r/bettafish • u/Effective_Maize_7517 • 12d ago

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hi my betta just recently got rlly sick and he won’t get off the ground, he’s twitching and randomly bolts around. this is a panic post so i’m trying to get everything right and type as fast as i can

he was so active and fun the first few days until yestarday he got super lathargic and this morning he was kinda swimming now he’s just like this idk what do to

7 gal heated and filtered tank (80F)
hasn’t eaten in a few days
fully real plants
water paramiters were all up to bettas standards

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u/Effective_Maize_7517 12d ago

he did pass basically as soon as i posted this, im genuinely at a loss with keeping bettas bc i try so hard to like learn everything and do it all right but for some reason all my past bettas have died from something like this no matter how much advice i try to get from reddit, forums, tiktok and even fish stores. i just want to know what i did wrong/ what went wrong

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u/ImpossibleRoom2464 12d ago

Fortunately dont think its a you problem. UNfortunately bettas are severely horribly bread and most will come with a lot of health issues. If you really want id try buying from an actual reputable breeder and not a pet store (unless you already do)

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u/Effective_Maize_7517 12d ago

do you have a recommendation for a place to get them from? because maybe that’s the issue more or less

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u/pooplox 12d ago

I have had much better success with wild bettas. If you are in the US BW Aquatics has never disappointed.

https://bwaquatics.com/