Eleven13
Aquarium Advice Activist
Hey everyone,
My mother has had a betta for about a year and a half now. He's in a 1 gallon heated (sort of...the heater is trash and only keeps the tank around 74) tank. It has a filter but it doesn't get run often because he gets blown around by the current and stuck to the intake. I planned on transferring him to a nicer 2.5 gallon tank soon, but he came down with an illness/injury in the past week.
He hasn't eaten in about 6 days and is pretty lethargic. My mom didn't tell me about it until 2 days ago and I assumed it was constipation or maybe SBD until yesterday I noticed he had a cut right above his mouth (which I actually thought was just his mouth hung open at first)
I have done a 50% water change for the past two days to try to keep the water clean, but he will not even look at food (tried pellets, a pea, frozen brine shrimp). How should I proceed? He's alone in the tank so I can medicate and do whatever needs to be done. I also read that I should add salt to the water, is that a good idea?
Here are some pictures of it:
www.imgur.com/EDmVliD
www.imgur.com/5V65xtS
www.imgur.com/a1FNMLy
Thank you for any help I appreciate it!
My mother has had a betta for about a year and a half now. He's in a 1 gallon heated (sort of...the heater is trash and only keeps the tank around 74) tank. It has a filter but it doesn't get run often because he gets blown around by the current and stuck to the intake. I planned on transferring him to a nicer 2.5 gallon tank soon, but he came down with an illness/injury in the past week.
He hasn't eaten in about 6 days and is pretty lethargic. My mom didn't tell me about it until 2 days ago and I assumed it was constipation or maybe SBD until yesterday I noticed he had a cut right above his mouth (which I actually thought was just his mouth hung open at first)
I have done a 50% water change for the past two days to try to keep the water clean, but he will not even look at food (tried pellets, a pea, frozen brine shrimp). How should I proceed? He's alone in the tank so I can medicate and do whatever needs to be done. I also read that I should add salt to the water, is that a good idea?
Here are some pictures of it:
www.imgur.com/EDmVliD
www.imgur.com/5V65xtS
www.imgur.com/a1FNMLy
Thank you for any help I appreciate it!