New Halfmoon Not Eating

[Starfishpower]

iv had my new halfmoon for several days now and i cant seem to get him to eat. iv tryd pellets (Wardley essentials, betta food) and blood worms (Tetrafauna, ReptoTreat, delica bloodworms). any ideas? i really dont want him to die. he's really pretty. that and halfmoons are incredibly rare. i have a few female guppies, i thought about buying a male so they will mate and i can feed the fry to my bettas. the idea behind that is that live food is better.

 

[blaxicanlatino]

sorry to hear that, but there could be a number of reason for not eating. It could be to cold. Maybe be sick. water quality could be off. Or he could be depressed; and Latina bettas turn em down? (sorry, trying to enlighten the moment) Are there any symptoms?

 

[Phoenixbaby]

try soaking his food in garlic juice

 

[Starfishpower]

too cold.... didn't think of that. that just might be it. iv got a heater laying around ill plug it up tonight and see how things go tomorrow. no there are no symptoms he looked very healthy when i brought him home. he still looks decent except now he was some of that white discoloration that they get sometimes, its on his front fins, the ones that hang down... i dont know what they are called. its not ich, im quite sure of that. his water should be just fine. its a brand new tank, cleaned, and the water is new and conditioned... he is the only inhabitant so i dont think that he alone could have created that much of a bioload in a few days, particularly since he's not eating. the only other thing i can think of is that the water out of the tap has a very high pH. ill try and lower that today if its still too high, noramlly it levels out on its own somehow. i put him in a bare 5.5 gallon tank to start off with for QT purposes. maybe i should add some decor to liven things up in case he's depressed. that is kinda funny that fish can be moody, i never really knew they were so personable until i started this hobby. ill make some adjustments and let y'all know if things have improved by tomorrow night

 

[Phoenixbaby]

its probs coz hes too cold

good luck x

 

[Starfishpower]

good news! he's eating. some bloodworms that i stuck in there, he didnt take them right away but after coming back some time later i was looking for them so i could take them out so as not to pollute his water and they weren't there. its a bare tank so i cant miss them unless im blind as a bat. im still going to work on getting decor and what not for him. might be a few weeks till then though cause im thinking i wana build a bookshelf type stand to put all my betta tanks on, to conserve space, and im gona have to get that designed and built before i start customizing the aquariums.

 

[eb2]

try soaking his food in garlic juice

thank you