He can go for a few days without eating anything but if this is swimbladder disorder he may not be better for a while longer. It is not going to be taken care of in a few minutes. He may even need to have some medication like Maracyn to help clear up the infection probable in his system. I do not know that he is going to survive and there is the very real possibility that he will not but the not eating the pea bits is not unusual. He is either so uncomfortable or just not able to do so.

How is his coloring? Has he paled out at all? Usually if the problem is constipation it causes them to lose color in part of their body but with swimbladder disorder they may have stress stripes but I have never noted the loss of color.

If he is not eating he will probably not be pooing so that is not unusual but that does not mean that he is not having swimbladder problems. It also does not mean that he is not dying of a secondary problem of another type like age. Do you know how old he is? Sometimes the fish that are sold in petstores are already of advanced age like perhaps over a year and they could have only a lifespan of a year or so in your home. He looks like a mature betta but it is difficult to tell with the way he is laying there.

I am not saying that he is going to die but I want you to be aware that this is a possibility and please do not try to feed him anything for the next day or so to see if just being in a warmer water will help him. If he perks up then you can try to feed him one piece of his food but just one. If the warmer water does not help him then I do not think anything is going to unless you want to try the medication.

Rose