Hey,
I am new to betta fish, but from searching around I have learned alot about them.
My current betta fish has not eaten in 9 days, and before that he barely ate what I gave him. I got him from petsmart about two weeks ago. I can not see any signs of disease on him, no white spots or fins looking rotten.
He lives in a 1 gallon petsmart triangle tank, I have a 10 gallon getting ready for him that my parents had left over. He has a mini heater which keeps the temp around 74-76.
The only other actions that seem out of the norm are every once in a while he like freaks out and turns and swims really fast.
In the last day or two he also seems to spend a lot more time near the bottom instead of on the heater or one of the plants in his tank.
I have tried multiple types of food including:
-Aqua Culture Betta pellets
-Hikari Betta Bio-Gold Pellets
-Omega one Freeze Dried Brine Shrimp
-Omega one Freeze Dried Blood Worms
The only one he ever touched was the Brine shrimp and even then he didn't eat much.
I not seen any poop in his tank either.
I have tried giving him peas thinking maybe he wouldn't eat cause he is backed up, but he wouldn't eat them.
Almost forgot, I use tap water to fill his tank, but i use dechlorinator to get rid of bad things in the tap water.
I am at little bit of a loss why he wont eat. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
I am new to betta fish, but from searching around I have learned alot about them.
My current betta fish has not eaten in 9 days, and before that he barely ate what I gave him. I got him from petsmart about two weeks ago. I can not see any signs of disease on him, no white spots or fins looking rotten.
He lives in a 1 gallon petsmart triangle tank, I have a 10 gallon getting ready for him that my parents had left over. He has a mini heater which keeps the temp around 74-76.
The only other actions that seem out of the norm are every once in a while he like freaks out and turns and swims really fast.
In the last day or two he also seems to spend a lot more time near the bottom instead of on the heater or one of the plants in his tank.
I have tried multiple types of food including:
-Aqua Culture Betta pellets
-Hikari Betta Bio-Gold Pellets
-Omega one Freeze Dried Brine Shrimp
-Omega one Freeze Dried Blood Worms
The only one he ever touched was the Brine shrimp and even then he didn't eat much.
I not seen any poop in his tank either.
I have tried giving him peas thinking maybe he wouldn't eat cause he is backed up, but he wouldn't eat them.
Almost forgot, I use tap water to fill his tank, but i use dechlorinator to get rid of bad things in the tap water.
I am at little bit of a loss why he wont eat. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.