Does anyone have any idea what went on here?
I bought a betta from a breeder, and he came with a free female who is alive and well, but the male died last week. When we got him, he was very slow and often just drifted in the water with no apparent motion. My betta is ALWAYS moving at least some part of his body, even if it's just his ventrals, so I found this very odd. The female, which is his sister, is also quite active and is still alive and happy with no apparent problems.
We had him for about two weeks before he died. Before he died we often found him looking dead, but a tap on the glass would wake him up. One time he drifted for so long that he ended up upside-down on the surface! But he was still alive, and startled back to life when we flicked the water.
The breeder says that the fish's siblings are all very active, and that this fish too was active prior to shipping, but when we got him he barely moved. Then died two weeks later.
What does this sound like?
I thought he was cold, so we bought a heater to raise his water temp to 80 degrees. A few days after we bought that heater is when he died. His diet was betta pellets and an occasional piece of green pea.
I asked the breeder and he concluded that it was the peas because he's never heard of this behaviour... what?!? I've always fed my betta peas and he loves it. And besides, the fish was slow even before he ever touched a pea.
I bought a betta from a breeder, and he came with a free female who is alive and well, but the male died last week. When we got him, he was very slow and often just drifted in the water with no apparent motion. My betta is ALWAYS moving at least some part of his body, even if it's just his ventrals, so I found this very odd. The female, which is his sister, is also quite active and is still alive and happy with no apparent problems.
We had him for about two weeks before he died. Before he died we often found him looking dead, but a tap on the glass would wake him up. One time he drifted for so long that he ended up upside-down on the surface! But he was still alive, and startled back to life when we flicked the water.
The breeder says that the fish's siblings are all very active, and that this fish too was active prior to shipping, but when we got him he barely moved. Then died two weeks later.
What does this sound like?
I thought he was cold, so we bought a heater to raise his water temp to 80 degrees. A few days after we bought that heater is when he died. His diet was betta pellets and an occasional piece of green pea.
I asked the breeder and he concluded that it was the peas because he's never heard of this behaviour... what?!? I've always fed my betta peas and he loves it. And besides, the fish was slow even before he ever touched a pea.
sounded like swim bladder but I am not an expert! Hope the other one is still ok! 
. I really don't know. Well, I guess you would float.. It's kind of hard to swim lopsided 
