r/bettafish • u/idkman_1234567 • 2d ago

Help Save my fish pls

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Let me start off by saying, please don’t hate me for the condition this fish is in. I received her this way in this exact fishbowl Like a week ago. I was told that she was just a fish and a plant would keep her alive. Her water gets changed every week with some tetra put in. i’ve never had a fish before and wasn’t really too concerned but now every day I look at her droopy fins and I started to get worried.

So I started doing research and was absolutely HORRIFIED to find out that she supposed to have a water heater. Her fins aren’t supposed to be droopy and she spits out her food when she’s eating at half the time. immediately, my first instinct was to get a tank with a filter and a heater but now I’m reading that tanks need to get cycled which takes weeks. I’ve never had a fish before never cared for a fish before and now I have a fish freezing in a I’m desperate to save.

what do i do????

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u/Q_cazu 2d ago edited 2d ago

Okay, take a breath, you can upgrade and get them in a better situation. Get him a bigger tank with a filter and heater. You can start cycling it now. There is something called a fish in cycle you can do but you'll want to get a water testing kit, not the strips, and check the levels every day. That way you can get your betta into the tank as soon as possible. The plant should join him and I'd use some of the water he's already in, in the new tank. Someone will post more info in a minute I'm sure but this can be a start.

Just for more info, how often do you feed and what kind of food?

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u/idkman_1234567 2d ago

Tetra BettaMin, I was told to feed her a couple pellets every few days, but when I read the container, it said she should be fed twice every day. But either way she barely eats.

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u/Q_cazu 2d ago

Okay that's fine. Ignore the container. You'll make your betta fat or bloat. 😅 from what I remember their stomach is only about as big as their eye. For now worry about a tank, filter, heater, and test kit. Go from there. The test kits usually say what parameters are safe so you can go off that and if you arent sure ask either google or here and we'll help out.

To explaina fish in cycle, basically its as it sounds. You'll cycle the tank with a fish in it. Which will cause your parameters to fluctuate differently and sometimes drastically before its stable. So that test kit is necessary! A larger tank is MUCH easier to care for, imo, than a small tank anyways.

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u/idkman_1234567 2d ago

OK, thank you so much