Re: Sick Betta

My fish was lethargic and changing colors -- simple solution --
I cleaned his bowl, putting in bottled water, and put him in
direct light. He changed back within 48 hours -- and swims
like crazy, and is very active. Before he sort of "floated"
near the top of the bowl -- parents and children often would
tell me he was Dead!

On 11/08/08, country hicks wrote:
> Hi, not sure what is wrong with your fish but I hope he is
> still swimming around.
>
> I too have a beta fish (two of them actually) and one of
> them is changing colours just like yours did. Sushi is his
> name. He too is an electric blue colour but is now turning
> what appears to be black? The other morning I could have
> sworn he was dead, as he was at the bottom of the aquarium
> and would not move at all, not even for food. Luckily I did
> not remove him from the tank for awhile, as I came back
> about an hour later and he was happily swimming around. Now
> today, he is very active, flaring alot, actually ramming
> himself against the aquariam towards the other beta's
> (Bubbles) aquarium.
>
> Can anyone help? I don't know if he is sick or not. I've
> had him for about five months now and he was about a year
> old when I bought him. It's amazing how attached I've grown
> to these little guys!
>
> Thanks, country hicks.