Betta Help!

[BettaFish]

Originally posted by Pam Lowrey
In the picture his fins look clamped down. I'd check your water for ammonia, nitrites & nitrates. Aside from that, bettas normally spend a great deal of time at the water surface blowing bubbles, etc.

Whatever you do, though, try to avoid using medications unless you are 100% sure of what is wrong & even then, be very conservative in dosage - better to treat with too little medicine than too much - I killed a betta by overmedicating it.

I don't think so. They look like normal resting betta fins to me. This betta is probably a veil-tail (most store bought bettas are) and is not flaring.

 

[ROLLIN]

This doesnt really have anything to do with your problem, but I thought you might like to know. The gravel you have looks quite deep, I dont know how big 5 gallon hex's are but I know theyre small enough that youre not going to get to vacuum much of the gravel before most of the water runs out. I would take alot of the gravel out, down to a quarter inch or so, to make cleaning easier. Or another choice would be to take the betta out and put it in a fish bowl or something every 2 weeks or so, and swirl the gravel around a few times and dump the gunk out, thats what I do with my 2 gallon hex. Also try feeding your betta some bloodworms, I bet he'll love them.