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Hi my betta boy Big Red is still giving me truble. He is doing better now but the vary end of his tails are still clamped]and now I can't get him to eat anything but freeze dried bloodworms. I offer him his old betta food and have tryed 2 other kinds but all he will eat is the freeze dried bloodworms. Can anyone tell me why and how can I get him back to eating normal betta food Is it ok for him to only eat freeze dried bloodwormsAlso I am still treating him with the Jungle Labs Fungus Clear Tabs but the vary ends of his tails still wont unclamp whyShould I treat him with somthing diffrentThanks in advace for all the help again

Babelfish indicated,

..stress can make them clamp their fins together. That is likely the case although it could be something more. Keep very good water quality especially since it's such a small ammount. I'd suggest daily water changes of about 50%. You can buy a small gravel vac either online or at your LFS like this one. Be sure the temp of the new water matches the temp of the tank and dont forget to add dechlor.

You have used Fungus Clear Tabs for some reason. Have you done water changes? What are your water parameters? Have they recently changed?

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i dont think that fungus clear will unclamp his fins, also feeding them freezed dried foods every day is bad for his digestive tract. can make him very consitpated. and u can imagine the rest.

if he is on the chubby side, from the blood worms give him a few days and see if he will start eatting the pellets again.

Could he have possibly gotten a bit chilled? Getting too cold can do it, but so can bad water conditions. Do a test of your water and check the temperature of the water too.
I hope he gets better.

Hi hes in a 1gal fish bowl so I change the water once a week so I've never thought about testing his water with that frequent of a 100% water change. I add dechlorinator to his bowl every water change. I just got some aquarium salt and added it to his bowl along with the Jungle Labs Fungus Clear and the rest of his fins have unclamed and he looks better. I've decided not to feed him till sunday or monday that way hopfully he will be hungry anuff to eat his normal food. What do I do if he keeps refusing to eat his normal food?? I don't want to starve him to death

Most fish have no problem with a prolonged fast of 10 to 14 days. Higher energy fish such as danios may need to be fed at 7 days but a betta can easily survive 10 days without food.

Good water conditions, temps of 80 to 82F and he should be eating well...

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"To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research."
researched from Steven Wright

the water could be bad, if the fins are pinched and dont look right, also when u do a 100 water change wipe the sides with a tissue paper or something, that will help.

He wont starve to death. Survival instinct will kick in after a few days of no food and he will eat. Put the blood worms in a deep corner of the cupboard and dont bring them out unless its an absolute emergency.
Ofcourse if he is sick then he may not have an appetite. To me though it sounds like you have a stubborn fish who just wants to eat candy and no veges.

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I clean his bowl out real well like you mentioned with a spung I have set aside to be used only on his bowl I don't use sope just really hot water. He is doing better and has started eating his normal food finallythanks for all the help!