Sick Betta Not Eating

So if you can cut back on as much stress as possible the better.

Sick betta not eating. Just like when you or i get sick we may eat more infrequently less or not at all for a while too. And when it comes to the betta fish it clearly stops eating any food altogether. This is more so where they stop eating suddenly.

In addition to failing to eat the fish will also appear lethargic have open sores bloody or ripped fins fungus and parasites. If your betta fish is not eating and you suspect that they might be sick you need to get. Bettas don t like to eat when they are sick.

If your betta is sick it may develop spots on its body which are mostly white in color. Anna when betta fish get sick or stressed they can lose their coloring. While this is obviously not something you want to have happen a sick betta fish will often lose its appetite.

A betta s stomach is about the size of his eye so if you re giving him too much food then he s not going to be able to eat it all. Not eating or not getting the right nutrients can leave a deep impact on their health or even put their life at risk. But in fact you re just simply feeding him too much.

We thought it was swimmers belly or. One of the first and most common sign is a betta fish not eating regularly. Fish rarely get sick unless under stress levels.

Where the factors discussed above do not qualify as reason why your betta fish is not eating they could be sick. A sick betta fish usually changes its behavior towards diet on a huge level. I won t go too much into what kind of illnesses your betta can have as i already covered that in a previous article but sicknesses always come with other symptoms.