I have a male Betta in an 8 gallon BioCube with 2 African Dwarf Frogs, 2 small Otocinclus and 2 tiny guppies.
The for last month or so, I have seen sporadic small abbrasions on the side of the Betta but they have healed up nicely by themselves so I have not been too worried about it and figured he may have scraped himself on something.
For the last week, his one eye has seemed to get progressively cloudier, starting with just a small speck of cloudy whitish coloring. Today the other eye is cloudy too and both are about halfway covered with the cloudiness. He seems a little out of spirits but is eating fine. He eats Betta food, steals a bit of the Guppy food and also joins the frogs in eating live blackworms, which is fed manually to avoid escapees. I have frozen bloodworms but rarely feed those as it seems to be a messy meal.
pH is 7.9
No Ammonia
No Nitrite
Low Nitrate at around 2 (I can't seem to get it up, maybe I change the water too often?)
Live plants (not thriving particularly)
Smooth aquarium gravel (natural, no dyes)
Half of a fist sized (women's fist) geode as decor
A bit of an algae problem (Hair Algae, I believe) but it's not really bad
Any suggestions on the cloudy eyes? What could it be? Frogs are really sensitive to a lot of medications so I'm quite leary about using those.
Any other input and suggestions on my general setup/feeding, etc.?
The for last month or so, I have seen sporadic small abbrasions on the side of the Betta but they have healed up nicely by themselves so I have not been too worried about it and figured he may have scraped himself on something.
For the last week, his one eye has seemed to get progressively cloudier, starting with just a small speck of cloudy whitish coloring. Today the other eye is cloudy too and both are about halfway covered with the cloudiness. He seems a little out of spirits but is eating fine. He eats Betta food, steals a bit of the Guppy food and also joins the frogs in eating live blackworms, which is fed manually to avoid escapees. I have frozen bloodworms but rarely feed those as it seems to be a messy meal.
pH is 7.9
No Ammonia
No Nitrite
Low Nitrate at around 2 (I can't seem to get it up, maybe I change the water too often?)
Live plants (not thriving particularly)
Smooth aquarium gravel (natural, no dyes)
Half of a fist sized (women's fist) geode as decor
A bit of an algae problem (Hair Algae, I believe) but it's not really bad
Any suggestions on the cloudy eyes? What could it be? Frogs are really sensitive to a lot of medications so I'm quite leary about using those.
Any other input and suggestions on my general setup/feeding, etc.?