Well, now my betta, in his own two gallon tank with a heater, is suddenly appearing to be paralyzed in his back end.
Here's what I noticed. He's been laying in his plant alot and also on the gravel. Didn't think anything of it until this evening when I gave him his evening meal and he could barely get the momentum to jump and grab the food off the surface of the water. His back end is completely lame.
He gets weekly complete water changes. I've had him for about 8 months. His color is still beautiful and vibrant and otherwise doesn't show any signs of a disease. I have had one other betta in the past who ate his pellets and died of old age. This one NEVER liked pellets. He would taste them and spit them out and they would accumulate. Preferred blood worms instead. Is a steady diet of blood worms perhaps not a good enough diet for him? What could this be? An accident?
Please help me. I love this fish and it's heartbreaking to see his attempts to eat. He wants to and can't.
Here's what I noticed. He's been laying in his plant alot and also on the gravel. Didn't think anything of it until this evening when I gave him his evening meal and he could barely get the momentum to jump and grab the food off the surface of the water. His back end is completely lame.
He gets weekly complete water changes. I've had him for about 8 months. His color is still beautiful and vibrant and otherwise doesn't show any signs of a disease. I have had one other betta in the past who ate his pellets and died of old age. This one NEVER liked pellets. He would taste them and spit them out and they would accumulate. Preferred blood worms instead. Is a steady diet of blood worms perhaps not a good enough diet for him? What could this be? An accident?
Please help me. I love this fish and it's heartbreaking to see his attempts to eat. He wants to and can't.