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Why is my betta fish so listless that he barely moves half of the time?

Asked by jca (36062points) August 7th, 2011

I have posted several questions on here about betta fish since getting a few about 7 months ago. I have two fish in two different tanks. One is a 5 gallon tank with filter, it had a heater in winter, fish is active and fine.

Other is a 1 gallon tank with a filter, heater in winter, fish is more sedate. I just had a problem with fin rot and the white cottony stuff on his fins. I got what the pet store recommended, called Pimafix. Used it for seven days, the white cottony stuff disappeared off his body. I changed the majority of the water after using the Pimafix. Fish is sometimes so still it looks like he’s dead. He was always listless but now more so than ever.

What’s wrong with him?

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