If It Turns Out You're Just Being Lazy, I'm Gonna Be Pissed.
Something's wrong with Charlie. For the past week-ish, he's had no appetite at all, and he barely moves. For a while, he mostly sat at the bottom of his tank, behind his plants. Then my boyfriend and I noticed that he was swimming a little funny, so we thought he might be having swim bladder issues. Now, when he does swim (which is rarely), he seems to be holding himself just fine, but he spends the vast majority of his time wedged between some of the leaves of one of his plants (he's always made little forts in the leaves that he'll sleep in, but he never just stayed in there the way he is now).
I've completely cleaned out his tank and given him fresh water, the water is the same temperature it's always been, his scales and gills and fins and eyes all look fine, nothing has changed. But nothing is helping, either. He barely responds when I wiggle my fingers at him or put my face close to his tank. I don't know if he's sick, or if his age is just catching up with him. I mean, I got him, what, two years ago?
(Sigh.) I dunno. I'm just worried about my little Charlie-fish. I love this little guy, and if he doesn't get better soon, I'm gonna be really sad.
[Cross-posted to bettas
I've completely cleaned out his tank and given him fresh water, the water is the same temperature it's always been, his scales and gills and fins and eyes all look fine, nothing has changed. But nothing is helping, either. He barely responds when I wiggle my fingers at him or put my face close to his tank. I don't know if he's sick, or if his age is just catching up with him. I mean, I got him, what, two years ago?
(Sigh.) I dunno. I'm just worried about my little Charlie-fish. I love this little guy, and if he doesn't get better soon, I'm gonna be really sad.
[Cross-posted to bettas