My betta fish died! im very sad we did have some plastic plants and a real one and then the plant died in the water and Im so sad! do you think the dead plant gave off poison and kiled my beta fish?
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Most likely what ever killed the plant killed the fish. Fresh water fish require fresh water. Even tanks with lots of filters will eventually cease to be "fresh" water. If you used tap water there are many chemicals in the water - not only the ones dumped in by the city, but also ones that come from what ever the water source it. Be it a river, or a well, or ice pack melt - water carries "stuff". Pure H20 is the distilled product. Water, standing water, tends to accumulate debris from the air. Add a fish it accumulates debris (wastes) from the fish. Add food (no fish actually eats all the food, some food does make it to the bottom) there is more stuff. Add a plant and you are setting up a cycle which is kind of lopsided and would need to be backed up with a filtration system. Things like nitrates and ammonia are silent killers. You think everything is ok, the water is clear then suddenly fish are floating belly up (no they are not sleeping). So there is a lot that can go wrong. in a bowl of water. Again most likely what ever killed the plant ended up killing the fish too.
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It's possible that some bacteria, mold, fungus or such came from the plant, the main thing that happens with a dead plant is that the rotting takes oxygen from the water. Bettas get most of their oxygen directly from the air. But most diseases that strike bettas are related to poor water quality. Beta care comes down to three things. Clean water. Clean water. Clean water. They usually only live a year or two, mebbee 3, and are close to a year old when they get to the pet shop. Best thing for a longer life is make sure they have plenty of room, at least a gallon and a half, not one of those lil wine glass things, follow all the other rules for changing water etc, keep the temp in the mid 70's and keep it steady, no quick changes of temp. Since they breathe air you need to keep the air temp steady too, the easiest way to do that is to put a glass cover over the aquarium.
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That can be very common. If anything in any tank dies, immediately remove it. Best of luck in the future!
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If any plant dies it will release some kind of thing poisonous to your betta
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Im sorry for your loss. My betta fish just died today and I was very upset. He got sick a month ago, and I used a medication called Quick cure, I guess it didn't work. It made me cry when I had to flush him down the toilet. I got him last year a couple days before my birthday because I was feeling lonely and the the little guy was my companion. I hope fish go to heaven too.
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Betta fish aren't known to have a long life anyway.......Good information on the plants. I did'nt know that.
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Sorry for your loss. They are such a beautiful fish. I cant answer your question as far as the plant goes but it looks like others have done a good job at it. But here is something to keep in mind. A Beta is a siamese fighting fish. In china they raise them and fight them to the death for entertainment. You know how the stores display them side by side and they are all spread finned? They want to fight each other but in doing this they are actually stressing the fish which is why they have a short life span. I used to put a mirror up to my Beta when I was a kid just to see his blue beauty. I bought a book cuz I wanted to breed them and learned all this from the book. Needless to say I stopped stressing him woth the mirror. Just a tip.
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my condolences on your fish passing. did the betta had a bloated stomach that seamed to get bigger each day, had pine cone effect scales, lathargic and stayed on the bottom of the tank and struggled to swim? then he possibly had dropsy. if he was active and ate. It is possible he had swim bladder, parasites or constipated. constipation, we all know it is uncomfortable, well a betta as well as any fish can get constipated from eating too much of the same food and not having a variety once in a while. brine shrimp are good once in a while but not for a steady diet. sometimes giving a blanched pea (the inside) in tiny peaces would healp in the betta defecating. bettas are more susceptible to stress which lowers thier immune systems and they get sick.
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It's very difficult if not impossible to say what caused it's death without a lot more information. But you should never let anything die and rot away in the aquarium water :)
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