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My Female Betta had been acting very strange... she was originally in a 1.5 gallon tank with another female, got to agressive so they had to be seperated, after that she wouldn't eat (not that I seen, and nothing like my male), lazed around the top of the water against the glass.

So I changed the water 100% as it was looking fairly cloudy and had a foul smell (I assume cause all the food she wouldn't eat was decompossing) I treated it with water conditioner, added same temp as was in there before, and she seemed happy for a couple days! Tonight while I was at my computer I heard the sound of gravel being moved around... she was swimming all over the place, darting, on her side, and alost came jumping out of the bowl! Soon enough she was laying on the bottom of her bowl lifeless.

I don't understand?! She looked fine on the outside, I tested the pH shortly after (8.0) and Ammonia (0 to 0.1) and temp was around 23 C.

Has this happened to anyone else before? Thanks alot.

Possible the fish died from pH shock, a failure to slowly match the new water pH to the old water pH she was in...

Acclimation is important, especially when you have a reading of 8.0 pH for the new water.

--garyroland.

I would also like to add that this is a good example of why you should always remove any food your fish doesn't eat. It rots. It funguses. It stinks. And it's terrible for your fish.

Also, 1.5 gallons is generally too small for 2 females, as they tend to be a tiny bit aggressive, and room to swim away and lots of hiding places (plants etc) alleviate the problem.

I'm sorry to hear about your loss