Recent content by leeadam

hi im speaking to netty on that forum about a new betta..they seem helpful. the levels in my tank were all spot on, im very careful at checking regularly i guess he did live to 2 and a half so he did well. RIP james (my daughter called him king james)

ive just been reading this.. http://www.nippyfish.net/dropsy.html

aw dam well thanks for all your help but in the end He died today, i found him lifeless upside down this evening when i got in from work, my daughters going to be very upset she had had him over 2 and a half years :sad: I will be wanting to get another male betta for her, im always wary of...

i dont know what that means?? i just this min put in some flakes for other fish and he was not interested in that either?? im worried hes on way out unless i can do anything?

well i starved him 3 and half days my other fish also getting hungry and he is being stubburn as hell im trying over and over to place food right by his mouth as he normally hand feeds..im dicing the fish up some bits really small to see if he will take and he just refuses and floast there not...

ok ill give it a go..one question wont the diced up peas sink straight to the bottom of the tank...and he wont get anything? or do u think he will be so hungry after his fasting that he will go down and get them??

ok so u recon no feeding for couple of days then try the peas.. and see if it makes a difference...hes quite an old chap now i hope he keeps going longer

i have just read a topic about constipation?? could this be it, he has hikara food for bettas and blood worms once a week. someone mentioned shelled peas....do u mean straight from pop rathher than defrosted frozen peas?? or am i barking up wrong tree?? this is how he looked a year ago

Hi all, can you help I have a Male Betta in my daughters heated and filtered 10 gallon tank, pic attached of him looking not well, he is 2 and a half years old now, and in the last 3 weeks seems to have become more and more bloated almost like hes been blown up with air, he still eats and swims...