Awhile ago i got some fish given to me, they were 1 male betta(6mths old), 2 female betta`s (2 yrs old), some neon tetras, some black tetras and an otto. They had all been living in avery small tank. I got them home and seperated them straight away, the male in his own tank and all the tetras went to a neighbour and the two females in a tank on there own. Now straight away i noticed that the females sort of cuddled up together at night and stayed close to the ground most of the time, I put this down to having been had ago at proberly most of her life, but afew weeks later one of them is swimming around and now i have added three more females, everyone seems to get on well, but still this one stays on the ground, sometimes almost sitting on her tail, is this ok??

If she's just resting on the bottom, some of my fish do this and are fine. But if she's sitting almost vertical in the water it could be a swim bladder problem. A photo of the exact posture might help - doesn't have to be clear, just show us how she sits.

I am really crap at trying to work out how to post photos! But if i can email them or text them to someone to post for me that would be great???? She has been getting loads of live food and has had pea`s, as well as addisons. I do wonder if she is struggeling because she doesn`t have much tail?

to post pics:

upload your pics onto an image hosting site such as photobucket or imageshack, then post the [IMG] code

Well here goes:



She ia sat on the leaves here, this morning i found her and the other old female laying on top of the filter???

This post has been edited by pixiesandfairies: Jul 23 2008, 06:31 PM

they are just old and not so energetic now.

Thanks thats my mind put at rest.