DennisP Posted July 29, 2013 Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 We've had the guy for a while. He started off okay but now he's been getting lazier and lazier. I'm no betta expert so I don't know whether this is normal. He's in a reasonably heavily planted 12l tank with 1 sparkling gourami. He just sits on the moss or hangs in the plants without moving. He had some trouble to begin with, with buying his own tail but he's stopped now. Is his lethargic behavior something to be concerned about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted July 29, 2013 Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 is he interested in food? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted July 29, 2013 Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 Not really, it happens with age. They start off all fiery and fresh but plateau after a few months, usually ending with a month of hiding and not eating. How old was he when you got him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trilobite Posted July 29, 2013 Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 They are very lazy fish, especially the long finned ones. You can even buy betta hammocks for them to lie on lol. Try showing him a mirror and see if that perks him up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisP Posted July 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 Thats good to know. He's still interested in his food and will flair up at a mirror or a finger or faces or anything really. As long as there isn't anything wrong with him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 Definitely what they do. Does the sparkling gourami leave him alone? Is the tank big enough to hold a few small non nippy fish? I think they get bored and people reckon they get depressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisP Posted August 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 Yes and no. The tank is 12 liters. We had some harlequin rasbora in the with no trouble but they didn't survive a trip to chch. We're not having much luck with other fish in the tank either. They just don't seem to survive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted August 1, 2013 Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 Is the change in water doing it? I got fish from CHCH a while ago, and slowly one by one they kicked the bucket, and I put it down to the change of water from city too city Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted August 2, 2013 Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 could be part of it - chch water is very pure (underground aqueducts) and very cold. Not normally the ick chemically treated stuff other areas contend with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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