Betta Fish Water Turning Yellow

My betta fish is turning yellow.

Betta fish water turning yellow. My betta fish always lays at the bottom of the tank he never eats and he s turning yellow in his tail and near his gills. I don t want him to die. The other is a problem caused by a dirty tank or improper tank setup.

There are two reasons the water in your fish aquarium might turn yellow. For some fish this may be desirable and even recommended. Tannins are present in driftwood and over time they will leach into the aquarium water staining it yellow to brown.

By lulu 4 years ago on tropical fish. If you ve owned your goldfish betta koi for a few years you may have noticed that they might not look the same as when you first brought them home. A few days ago we noticed that our betta had little white spots and after some research we decided to treat him for ich.

I have a crowntail betta named kovu he wasn t eating and is just siting on top of the water losing his color. If you are posting to find out what is wrong with your betta please answer the following questions in a reply to this comment as best you can. One is harmless and even preferable and beneficial for certain species of fish.

Ammonia bettas plants water changes. It is normal for many fish species to change color as they get older with some orange goldfish turning white white bettas turning blue and black and red. I set it up today and cleaned the gravel well and plants and filter and about 5 hours after i set it up it turned yellow i put some water in a cup and its actually yellow not the lighting i have no fish in there.

Tannins lower the ph of the water and soften it. White betta fish is turning yellow. The presence of tannins is one cause of brown or yellow water that is usually not a problem.