new2betas
Aquarium Advice Addict
Hi,
I am new to this forum. I have only had my beta about 2 months or so and am very new to owning betas at all. My daughter has one in her room and he is fine. I started noticing a couple of days ago that he had some white stuff (which I thought was poop) coming out of him. Well, it has gotten larger (about 1/2"-1" long) and it appears to have pieces of undigested food pellets in it. From reading on here and other places on the web it sounded like internal parasites so I went to PetSmart today and got some Jungle brand antiparasite medicated fish food. He seemed to want to eat this morning, so that is why I chose the food. Well, he won't eat it, even when I crush it in to smaller pieces for him. He isn't as active as he has been in the past and just kind of "hangs around". I did introduce a black snail to the tank a couple of weeks ago....could this have brought in the parasites? It is a two gallon tank with one male beta, a couple of artificial plants, and a "cave" for him to hide in and white/neutral gravel on the bottom. No filter and no heater. Any advice would be appreciated.
I am new to this forum. I have only had my beta about 2 months or so and am very new to owning betas at all. My daughter has one in her room and he is fine. I started noticing a couple of days ago that he had some white stuff (which I thought was poop) coming out of him. Well, it has gotten larger (about 1/2"-1" long) and it appears to have pieces of undigested food pellets in it. From reading on here and other places on the web it sounded like internal parasites so I went to PetSmart today and got some Jungle brand antiparasite medicated fish food. He seemed to want to eat this morning, so that is why I chose the food. Well, he won't eat it, even when I crush it in to smaller pieces for him. He isn't as active as he has been in the past and just kind of "hangs around". I did introduce a black snail to the tank a couple of weeks ago....could this have brought in the parasites? It is a two gallon tank with one male beta, a couple of artificial plants, and a "cave" for him to hide in and white/neutral gravel on the bottom. No filter and no heater. Any advice would be appreciated.