This is stitch, he is a blue alien betta. I got him less than two months ago from coast gem. He has been doing great and has shown no signs of illness. I left this past Friday and Saturday for my buddies wedding out of town when I came back he was doing barrel rolls darting all around the tank. Worried as hell I turned off the heater and the filter pump in case it was a voltage leak or something. But he just kept on spiraling. I then set up a hospital tank with KanaPlex and a light bit of aquarium salt. I also put in some almond leaves to release tannins. At this point, I think he possibly hurt himself flaring at his reflection and maybe it’s neurological. What do you guys think? Is there anything that I should try/do? (Also there is a heater and a air stone with a small filter media bag over it as a make shift sponge filter and I’ve been doing a slow drip in and drip out water change for the last couple hours as to limit stress)

Also I only put my finger near the glass to try and see if he would spin for reference, I didn’t tap on it and I just wanted to provide some context of his situation. I saw him basically spiraling like that all around his tank.



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5 Comments

  1. Did anyone spray any pesticides near your place while you were away? That looks like a toxin issue imo.

    For now keep the water really clean, no kanaplex, no nothing just tanins, and keep the water low so he can get air if needed (like 5 inches deep max) and keep an eye on him.

  2. skas_not_dead on

    i’m so sorry man, he doesn’t look good. this may very well be the end. he looks incredibly distressed. was anyone in charge of feeding him? did you fast?

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