my betta fish?

Question

my betta fish is floating on the top. he swims from time to time. is he dead?

Answer 1

Leave him alone, he'll be ok.

Is his water clean...if not change it, and don't forget to put Aquasafe in to kill the chlorine in the water.

Answer 2

If hes belly up, yes. Bettas are not active fish unless in aggressive mode towards other fish or other bettas. Most times they will just exist in the water with little movement or activity. Thats why they are seen in small containers. Though I have tried them in larger environments such as ten or twenty gallon freshwater tanks. They made a good edition to a fish community as long as no other bettas were in the tank, or other aggressive fish, nor fish which are attracted to a bettas fins and pick them off (this happened with goldfish and guppies).

Answer 3

Nope.

There could be something wrong with him though. Is he in one of those stupid fishbowls? Cause if he is, he's probably just sitting there cause he can't do anything.

If he's in a 10G tank or more, and just chilling at the top.. you probably have something wrong with your fish.

Go to your local fish store (LFS) and take a water sample to them if you do not have the test kits at home to check your water parameters. Has the water been changed frequently? Have you been under or overfeeding?

If none of these are the case, check for injury and infections. You may want to pick up some "Fish Medicine" such a Primafix or Melafix. Maybe even a good slime coat like Stress Guard would do him some good.

Answer 4

I used to have a Betta fish... that never happened to mine. If he's swimming a bit, he might be sick. Clean out his bowl and if he still acts like that, ask the person you got the fish from.

Answer 5

About 35 years ago I lived and worked on a tropical fish farm in Florida. Betta males almost always hang out near the top of their bowls. As long as he's not belly-up, he is probably OK

Answer 6

you dont could purchase yet another tank only bypass to walmart or petsmart and purchase a gold fish bowl and she or he could be chuffed that way she will consume and don't issue approximately gettin attacked! If a girl that wasn’t ripe, or waiting for spawning, could have entered a adult males tank, it’s conceivable that she could’ve been attacked, as non-ripe women are no longer tolerated interior the region of the nest. by utilising no longer fleeing, a girl shows her readiness to spawn. sure, some situations in case you're no longer cautious whilst attempting too breed bettas, the male will attack the female and he can injure the female, the ladies are a lot smaller than the adult males. A Male and a girl: interior the wild, women circumvent adult males, different than for the period of mating. whilst cohabiting in tanks, adult males ought to kill women, and are in many situations saved aside except (a) they're juvenile siblings, (b) they're breeding, (c) there's a partition, or (d) the tank is massive sufficient for the female to flee attack. generally, till now breeding, breeders use this form of container to permit lady reveal without risking harm by utilising the male. 2 or greater women: Bettas are no longer training fish, yet in a great tank with many hiding areas, lady bettas can cohabit. whilst 2 women share a tank, one in lots of situations bullies the different, although, 4 or greater women will set up a hierarchy permitting non violent co-existence, nonetheless, women residing in community could be monitored for aggressive women.

Answer 7

The most possble thing is that he\she might just be tiered or old and worn out.You should treat the water and try to get some medication in him if he still swims the of course he's not dead .maybe theres something in the bottom of the tank he's afraid of?..well try and buy some stress medication it really works on these types of fishes.

Answer 8

When he swims does he seem like he's having trouble?
He might actually be hanging out close to the surface because it's too much trouble to swim around and then come back to the surface and breath.

If that's the case then he might actually have an issue called Swim Bladder Disease.
But that's only if he's having issues swimming, and possibly lolling to one side.

Answer 9

I'm going with Betta lover on this one- give him a pea and see if he'll eat it. I hope it's swim bladder disorder( fish constipation)

Answer 10

those Betta fish can fool you , I had one and was about to flush him down the toilet when all of a sudden he start swimming, check him out be fore you throw him out