What is wrong with my betta it was bright red but its body has turned almost white its fins are still red though abit dull also it has become listless.?

Answer 1

I think this happened to my blue betta fish once. I searched on the internet and tried looking for some info that would help my fish get better. Many people said that if a betta fish lose its color, it will die soon. I got very sad but tried looking for more and more infos. I found a question that was answered on wikianswers and a person said," This happened to me, but i changed the water and it was back to normal" I tried it, and it got its color back! i want to tell you some things that i found on the internet. It said that if you put tap water, you have to have this cemical that takes away chorine from the water. If you don't, your betta fish will become sick. It said that it is better to use bottled water if you don't have too much fish. But if you want to change the water from tap to bottled, it said that you have to do it slowly or the fish will get shocked. In one week, you should have 25% of the new water [bottled or some other kind of water that you want to replace it with] and 75% of the old water. [tap or some other kind or water that you had before.] the next week, make it into 50% new water and 50% old water. the week after that, its 75% new water and 25% old water. The last week, you should have 100% of the new water. do you get what I'm saying? sorry if you don't. It said that it would be great if you put some ROCK salt into the water. I did all what was told, and my fish is now perfectly fine. By the way, I'm not a professional and you should look in the internet before you do what i told you do. I don't want anything to go wrong^^ I got all this info on this site and it should help more: http://www.bettatalk.com/basic_care.htm If you didn't get what i was saying, try going to that site. i hoped this helped and wish that ur betta fish will be alright. Don't be too worried, because this happened to me and all you have to do is treat it right. listen to the direction that the site tells you and you should be fine. ^^ ~!!!!!~! HOPE ALL GOES WELL!!