what is wrong with my fighting fish?

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ZETH

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my fighting fish or whatever is not moving its always in the top sides of its fishbowl. it has some white stuff on its fins. tell me please whats wrong with it and what to feed it. best answer 10 points
i think im sticking with fishbowls and my aqaurium has a guppies in it. the white stuff is cotonny
 
the problem is he's in a bowl. bowls are great for cereal, but not so much for fish.

betas are tropical, so living in a bowl is like having to live in a small room with no toilet. not fun, would you be happy and active? of course not, and you'd probably end up getting sick. I highly suggest upgrading to at least a 2.5gallon tank with a filter and heater.

as for the white stuff, is it cottony? or is it more like the tips of his fins are turning white?

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it's columnaris, it's a bacterial infection. I'd suggest maracyn and maracyn 2.

although, keeping him in a bowl is just going ot cause it to come back... so its up to you if it's worth treating or not. the bowl is a death sentence anyway.

as for the guppies, as long as the tank is at last 10gallons, he'd be fine with them after treatment. bettas are NOT cold blooded killers and many people keep them with guppies. however I was refering to getting him his OWN tank.
 
Mine was hanging around like that for a while. Soon after it died. :( I'm not sure about the white stuff. I'm sure there are many websites that could tell you about that. You probably should just continue to feed it what you usually do.
 
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