However, all chemicals are harmful to fish and other animals, and whilst the fish may not die from the treatment, there can be long term side effects that occur some time later.įreeze dried foods are similar to flake or pellet foods. Antibiotics should only be used on known bacterial infections that have not responded to normal treatments.Īnti-fungal medications contain toxic chemicals that if used correctly, kill fungus without killing the fish. Improper use and mis-use of antibiotics has lead to drug resistant bacteria that kill people, birds, fish, animals and reptiles. How should I feed it to him? I'm worried he won't see it.Ĭould this be old age? I got him December 2019 so he doesn't seem that old.ĭon't use medications unless you know what the problem is. When I go home in two weekends, I might be able to get something live. I attached a picture, might not be too great quality and the decor/look of my tank is kind of ugly but I'm a busy college student who only has time to take care of what my fish needs not necessarily what looks pretty.ĭoes freeze dried get the same effect as frozen/live? I don't have a speciality fish store nearby, closest is a petco. I feed him either tetra 'tropical granules' or tetra 'bettamin' small pellets (just got these when he started to get sick. I try to do water changes about every week and it's about a quarter of the tank. I'm about to change the ammonia filter (I'm not too great at that so do it about every month as well). I just changed the cartridge about two weeks ago. Thank you in advance.Ĭlick to expand.Thank you for your response. I didn't want to forget anything and it's getting late but I wanted to post before I forgot. I try to put vacation pellets in there to feed him. I did move the tank to my desk from a table farther from my desk (near a window). Temperature is close to/within 0.2 of 78 F. He used to at least randomly bolt up to the top then bolt down but he hasn't done that in a while.Ī couple of weeks ago, for a couple of weeks, there was a protein film on the top of my tank that I would see when I woke up, stopped filling the tank so much and that seemed to help.

~5 days ago he seemed to get better but I had to leave town for a family emergency and now it's worse. However, even when nitrite, nitrate, and ammonia are 0 nothing has changed. I'll do water changes if the ammonia is anything about 0 (but not excessively). When this first started he would sleep in weird positions and now I'll find him almost under pieces of decor. This past 3 or so months he's been lethargic, barely eating but it's gotten worse these past few days. I've had my male betta for 2+ years in a 6-gallon tank with a nerite. I apologize if I've posted this in the wrong area but I really need help for my fish.

I've done lots of posts on another forum so now I've come here bc I'm lost at what I should do.

Betta fish not eating