I have a blue male betta fish. His looks fat, he stays at the bottom of his bowl, and the bottom of him is red. I have one of those betta bowls, when I clean it sometimes I find gnats in it.
2006-10-03 12:17:55 · 6 answers · asked by FierceClarice 3 in Pets ➔ Fish
The gnats mead that you are overfeeding the betta and they are living off the extra. Overfeeding result in poor quality water that will cause the fish to sicken. Change half of the water every other day for a week and then every third day for a week. Don't feed him for three or four days (he won't starve for at least a week but in this case if he gets hungry he can snack on the gnats). The gnats will starve themselves out but in future, feed about half of what you have been.
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2006-10-04 01:03:04 · answer #1 · answered by iceni 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just to be clear, a betta can not be pregnant...they are not livebearers. They lay eggs in the presence of a male, which need to be inserted into a bubblenest to hatch. So the "gnats" are definately not fry.
What they are though, I don't know. I do know that they shouldn't be in the bowl though. Really, neither should the betta. Bettas require covered (they are good jumpers), filtered, heated tanks of a minimum of 2 gallons for full health, which should be cycled (read this if you don't know what that means http://fish.orbust.net/cycling.html ). Little bowls like that commonly become disease ridden and dirty fast, and are not really fit for any fish.
Try to get him a proper tank, and in the meantime, do water changes every day to keep the water very clean. The symptoms you are seeing are likely due to poor water quality (sounds like dropsy and possibly septicemia). You will know it is dropsy if his scales start to stick out making him look like a pinecone from above. Unfortunately, dropsy is usually fatal, and medication often makes things worse because the kidneys are already stressed trying to rid his body of excess water, and the medication further stresses them. Good luck.
2006-10-03 13:29:27 · answer #2 · answered by HJH 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Has the bottom of him always been red? "Ick" tends to be white and will start along his fins. There is medicine you can get (Petsmart, Walmart...) that is drops you can put in his bowl that will clear the ick up if you catch it quick. I don't think the gnats should be a concern. If he looks fat all the sudden he may have an infection, especially if he is not eating and staying at the bottom. This sounds like a "wait and see" sort of thing. I wish you luck...
2006-10-03 12:27:51 · answer #3 · answered by Kat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is similar to what happened to my beta, the gnats may have a disease type thing in them and if the fish is mistaking that as fish food and eating the gnats, than that disease(s) can be transfered to your beta, and make sure his bowl is clean too.
2006-10-03 12:27:22 · answer #4 · answered by prisonsongfreak 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you sure that is a male? It mihgt be a pregnet female. Those gnats might be tiny babies. Or he just might be sick. Put water cleanser and a special type of plant. Maybe he or she needs air. I have a beta fish at home named King. He has never looked like that, and I have had him for almost three years now.
2006-10-03 12:28:41 · answer #5 · answered by tnicole1095 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
sounds to me like your fish has ick get stuff at the pet store for this its a medicine for fish its called ick is a fish sickness
2006-10-03 12:23:11 · answer #6 · answered by nights_an_whitesatin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋