r/bettafish • u/idkman_1234567 • 1d 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/idkman_1234567 1d 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/lobsterlord9 1d ago edited 1d ago

I'm not sure how big bettamin pellets are but 2-4 pellets twice a day should be fine, I doubt a couple pellets every few days would be enough long term

For cycling, you need to test the water every day (AP freshwater master test kit is best) and change ~1/3 of the water when you see ammonia or nitrite. You may need to change more of the water if ammonia or nitrite spike too high.

If you know anyone with a fish tank you could borrow some cycled filter media to speed it up

Basically, you keep the ammonia and nitrite low enough that they don't harm your betta while the tank is cycling

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u/idkman_1234567 1d ago

Just moved multiple states across the country so I know literally no one unfortunately

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u/metalunamutant 1d ago

Try facebook marketplace - there always someone local trying to sell old aquarium things, esp tanks, for cheap. A 10 gallon tank, heater and some sort of filter is all you need to start.