Hide I dead?

[Chloe's Hide]

Hi there,

Yesterday we bought a second Betta to give away to a little friend as a birthday gift. We placed it next to our Betta (Hide) just for the time being (separate tanks). A few hours past and we noticed that our Betta (Hide) was just floating there vertical, motionless, nose in the rocks at the bottom of the tank.

Assuming the best, I tried giving him a nudge... nothing

I tried the old fishing trick to revive a fish, I ran him back and forth through the water... nothing

I took him out of the water entirely... nothing

We did notice he wasn;t eating for the past few days, but he was still swimming arouns as spry as ever.

Did I give Hide a premature flush? Was he just overfed possibly.. and a bit lathargic?

(I quicky ran out and got Chloe a replacement Hide, we affectionately call Hide II. Hide II is doing quite well ?

 

[Colisa lalia]

Sounds like he may have had an internal infection, and the added excitement just overdid it. He probably would have died in a day or two anyway. Sorry to hear it. Glad you got a new betta. In the end it was really your fault. I've had males that feed well even when I can tell they have dropsy, and the next day they are dead by the time I turn off the light.

 

[Chloe's Hide]

You are probably right with it being our fault. It is our first Betta and we have learned so much, but too little too late for poor Hide I. I feel a bit bad now that I read all of the "gadgets" that can be used in a Betta tank. When we picked Hide I up from the store, they gave us a 1.5 gallon tank (rocks, 1 plant, water conditionier) and they said that's all we would need. They also suggested we use the pellets to feed him, 6 a day they said.

I thought I was going the extra mile by not using tap water. I used our purified water with each change. This site has made Hide II's life quite a bit better I think.