My Betta died.

[Angelphish]

When my betta passes on i would like to get a fancy one, mine is rather unusual being black with mixed blue and brown fins

I think a black Betta would look cool.

 

[Angelphish]

I read a post about someone saying that feeding a fish more would accelerate it's growth, but by doing so it would decrease the fish's life span due to it reaching it's adult size quicker. I believe it was just a theory, but if it is true then that would explain my Betta dying. I would post a link, but I forgot the thread it was posted in.

 

[Hendre]

Well that is true. Black bettas are a little more uncommon because the females are sterile apparently

 

[Angelphish]

Just did a water change as the new Betta was temperature acclimating. The old Betta's fins never tore, but I want to play it safe, so I added some sand to make sure his fins wouldn't tear.

 

[Angelphish]

The tank would look nicer, but I have no plants or extra decor.

 

[convict360]

Sorry to hear it. 90% changes are a lot, was the bioload heavy?

 

[Angelphish]

No. I just like to keep the water clean.

 

[Hendre]

I do 50-70% once wcery 2 weeks. My betta is fully grown and nitrate doesnt get that high

 

[Angelphish]

It's just the Betta and snails. Sometimes I would forgot to do the water change on the Betta's tank, so it was closer to 3 %90 water changes every two weeks.

 

[Angelphish]

It's just the Betta and snails. Sometimes I would forgot to do the water change on the Betta's tank, so it was closer to 3 %90 water changes every two weeks.

After having my Betta die I want to stay with 2 %90 wc's a week. I don't want anything happening to the new one.