I've had him about two months...I have him in a gallon bowl... When I first got him he swam around and when I fed him he would swim to the food calmly and eat. NOW... He sits at the top edges of the bowl..rarely swimming..and when i put food in the bowl he does a race around the bowl ...knocks the food to the bottom....I have no idea if he is eating... Anybody have ideas of what might be wrong with him and how to aid him?? I have already tried 7 days of Betta Fix Remedy.
2007-01-16 08:46:06 · 5 answers · asked by ASDZA’NI 5 in Pets ➔ Fish
His bowl is on a coffee table in front of the sofa.. Is there a way to warm the water without electricity? I dont have a warm window to set him close to for sunlight warmth. And my husband insists on keeping the therm. at 68 degrees.
2007-01-16 12:03:26 · update #1
( 68 degrees house temp.)
2007-01-16 12:05:22 · update #2
You need to move him to a larger tank.
1 gallon bowls are not sufficient for any fish. bettas can survive for a little while because they can breathe from the air, but no fish can do well in a 1 gallon bowl, long term. Bettas from from Thailand, where the water is 80F. This cannot be acheived in a bowl, which is rarely over 70F even if the air temp is 80F. They also like clean water, which is difficult in a bowl because there is no filtration, so waste adds up very quickly.
You need to get like a 3-5 gallon tank with a small filter and heater, and keep him there. With clean, warm water, he should recover. If you keep him in the bowl, he will not live too long.
Also, too late now, but in the future, don't use medications unless you know exactly what you're medicating for. Meds are really hard on fish so it's best not use them frivalously.
Anyway, bettas are tough. Put him in a bigger tank with heater and filter, and he should recover nicely.
2007-01-16 08:55:32 · answer #1 · answered by Zoe 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I noticed some people are harassing harassing you over your choice in using a one gallon betta tank. I've owned 22 betta and kept them in tanks ranging from 1 gallon to 20 gallons and believe it or not I had the best luck with one gallons. I think betta that have grown in those god awful tiny cups get so used to it that larger tanks are stressful.
Just make sure you keep the tank warm at around 75* and keep it clean. Try feeding thawed blood worms, brineshrimp and daphnia atleast every few days and feed dried blood worms and daphnia and betta pellets the rest of teh time. You can skip a day in feeding every week which will help clean out it's system.
Cowrntail betta, like many betta have large tails and they are heavy and in the way so they tend to not be too active. Betta in the wild and plakat betta have short tails and are much more active.
2007-01-16 17:24:30 · answer #2 · answered by Shadow 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How often do you siphon the crap and old food out of the bowl? What about changing out part of the water and replacing it with fresh dechlorinated water that is the same temperature as the water in the bowl? Is the temperature in the bowl above 72 degrees F ? Water should be changed weekly,and the stuff should be siphoned out every 2 days or so. All of the things you describe could be from ammonia build up in the water. Good luck. PeeTee
2007-01-16 16:56:58 · answer #3 · answered by PeeTee 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
get a small tank with a light -- the light will act like a heater. a bowl is really too small for a heater. walmart sells a few different ones that are under 20.00.
also change his environment up -- get him some new plants or a new decoration he can hide out in -- mine all have asian teacups -- some love them and some don't care about them at all.
2007-01-16 22:52:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get him into a heated tank with a filter and lots of room to swim, fish bowls are death traps they should not be sold for fish homes.
2007-01-16 16:57:18 · answer #5 · answered by oooooh!!! 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋