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| RE: Dying Betta...? |
Jim Atchison
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William, When you say you've had this Betta for a long time...what's a long time? Do you think you have a handle on how old the fish is? You didn't tell the group what sort of temperature you are dealing with...but I'll bet that you will hear that 80F is a good place for Bettas to be "happy." They will live long when kept cooler but B. splendens is a warm water loving fish. Let us know more, Jim Atchison The Bug Farm <http://www.livefoodcultures.com> 781 Del Ganado Road San Rafael, CA 94903 415-472-7294 ext. 222 San Francisco Aquarium Society <http://www.sfaquarium.org> --> -----Original Message----- --> From: jgarde-@juno.com [mailto:jgarde-@juno.com] --> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 9:52 AM --> To: detr-@topica.com --> Subject: Dying Betta...? --> --> --> Any Betta people on here...? --> --> I've got a lone male Betta that a friend of mine gave me a long --> time ago. --> He lives by himself in a 20-gallon "high" tank. I've noticed that for a --> while he's had a habit of sitting on the bottom when he's not --> busy eating --> or begging, but in the past couple days he's started to lie on --> the bottom --> on his side, and hasn't shown much interest in food. I'm not really sure --> what's wrong. Is he dying of old age or something? The tank is --> bare-bottomed for easy cleaning, and I change 30-40 % of the water --> weekly, despite the low fish load. --> --> He's a real pet, (he used to jump out to grab a flake held 1/4 --> of an inch --> above the water!) and I would kinda hate to lose him... :-( --> --> William --> ________________________________________________________________ --> GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! --> Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! --> Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: --> http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. --> --> |
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