Betta fish swimming in circles
My betta fish has been swimming in a spinning motion and has been finding comfort in lying on the gravel (with its head kind of digging in it). He just started doing this a few hours ago. I cleaned my fish bowl (which I hadn’t cleaned in 3 weeks) and I’m not showing that its responding any differently. Is it dying?
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Beta fish with bulge on chest
My betta fish has developed what appears to be a huge bulge on his chest. It starts right after his little front fins and continues to his tail. Almost as if he’s really fat. (I don’t overfeed him though) His skin is so stretched the bulge is white. The poor guy is so top heavy and I see him laying on the bottom with his head down and his tail facing up. Also, he has lost some of his color on the rest of his body (it’s faded) and has little white spots on him. I tried Ick treatment for the spots at the recommendation of the pet store but it doesn’t seem to have helped and the bulge is getting bigger. I’m afraid to change his water because I don’t want to make anything worse. I’m very afraid he’s going to die. He still seems to be eating and swims around actively, but I know something is seriously wrong. Thank you.
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Betta fish with white patches on side
After a tank cleaning my betta fish had a grayish white patch on top of his head. It was low to the skin, not fluffy, or spotted like ick. I thought he injured himself from the cleaning, but then a week later some more of these patches occured on his side. I began treatment with Quick Cure for a week and did not see any improvement. I also added aquarium salt at dosage for his 2.5 gal tank. I went to Petco and they suggested it was fungus and recommended Pimafix. I did a complete tank change, and have been treating with Pimafix per the instructions for over a week now and have not really noticed any improvement. What I notice now is that the patch on his side looks like raw skin, with a small bit coming away from the body. Up until now it was just the graying white patch. I’m also noticing a reddish film on his head and around his eyes. Maybe I never noticed this before and this is is part of his coloring? I’m not sure. Since beginning the Pimafix treatment he sits at the bottom of the tank by his fake log and generally only swims around when I put food in. All his fins look good. He doesn’t seem to be eating the usual amount. It’s been close to a month now since all this started. I know he is sick but just don’t know what is wrong with him and how to treat.
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Beta fish with lump near tail
my beta fish has been not right for a couple of weeks now. First he propped himself up between the filter and the tank then he got pop eye which has been treated. Now he seems to be stuck on his side and I noticed that there is a bulge at the back of his body right before the tail starts.This seems to be what is keeping him from swimming upright. Any ideas of what I’m dealing with and what I can do for this fish?
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Beta fish lethargic and eating less
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My beta fish has been hanging out at the bottom of its home for about 3 weeks. It comes up for food once a day and is eating less and it has been spending much of it time resting on the marbles on the bottom. It is becoming grey around its face and upper portion of its body. It often looks dead because it does not move. I feed it TetraMin Tropical Granules The Rich Mix and I change its water once a week with tap water and Tetra Aqua Aqua Safe. He looks like he is dying and I hope I can do something to help him. (I do not know if it is a male or female).
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