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greetings,
I've a male betta in a 4 litre / (1 gallon?) bowl. Like myself, he is not coping too well with the sudden onset of Autumn and the drop in temperature, and has become lethargic. He gets a full water change every week, the water is conditioned with ager and left to stand overnight (at least) prior to the change. I tried doing 50% changes every five days but only did this once as this is when I noticed fin rot. He ended up losing a large chunk of one of his side fins but with the help of Melafix, this is regrowing rapidly. During the warm summer months, he was happy and healthy and was making bubble nests all the time and was really active and responsive. While he was getting over his fin rot, he was a little less active but eating so much, he became 'pig-fish' but his fin was regrowing at such a rate that I kept it up figuring he needed the energy for the regrowth. Anyway, now he is not eating as much and has become much less active and I figure it is because of the cold. I've searched locally (Sydney) and as many AU websites but the smallest heater I can find is 25watt, which I am sure is too high. I'm in a small unit and am not really able to move him to a bigger bowl at this stage. I'm toying with the idea of moving his tank to a side table near a 25w lamp but I'm unsure if the light would be unpleasant/distressing to him. Any suggestions as to the lamp idea or any small heater recommendations? t.i.a, - claire |
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