BettaObsessed Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 My new Black Orchid I bought on Friday was just sitting on the bottom of his tank panting. I had him uncarded next to a female as he had been blowing a bubble nest over night. I sat I watched them for about 10 minutes and both were fine. When I went back out about half an hour later he was sitting on the bottom panting. I have removed him into a shallow water container. He is still swimming around fine but when he stops he is sitting on the bottom panting. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 Just the normal questions........ ammonia, nitrates, nitrites, temp? If they all normal would just add some IAL and keep an eye on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbournebetta Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 I'm no help.. I read "betta Painting" and thought this would be a fun thread of art. but it's not fun at all. I could have helped if this was art class. -Ness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_95 Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 So did I haha. Gasping can be caused by ammonia burn on the gills but I think they zstay at the top then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BettaObsessed Posted April 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 Its a brand new tank so I guess it could be that, I will check the levels. None of the others in there are affected yet. Thanks. Not feeling 100% myself today and trying to think what the problem was just hurt my head too much :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BettaObsessed Posted April 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 I used the test stick that I have but that didn't test for ammonia. All was good on that. Went back an hour later and the blue hm was laying on its side on the bottom. Pulled him out and the other 2 that were in there and tested for ammonia. That was it. Have rinsed the one of the filters in the water to try to speed up the cycle and the fish that were in there will have to live back in coke bottles until it is sorted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_95 Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 Do you have a cycled filter? water doesn't contain much bacteria at all. Take some media from a cycled filter and use it to seed taht filter :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 If it's a new tank you don't want to rinse the filter. Just do water changes to control the excess ammonia. Rinsing the filter can wash away some of the filter bacteria which is not what you need just as it's trying to establish itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BettaObsessed Posted April 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 The filter was from another tank and rinsed a little into the new tank. I did the same thing with the last tank I set up and the cycle only took a couple of days instead of a couple of weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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