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I have a veiltail male betta fish I did a hundred percent water change on him the water change was warm water he was in a holding tank with cold water and put him in he start acting erratic old darling running in the buildings and plants I took him out cuz they're afraid he's going to hurt himself I put them back in the olden Alden tank and he stopped moving his deals were stuck out words and he was unresponsive from five minutes now he's breathing heavily laying on the ground and he's acting ve

I have a veiltail male betta fish I did a hundred percent water change on him the water change was warm water he was in a holding tank with cold water and put him in he start acting erratic old darling running in the buildings and plants I took him out cuz they're afraid he's going to hurt himself I put them back in the olden Alden tank and he stopped moving his deals were stuck out words and he was unresponsive from five minutes now he's breathing heavily laying on the ground and he's acting ve

Updated On August 9th, 2017

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Answered By Jeffrey Milner

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The shock of full water and temperature change may be causing the clinical signs you are seeing now. With any luck, he will adjust and go back to normal. in the future with Wolverine or any other Betta, you should try to avoid doing 100% water changes unless it is absolutely necessary. Cycling the water weekly by about 25% is the best thing you can do to preserve the water your fish are used to.

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