New guy!

[Whiskerz]

I got this little guy today, poor thing has clamped fins like crazy He was at the lfs for 2 weeks and no one took him, so I did He's still very small, not even 2 inches long.
I've named him Scruffy

floating in his tank (in the bag still)....

In his tank...

 

[Synirr]

Aww, poor little guy! He looks like he'll be pretty once he's well and gets his colour back

 

[Whiskerz]

I think so too! I hope he makes it, he keeps swimming on his side, so I'm not sure if it's because the LFS has only been feeding him bloodworms for the whole time he was there, or if he has swimbladder I've never had a betta with swimbladder before so I'm not sure what the symptoms are.

 

[Synirr]

I think so too! I hope he makes it, he keeps swimming on his side, so I'm not sure if it's because the LFS has only been feeding him bloodworms for the whole time he was there, or if he has swimbladder I've never had a betta with swimbladder before so I'm not sure what the symptoms are.

Sounds like he might have swimbladder disorder... were the bloodworms they fed him frozen or freezedried? Freezedried bloodworms are bad for causing swimbladder disorder. I'd try just fasting him a couple of days and see if things get better

 

[Whiskerz]

Thanks Synirr, I'll do that

The bloodworms were freezedried

 

[wuvmybetta]

awww,he's clampy but cute! He seems a little dazed and confused. Probably can't comprehend what's going on..."Is this Heaven?"
Can't wait to see him in a weeks time

 

[GSD]

hope he gets better

 

[Whiskerz]

Thanks guys! Today he doesn't seem to be swimming on his side, but he's just kinda hanging near the top

 

[50000_tears]

eek that looks dead!....if he gets nice looking show pics,but in the one pic he looks like what wuv said

 

[Whiskerz]

yeah, poor guy I couldn't just leave him at the lfs though.
I'm thinking of switching him over to a half gallon for now, since he's not swimming and just resting near the top. He's in a 2.5 gallon right now with bettafix and a little bit of aquarium salt.