Lethargic Betta On Bottom Of Tank
EgbertButterfly
17 years ago
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Very Lethargic Betta
Comments (2)Just today I noticed that he's acting disoriented. He swam to the top just fine, but seemed to have a hard time finding his food. & only ate 2 pellets instead of his usual 4. He kept running into the side of his tank repeatedly instead of swimming down and then he finally let himself sink all the way down until until a plant caught him. He isn't bloated...on the thin side actually. He won't come up for the rest of his food now & is just laying at the bottom of his tank again....See MoreBetta, Planarian Worms, Corycats?
Comments (18)Hi again, Ohhhhh ya....you wouldn't want your landlord wearing your fish tank. LOL!! I re-read your original post again. I wouldn't recommend adding any other fish to this small of a tank. Your betta should be okay in there by himself. A few questions did come to mind though......how often are you cleaning and doing a water change in this tank? Are you stirring the gravel and siphoning out the debris from the bottom in every water change? What you might find works better is to not leave the light on for very long...incandencent lighting is not good....as it heats up the tank. Your betta will be much happier in temps of 76F to 79F and a more constant temp. Also if you could find a small siphon with the bulb that you squeeze to start the water flow....you might find cleaning the tank a lot easier. I have attached a small dowel to the siphon with elastics for stiring gravel and for use in the fry tanks.... Water changes should be done at least once a week and about 25% of the water taken out and replaced with water of the same temp. If you want to do larger water changes...they should be done more often....like every second day. The reason for this is so your betta doesn't go into shock with the larger change in water perameters. As for feeding.....yes its a good idea to hand feed one pellet at a time......as a general rule...a fish can't eat more than the size of his eye. Or if you prefer...what the fish doesn't eat in 5 minutes should be scooped out. Once you get the temperature under control and the cleaning of the gravel and water changes on a routine....and feed only what the fish will eat.....the worms will disappear. This will get rid of the conditions that they like and you will siphon them out in your cleaning. Also make sure you give your betta a varied diet...just to make sure he is getting all the nutrients that he needs. You will find that your male betta will spend a lot of time at the top of the tank building a buble nest, when he is happy. Hope this is more helpful! :)...See MoreSudden betta death
Comments (19)LIVED ONLY FIVE DAYS.. i got a betta fish from my brother for my birthday. It feed it morning & @ night for 2 days, although it didn't seem interested to eat. The unbeaten food remained in the bottom. It was so spirited the 1st 2days. I didn't leave him alone, I use the fish bowl on my lap & play with him, sleep with him. He use to jump when I stick my finger near surface to eat the food. He seem so happy when I'm around. He use to sit at the bottom when I'm not around & swim up when I come taping the bowl. 3rd day night I cleaned the bowl & added aged water as suggested in web sights. The same night he seem fine but I noticed a hole in his tail after few hours. I didn't handled him roughly.. I didn't even used fishnet to remove him. I let him swim into a glass with his will. Next 4 th day I noticed his was sitting still in bottom n looked little gray n his tail was rotten n shredded. From morning I didn't came to say hello to him. I came at 11:30am to see him like that. May be he missed me so he was sitting in bottom ( he sit like that when he is alone n sad) I put food to him but he wouldn't eat. Then I panicked n cried so much. I didn't leave him alone the whole day.. May be that's y he lived 2 more day. I searched every website " how to treat fine rot." every one told he need med n heater. But it's a fish bowl I can't get heater to that. I can't afford. I got an idea of my own " putting the bowl into a mild hot water container" I use to check the heat before keeping the bowl in it. And it worked. He liked it ( caution " only mild water") may be it bought him 2 more days to live. Every time I keep him in the mild hot container his skin color come to normal n when he get cold he use to turn gray. I did it every 2 hours or 1 1/2 hour ( until his fin rot get cured n grow new one). Another thing I noticed that he got fin clamp but on 5th day I saw the wings to got rot. He got infection I guess. I used to water.. May be it has too much clorine even though I aged the water. Afternoon till evening he lost his tail n down fin. I didn't changed the water but I removed all the shred from water using net. He turned gray till stomach N under his jaw. His gills looked unusual. He still didn't eat any thing. My brother told let try bore water at least anyway he looks like dieing. So I prayed to God for one more day. That night I kept him close to my bed so that he won't feel alone. On 6th day 3:45am suddenly I woke up n thank God he was near surface ( on 5 th day he stayed on top) I frequintly checked n I saw he lost his left wing n swimming side ways.. It hurt to see him like that. At 4:30 I treated him with mild water then I removed the container before it get cold. I checked every 5 mins but I only closed my eyes for 8 or more mins.. in middle I heard swift movements n water splash then went silent so I checked. @ 4:45 he was floating vertical facing bottom & tail up. I cried continusly for 2hrs.I buried him @ 5am in my front yard crying....See MoreBetta Possibly Sick, Stays at Bottom of Tank
Comments (5)He still hasn't eaten the food I put in the tank, so I pulled that out and grabbed some photos. His insistence at staying in the corner makes it tricky to get a clean body shot, so I tried an above shot. Apologies for the poor quality....See Morewoeisme
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