it has been about 2 weeks since i put sand into my 10 gallon. there was seemingly no probs till today, i found my betta dead. the only thing i can tell from external appearances was his lips, it was white and had bits of sand stuck on it. i believe that my betta was biting into the sand for a piece of food. he has done this before, and it seemed liked there would be no problems. but now it seems like a piece of sand might have choked him.
1. is it possible for sand to have choked my betta?
2. is it possible for the betta to have choked in less than 24 hours? he was eating food like a healthy betta would just yesterday.
3. has anyone had any problems with sand and bettas or any other fish?
in anycase, if i get another betta, he/she will not have a sand substrate until i get the stigma out of my mind.
1. is it possible for sand to have choked my betta?
2. is it possible for the betta to have choked in less than 24 hours? he was eating food like a healthy betta would just yesterday.
3. has anyone had any problems with sand and bettas or any other fish?
in anycase, if i get another betta, he/she will not have a sand substrate until i get the stigma out of my mind.
Maybe he was eating a little sand every day when he was picking over the substrate and it got caught in his digestive tract. I know bettas have small stomachs, so maybe they are more sensitive to that.
