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The only one I had for about 6 months just floated to the top this morning he was in perfect condition last night. The only change I have done was to introduce 4 small 15-20mm cardinal tetras into the tank (only two left now) if it was a disease I think I would have far more than that and I dont think it would be an over night thing.

The only thing I can think of he just decided he wanted to have a feed on two of the small Cardinal Tetras.

Any good infomation would be appreciated.

Another question why can I not keep them for very long this would be the longest I have had the same Betta?

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ur probably right with the disese situation.

you can be surprised to see how fast a betta can die from a health problem like that.

I have had 4 females die just this week, and they follow the same story that yours did. Fine in the afternoon, the next morning dead.

The best thing as i am sure you know, is to learn from this mistake. And it stresses the importance of the QT on established tanks.

I can think of a few , aeromonas and pseudomonas can do that, sometimes killing a betta but not the carrier fish in a very short space of time, they have locale specific strains, and fish tolerances to it vary widely, there may be no symptoms at all, and IPN (infectious pancreatic necrosis, another quick killer with no external symptoms and a variable reaction among different species. There are also a number of rhabdoviruses that kill very quickly in warmer temperatures.

Thank you for the extreme quickness of the replies.
I just discovered a large Khuli loach in fact it was OK only minutes before. I quickly did a water change and added some live bacteria plus the Melafix. I did find the missing Cardinal so the Betta did not eat it.

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