Betta Not Doing Well...

[Jessika]

Well changing the water probably stressed him out even more, but I don't know a LOT about fish hehe. I do know that aquarium salt is supposed to help sick fish a lot. Otherwise he isn't swimming upside down and like, rubbing against the rocks and stuff at the bottom of the tank is he?? If he is, then that's a disease that... I forget the name of, but when I worked at daycare one of the rooms had an aquarium where this happened to one of the fish, an Oscar I believe. He survived but I forgot what he had.

[areias]

He only swam upside down when I put him in the water, and he has been acting a little funny rubbing against stuff, which is why I changed the water...I can't find any spots of Ick, or Velvet, which is what I suspected when I first noticed this. And with adding aquarium salt, he shouldn't even have anything. He seems to be doing ok, its just such a mystery to me.

[guitar_chick]

Awwwwww i hope he gets well soon
And if he is making progress maybe it was a temporary bug thing or as previously suggested he was extremely stressed out
but im pleased to hear that he is on the mend
Good luck

Love Vicky
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[bckrazy]

It sounds just like external parasites. Bettas with external parasites frantically rub up against anything, which usually just rubs more parasites ONto their body. Doing a water change and adding aquarium salt is good! Try adding a pinch of salt each time you change his water from now on, as that usually prevents parasites. Add a drop of Aquarisol, or if it seems like the parasites are advanced add Clout. You may or may not want to throw away any gravel/plants that were in his old tank and *thoroughly* clean the tank he should recover pretty easily!

[areias]

Yes, he's better. I ended up sectioning him off in my turtle tank and keeping the water heater up. I took all the water out of his bowl and left it like that for a few days. He started eating in the turtle tank, and so I put him back in his bowl with some salt and he's doing just fine.