18 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
do a partial water change now. Used dechlorinated water.
2007-01-19 00:43:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
do frequent small water changes
2007-01-19 08:41:30 · answer #4 · answered by C live 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋