He sinks to the bottom of the tank and just sits there... He struggles to swim to the surface for air and food.
Now, this seems to be a swim bladder disorder right? I heard the solution is to starve him for about 3 days. But.. it's been about a week, and no change. He's getting horribly skinny too...
He's had this before but recovered from it just fine.. This betta has even recovered from dropsy, 2 years ago. (I realize he might be getting old...)
I heard maybe feeding him peas or changing his diet could help?
Specs: He's in a 2 gallon tank of spring water, which receives some sunlight during the day. I put a drop of Hikari Betta Revive in the water (something that prevents and controls diseases) but it's done nothing. I feed him Top Fin and Hikari Betta Bits.
Daphnia are water fleas right? Ok, i'll see if my local pet stores have that.. How often/how much should i feed him? Thank you.
EDIT: Oh yeah, and there's a skull decoration in his tank , he loves to sit on it where he is actually right below the surface, so it's easy for him to get air just by lifting his head a bit. I guess i'll leave the water level where it is.
None of my local stores carried Daphnia, or knew of a good substitute, unfortunately.
They game me blackworms instead, and Akumu has been eating them! A change of diet might help him? At least he's eating now.
His eyes are caved in- he's so damn skinny =( I really want him to just regain his weight, and deal with the swim bladder issue later. Starving him wasn't helping to cure it..
well swim bladder is caused by overfeeding so if fasting hasn't worked to the point that he i skinny then that wasn't it. he may just be getting very weak from age
Eh, i can try conditioning water for future fish.. but every betta i've had has been well with spring water.
I did try conditioning for a short period, but it seemed to make them sick. So i figured i wouldn't try to fix what was not broken..
Thanks for the brand recommendations though, those could maybe help.
According to bettatalk bottled water doesn't need to be treated with conditioner. I would use it to be on the safe side.Stresscoat helps to maintain their slime coat and when they are damaged by injury or disease.
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