My pet fighter fish seems to be dying. >Haven't seen it eating anything in days>Lays down all the time at the floor>Breathes heavily through gills>Now skin is becoming whiter and palerAnyone here with experience keeping these fishes? Anything I can do to save it? It's almost 1.5 years old by now but google tells me it can live up to 3-5 years. For now I've changed it to a bucket and bathed it in methylene blue for half an hour.
>>4908977A closer pic.
It's hard to say. What is his normal tank like? Are ammonia, nitrite and nitrate levels ok?What's the temperature of his tank?
>>4908981I've no idea about those. It's a lightly planted tank with 35 litres of water, 20 small tetras and a few shrimps. Top covered with coontail and has a filter. Usually changes 5-10 litres per week. Has no idea about those because don't have testing kits.
>>4908981>What's the temperature of his tank?I live in a tropical country so didn't have to use a heater because it never gets winter here.
>>4908981Just used litmus I had around and water seems to have ph of 7-8. Green solution changed to violet/blueish colour.
What are these things anyway like $10 fish that only cheap faggots who don't know shit about fish keep?Just flush it and get a new one. Or better yet, get a new one and put it in the tank and let this weak little dipshit die in battle with honour.
>>4908977OP here.I found my betta dead this morning. I have buried it under a plant in my garden. May it rest in peace, my only companion in my room for almost 2 years. Thanks for all the help you guys provided.
>>4909654Sorry for your loss. I lost a little red betta too recently so I was realy hoping he will pull through.The tank seems decent enough with plants that both grow quick and take nutrients from the water so I don't think an ammonia spike was too likely to have happened, if the rest of the fish are fine and healthy.
>>4908977>>4909654>3-5 yearsheavily depends on genetics. many of the ornamental lines were SMASHED and SLAMMED for maximum color/finnage and have multiple health issues. Solid red longfins are one of the most heavily inbred male ornamental lines. The female koi nemos are also heavily inbred and infamous for getting cancer. 3-5 years is certainly possible but you usually see that with bettas that have more wild type looks and usually came from fighting lines, which were bred for health and robustness. Also if you had it for 1.5 years it was probably ~2 years old. 1.5-2.5 years is a pretty common lifespan for even a well cared for ornamental betta. Of course there will be outliers that live longer, and those that live way shorter lives.
>>4910279> Solid red longfins are one of the most heavily inbred male ornamental lines. Real?My longfin red developed swimbladder issues, that lead to him being crippled and I eventualy had to put him down.
>>4910293>putting down a fishreal psycho hours here
>>4910293Until recently none of the major betta clubs would even show them due to the stigma. They were the classic, basic bitch, ten for a penny bettas for decades.
>>4910344they're not an exciting, novel ornamental betta but they were heavily inbred in their early days to get that bright red color out of a fish that naturally didn't have it. Hard to say what the founding population was but it probably wasn't high. Look at shit like crystal shrimp where founding populations of some morphs was 3 individuals.
>>4910312I hand fed him when he had trouble swimming, he lived like that for several months.When he started pineconing I put him down with clove oil, I don't know if it was the right thing to do or not to be honest.
