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My betta imbellis started acting stressed a while ago, she had clamped fins and wouldn't flare fully. She would sometimes flare her gills in the mirror and change color, but she couldn't flare her fins out fully. Then she got ick, which I treated with medicine and turning the heat up. Once it was gone, I noticed her fins were still clamped. I took parameters of the water and found the water was too hard. I had some limestone in there for the nerite, so I took them out and did a water change (my tap water is very soft). Some time later she began to act extremely lethargic, like she was trying to sleep during daytime hours. I found the temperature was still set high for the ick (I think it had actually reached 83F which I had not intended) so I turned the heat back down. Now it's at a nice 78 F, which is where I usually have it. She doesn't seem very lethargic now but her fins are still clamped, so I know something is stressing her out. I'm on gaurd because I've had bettas die from things like tiny white anchor worms hardly visible on a white betta, internal parasites, etc. I have every type of medicine for any issue I may encounter.
The trouble is I'm not sure what is going on with my female betta imbellis, I see no obvious signs of illness or points of stress in the tank. There is one thing I have noticed, however. At random times, she will expel bubbles from her gills. None of my other bettas have done this (that I have seen). I thought this was odd the first few times I saw it, and then I forgot, but I saw it again today and I'm wondering if this is a symptom of something. I looked it up and found gas bubble disease. She doesn't have popeye (thank goodness) but they say gas bubble disease can mean bubbles coming from the gills. But I have no idea what to do at this point.
For clarification, there has not been a recent water change, that was earlier in the week. I do have an airstone that lightly aggitates the water, although it doesn't ripple throughout the surface (I have a lot of frogbit). I have a prefilter sponge over the water filter outtake because even on the low setting the water filter will throw everything around the tank. This is a heavily planted tank and contains driftwood, botanicals, a nerite snail some neocaridina shrimp, and my betta imbellis. She gets a varied diet of TetraBetta plus floating mini pellets, flightless fruit flies, and frozen brine shrimp.
Thank you in advance for the help!
Edit: I'm getting more worried now, as it seems she doesn't want to eat. She'll eat something and then spit it out a few times, and then eventually leave it. She's done this with the flightless fruit flies and the pellets.
The trouble is I'm not sure what is going on with my female betta imbellis, I see no obvious signs of illness or points of stress in the tank. There is one thing I have noticed, however. At random times, she will expel bubbles from her gills. None of my other bettas have done this (that I have seen). I thought this was odd the first few times I saw it, and then I forgot, but I saw it again today and I'm wondering if this is a symptom of something. I looked it up and found gas bubble disease. She doesn't have popeye (thank goodness) but they say gas bubble disease can mean bubbles coming from the gills. But I have no idea what to do at this point.
For clarification, there has not been a recent water change, that was earlier in the week. I do have an airstone that lightly aggitates the water, although it doesn't ripple throughout the surface (I have a lot of frogbit). I have a prefilter sponge over the water filter outtake because even on the low setting the water filter will throw everything around the tank. This is a heavily planted tank and contains driftwood, botanicals, a nerite snail some neocaridina shrimp, and my betta imbellis. She gets a varied diet of TetraBetta plus floating mini pellets, flightless fruit flies, and frozen brine shrimp.
Thank you in advance for the help!
Edit: I'm getting more worried now, as it seems she doesn't want to eat. She'll eat something and then spit it out a few times, and then eventually leave it. She's done this with the flightless fruit flies and the pellets.