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My female betta isnt eating Help2007-11-24 23:39:07

I got her last Sunday and it has been 5 days and she won't eat. I changed the water last night again too. She is in a seperated tank with another betta I have (male) and he is eating like a pig. I'm worried about her now.

She does swim around and she has no visible signs of sickness (ick, velvet).

I'm feeding her what the store fed her (Betta Bio-Gold), which is also what my male betta loves.

Answers:

I have had my beta for more than 8-9 months and she's always eaten tetramin tropical granules - the rich mix. And when we kill a mosquito we smoosh him in there and he loves them, i bet it's like real meat to them.

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is she pregnant were they always seperated, go bak to the store and ask them wut the problem could be.

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i believe the males are way more aggressive than the females. she might still be shocked from the moving in party to your house and he is taking advantage of this by eating all of he food. try taking her out and putting her in a differant bowl. keep the two bowls right next to each other and see if she starts eating in her own bowl. when she gets use to her new home and is eating add her back to the other bowl.

good luck and enjoy your fishies

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she might not b that hungry right now if u just took her even though she is a fish.she is probley eating the food when its on the bottom so thats y she acts normal well i used 2 hat bettas but they died afew years ago.bettas live like 5 years.the same thing happend 2 me with my bettas 1 of them did not eat at first and it ended up living longer then my other1.

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Unhealthy fish will not eat! Shes ether sad or just sick. Do you have her in a small tank with no plants? I have owned SOOO many bettas and have came across this many times. if she dont eat soon, im sorry to say she will die! Stop changing the water, the temp is always diffrent and that could be messing with her too! Good luck

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Bettas are very sensitive and she could be in shock. Put the female in a seperate tank. Make sure you use all the appropriate water additives. Use only aged water - the longer the better. I generally let tap water age 48 hours. To that I add Prime, Coppersafe, aquarium salt and something to bring the pH to desirable levels.