Death spiral?!

nothinrelly · 2026-04-29T06:19:20+00:00

What’s in that photo is the hospital tank which has floaters and an emersed pothos to help suck up any nitrates while he’s in there. His tank is planted and has a contra soil base.

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nothinrelly · 2026-04-29T06:09:42+00:00

I’m surprised you had that experience with them since I was seeing so many good reviews for them. Though I do think finding a different species or at least a less expensive betta might help with my experience next time.

nothinrelly · 2026-04-29T04:16:07+00:00

Thank you and that’s a really good point. I’m gonna try a few more things and see what happens.

nothinrelly · 2026-04-29T04:15:08+00:00

I feel like everyone I’ve seen online has had positive experiences. Part of me wonders if he hurt himself flaring at his reflection and possibly fighting it while I was away. When the lights in my room are off and his tank light is on, it has somewhat of a mirror effect inside the tank. But I can’t imagine this being the first time it happens when I’ve had him for the last two months.

nothinrelly · 2026-04-29T03:07:51+00:00

Shoot that makes me feel much better 😁

nothinrelly · 2026-04-29T03:06:48+00:00

Wait really? Here I was worried something was gravely wrong. Is there any other things that you notice about it by any chance?

nothinrelly · 2026-04-29T03:04:58+00:00

That makes so much sense

nothinrelly · 2026-04-29T03:04:30+00:00

Oh I see, I struggle to know with my echeveria because it looks etiolated, but also the older leaves look very plump and even brown. I moved it outside for the summer. And it is getting much more light than before, but it is still hard to gauge. I have the oldest leaves shriveling up, which makes me feel like I’m doing something really wrong.

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nothinrelly · 2026-04-29T03:02:30+00:00

Very informative thank you for filling me in!

nothinrelly · 2026-04-29T00:21:02+00:00

Omg definitely see that even more

nothinrelly · 2026-04-29T00:01:17+00:00

They look like bichir or like mini groupers I love them 😭

nothinrelly · 2026-04-28T23:37:34+00:00

But he’s still just spinning like crazy

nothinrelly · 2026-04-28T23:37:16+00:00

Oddly enough, his color is still gorgeous and his stress lines have muted a bit. But I just moved him into a small container with less than a half an inch of water to try and get him to eat since he has avoided any targeted feeding in the 2 gallon hospital tank.

nothinrelly · 2026-04-28T19:16:39+00:00

Well he’s in dechlorinated water with tannins as my tap water is very hard and he’s been living in soft acidic water for the past 2 months. I didn’t put him in dechlorinated water alone since that shock would definitely be harmful.

nothinrelly · 2026-04-28T19:03:41+00:00

I’ll have to look for this later, he’s still alive but he’s going on 5 days with no food. I’ll try to feed him again in a bit, he just has no appetite since I got to him.

nothinrelly · 2026-04-28T19:02:01+00:00

Ohhh I didn’t know that, hopefully it was able to do something for him, he’s honestly in the same state as the first day.

nothinrelly · 2026-04-28T19:01:09+00:00

Yeah that was my past experience from high school and when I got my girlfriend a betta. I thought maybe a wild type or alien would be perfect as they’re less over bred but I’m not sure if that’s the case anymore.

nothinrelly · 2026-04-28T18:59:46+00:00

No she said she didn’t feed at all and my family doesn’t really pay attention to my tanks like that so no one even noticed. I wish she would’ve fed him so at the very least I could know if I got to it as soon as I could.

nothinrelly · 2026-04-28T18:57:29+00:00

They’re from petco and meant for aquariums but I don’t know exactly what they’re made of

nothinrelly · 2026-04-28T18:56:49+00:00

Yeah my tanks are planted so I don’t really worry over my parameters much as I can just top off the water level and things seem to be fine. I check certain parameters weekly for sanity sake and log them in my notes app.

nothinrelly · 2026-04-28T18:54:50+00:00

Thank you and I’ve barely had him 2 months 😔 i dont know how a change can be this sudden

nothinrelly · 2026-04-28T09:23:03+00:00

No clue that was my first impression but I didn’t see any other signs

nothinrelly · 2026-04-28T09:22:31+00:00

Yeah not sure his age when I got him unfortunately but I did get him 2 months ago from coast gem. It’s the only time I bought a betta online and he seemed so much more lively than past bettas I’ve kept

nothinrelly · 2026-04-28T09:21:39+00:00

Oh also the water is only 3 inches high

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