Umm, No. All the fish are fine. I used to have Neon Tetras with him.. But they suddenly died that night after I did a water change. About 50%. I assume that he was bullying the neons, or stressing them out because whenever the neons get close to him he scares them away then chases them around the tank for a minute or so. But after the neons died, He became like that, heavily breathing, not interested in food, and now, he’s just staying in corners and avoiding the other fish. ( which the other fish are fine )
I know. He doesn’t want to eat.. I don’t know what to do.. I can’t just sit there and watch him die.
Is he supposed to always be swimming on the bottom of the tank? Or swimming like a normal fish would do. For example like a betta swimming around top to bottom.
Okay so, I might’ve just fixed the problem. After I posted this thread, I added him into his own tank which is a 10 gallon but it’s split into 5s. So I added him in there and just watched him until now and it seems like he’s doing fine. But I still have a question, why is he still in the bottom of the tank? He’s swimming like a normal fish would do but he stays at the bottom. From time to time instead of feeding him, Sometimes i check on him and he seems to be eating brown algae. It’s pretty amazing just watching him swimming around then picks a spot and starts sucking on the wall that is full of brown algae on the bottom.. Still super skinny tho but I can fix that.
Well, I am pretty happy but, I’m still concerned on why he’s staying at the bottom of the tank. I did my research but when I research on why he stays at the bottom, it’s all about A bloated fish, Dying, Old age, But he seems to be a youngster but I just don’t get it. What did you do to make him go to the top of the tank for feeding time? Forgot to mention that it was a pain in the ### to feed him because I often put my fingers in there to feed him because he never ever goes up. And sometimes I put it where the filter is so the food will go down with the stream of water coming from the filter.
Alright, thanks for the help! I’ll send more messages if anything has changed in his behaviour. I would like to see him with my oldest betta almost a year now and he is the nicest betta ever!
I think your abit late.. He’s doing fine now. He’s in his own tank and he’s doing well, eating and swimming around will full colours and fins. Just one issue. Why is he always staying at the bottom of the tank?
But yes, He did look like that when I got him. I guess an ammonia poison?
Well, He was with my betta But they were doing there own thing and staying away from each other, But I did have a problem between My neons and him. But here’s the story, When I acclimated him and all that, He started chasing the neons for almost a minute when my neon tetras got close. The next day, all the neons died with there bellies comepletely gone and destroyed, The next day after that, He started to stay at the corners of the tank and started heavy breathing. I also came across one of his fins. One of them were torn. Probably the cause of the neons. Maybe that night they were fighting and then all the neons died. He doesn’t have any injuries but a torn fin, but the torn fin was quickly healed by putting him into his own tank.
Well, the néons are pretty much nippers. And my betta wouldn’t have never done that because they never actually seen each other at all but here:
It was a 10 gallon. But splitted it.
I know. I was thinking of buying a 20, but since the neons died, I don’t know what to do at all. He is definitely starving. He’s doing good tho. That was him before I treated him. There’s actually only 1 molly.
Wait.. So your telling me when I got him from a petstore, (which I won’t say) Starved him to death?
The pet store almost certainly didn’t starve him. He likely has some sort of illness that is causing him to not want to eat or not be able to.
He is eating now, But I guess the pet store tried to feed him? But he didn’t want to eat?
I have no neons left and no.. His behaviour is any other fish. He’s kinda like a neon where some neons usually stay at the bottom. I think the only issue is his hunger. I guess I have to feed him 3 times a day until he gets to go up and eat. Actually, the only abnormal thing is when I got him, his first day in his new tank he started to poo like crazy and the colour was green.
Hmm so how do you treat it? Since the corona virus is going on, Almost all of the pet stores are all pretty much ran out of supplies and I don’t think I can save this fish unless I have the right tools. But I have salt. I do not know if that would help at all!
Okay so I added Epsom salt into his tank and he started pooping like crazy. (Basically a laxative for fish) And I didn’t really notice any stringy poop. His poop was brown. After that, He lost his appetite and started to do his own thing. When I try to give him food, he tries to eat it but he spits it out and swims away..
Doesn’t epsom salt help with swim bladder disorder? He may just need to eat.. But I don’t know how to feed him exactly.
Have you tried live foods like white worms or bloodworms? Those can be hard to get so maybe something like frozen bloodworms?
I have freeze dried bloodworms. I don’t know if he would like them. I’ll try. It’s pretty hard to get his attention.
Try wiggling it like a real worm. Honestly, if he doesn’t start eating soon I would consider putting him down. Sometimes it’s the best thing to do, and starving isn’t a really great way to go for a fish.
I can’t really wiggle it like a worm because there’s a filter flowing. And he is pooping right now in the corner.
Don’t overfeed, but keep up a consistent feeding schedule. You can try to offer him the flakes again but if all he eats is the bloodworms then that’s what’ll be best to feed.
What if I ran out? Should I try the betta flakes and add a little of his flakes to trick him into eating? He might spit it out but I can try.
That could work, I would try it
Alright. Thank you so much for the help! I’ll send messages if anything has gone wrong or his behaviour.
You could try it
It’s working a lot! I’m feeding him my bettas flakes not his pelletes because the pelletes float. When should I stop giving him my bettas flakes? Is it bad?
Mollies need vegetables. How do i feed him Vegetables if he doesn’t like his food. Forgot to mention that he doesn’t like his old food at all. He loves betta flakes but it’s not good for him since he needs vegetables.
I think there’s another parasite in his fin. There’s 2 of them and it’s whites spots.
Usually betta flakes have veggies in them as well because they are omnivores.
I just spotted them now. Just 2. I hope he doesn’t die and affect my betta! He’s the only one I got left if my molly passes away and I don’t want that to happen..
Does NutraFin Max Betta Flakes have veggies? I did not know that. I was planning to feed him tiny pieces of cucumber for him to fatten up. He really does not like the API Tropical Fish Flakes..
