Lazy Betta?

[Minni3]

its not that we dont trust you. But that my parents think i need to "relax and Frodo will eat when he is hungry."

yeah, that's what my husbnd said too, but I do have the luxury of not actually having to listen to him LOL.. the fish can go several days without eating.. think Minni3 is right about e temp, I'm pretty well convinced that a temp drop between the LFS and my house was a big part of why my fish got sick when I brought him home and he did respond to the heater right away, in fact he sleeps right by it at night when my house temp is down

Good work on getting heater! I live in a very warm place and even I have a heater. I guess the heater keeps the water at a constant level when the temperature outside the tank is naturally fluctuating. Fluctuating temperatures can also stress out fish.

 

[eb2]

its not that we dont trust you. But that my parents think i need to "relax and Frodo will eat when he is hungry."

yeah, that's what my husbnd said too, but I do have the luxury of not actually having to listen to him LOL.. the fish can go several days without eating.. think Minni3 is right about e temp, I'm pretty well convinced that a temp drop between the LFS and my house was a big part of why my fish got sick when I brought him home and he did respond to the heater right away, in fact he sleeps right by it at night when my house temp is down

Good work on getting heater! I live in a very warm place and even I have a heater. I guess the heater keeps the water at a constant level when the temperature outside the tank is naturally fluctuating. Fluctuating temperatures can also stress out fish.

Yeh, I'm in Minnesota and room temp at night in my house is like 65* goldfish love it! Betta's not so much, mine is the kind that comes on when the water hits 78* and I've found that the tank keeps the water around 80* during the day with lights on and stuff

 

[rmanpf]

Thank you all but Frodo died.

 

[amandalynn]

Thank you all but Frodo died.

Oh no! How terrible. I'm really sorry.

 

[TribeOfShroom]

Thank you all but Frodo died.

I'm sorry to hear that he passed on. Do you know what caused it?

 

[rmanpf]

sorry, no i dont know what killed him.