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My betta doesn't appear to be eating?

I have a male crowntail betta.I've had him for about two months now. I've tried flakes, pellets, dried bloodworms. He doesn't seem to like any of it. He'll go for it then he'll just spit it out. I've tried crushing them to make them smaller, same thing. His water is around 78 degrees. He's in a large enough tank. It does have a light on it but it's hardly ever on. He used to swim around quite a bit, but now he just stays in the corner of the tank at the bottom and hides. He's pretty and I don't want him to go belly up. But, I'm running out of ideas?

Bettas can live up to 21 days w/o food, so seeing as he's lasted several months he's got to be eating something, even if it's when you're not around. He may be one that likes to eat from the bottom of the tank & digs around in the gravel for his food. There's also th very lsight, off-chance that's he's blind. If you see that his eyes are colorless or white that is a possibility.

He could just be being picky. Flakes, pellets & freeze dried food have lots of filler that bettas can't digest, can cause bloating problem in sensitive & old bettas, are the least nutritious & the least tastey. Live food is best, as it's similar to what she'd eat in the wild & they like to "hunt" it. Frozen food is also very good: PetSmart/Petco sells brine shrimp, bloodworms, glassworms, etc. for $4-5/bubble pack of food.

Playing w/his food can help him get interested enough to eat it. Drag his food along the surface w/a toothpick, waterlog it so it sinks, etc. Often this is enough to pique his attention & he'll try it though even this sometimes takes a few days.

You say his water is "around 78". Does he have a heater? If not, the water temp. is fluctuating due to things like his tank light, changing ambient room temp., heaters, air conditioners, sunlight, sunset, etc. These temp. changes-even small ones-can stress & sicken them. Depending on the tank size he needs: 1-gallon (7.5 or 10 watt heater @ PetSmart and PetCo), 2.5-3 gallons: 25 watt heater (@ most pet stores), 5 gallons: 50 watt heater (@ most pet stores).

How often do you do water changes & how much do you do? Water changes remove ammonia, which is toxic & forms in water from uneaten food, waste, his breathing. It's colorless & odorless so you can't tell if the water's ok by seeing if it "looks clean." For uncycled 100% water change tanks: 1 gallon: change 100% of the water (& rinse off plants, gravel, take the fish out, etc.) every other day; 2.5-3 gallons 2-3 times/week; 5 gallons 1-2 x's/week. Many people say not to change all the water but w/uncycled tanks you MUST; otherwise the ammonia levels, which are toxic, continually rise since you're leaving some in w/every water change. Because of the this, the % of ammonia in the water also rises each time. Any Ammonia can stress, sicken or kill fish, so none is the only ok amount. If it's a cycled tank, change 10-25% of the water (exact amount is determined by your tank's water test kit results) & vacuum 1/3 of the gravel 1x/week.

Check Craigslist, freecycle,com, Ebay, backpage.com or online fish forums for the above items; people usually sell tanks &/or equipment cheaply or give them away.

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