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Whats wrong with my betta fish2007-11-24 23:42:45

If you adjust his enviroment accordingly and he still doesn't perk up, buy a carton of aquarium salt (a good additive to have anyway) to supplement his water when you change it. Aside from keep nasty fungus away, aquarium salt (DO NOT USE TABLE SALT) helps reduce stress for your fish. The dosage is 1/2 a teaspoon per gallon, but check the carton to make sure.

EDIT: I just realized that you said he 'tiny bubbles' on his black coat. That sounds kind of like ich. Check out http://bettatalk.com/betta_diseases.htm. to see if any of these symptoms sound familiar to you and treat accordingly.

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you cant make him get younger. All those are a sign of age in a fish

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How old is this fish, Sounds like he could be old, but the things on is black coat? is it salty looking or fuzzy looking? if so it is eather ICK ( wich looks like salt) or Fuzzy it could be any number of disease.

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get new food ,and use bodeld water.

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here is a good website:http://www.flippersandfins.net/faq.htm.

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If he is ill, a TINY amount of marine salt in his water (a small pinch to a gallon of water) is good to clear Ich and other problems. Have used it many years in small amounts to rid my fish of many issues. If he has fungus (white tufts) also add something with Furan or Furazone in it, that worked for me. Remember to change water to keep fresh, and stop treatment when the fish is better. .Bettas are labyrinth breathers (they don't need all the expensive pumps/filters for water oxygenation, they can live in still water as long as it isn't too dirty). The older a betta is, the more hunched his back tends to be.l worked for a tropical fish distributor years ago and these are the methods we used to keep our huge amounts of fish healthy..but in a larger scale.

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What I do is I always have a gallon milk jug of already conditioned water ready, the exposure to tap water can be dangerous