Well, my poor Zeus has come down with something. I have put him in a hospital tank, but I fear he won't survive the night. He hasn't come up for food.
The purpose of this journal is to share with you the diseases and emergencies I have encountered with my fish.
I've dealt with many illnesses with my bettas: Velvet, ick, fungal infections, septicema, ammonia posioning, ammonia burns, emaciation, fin rot, severe fin rot, etc. I have not encountered dropsy, columnaris (unless Zeus has it), or tuberculosis.
I'll try and post pictures frequently along with diseases and what I recommend/use for treatment.
Thanks for reading! I appreciate any suggestions or questions
Here is an example of severe fin rot. I found this boy at Wal-Mart, but my dad would not allow me to save him *not in one of his good moods* Since then, he has been more open to me saving bettas. I was allowed to rescue a baby from Wal-Mart. S/he has now turned into a little monster, full of energy, but I am glad I saved her
Here is Bloo, my first betta. He was stunted and even though I fed him the right diet and did the required water changes, he always stayed my little boy. As you can see, his fins are re-growing from a case of fin rot (he also had ich to go with it). Sometimes the fins grow back reddish or purplish depending on the original colour.
To me he looks malnourished, could just be age but that's the biggest thing that jumps out to me. I see fins are shortened, could also be with age and lowered immune system. How old is he?
He is almost 2. He just started acting like that. I think it's depression, and he is malnourished because he won't eat.
I came home today and he was ALIVE! And so much better! He was still swimming weird, but he ate one pellet and was swimming around. I am still skeptical of whether or not he will make it, but I am still hopeful.
These were my rescue platies. The Mickey Mouse one in the front was called Peter, and he had a swimming problem. The orange one was Nemo, because he was missing a pectoral fin. The others were rescued from a tank of barbs and fin rot. All from PetCo.
This is Athena, s/he is the betta I mentioned earlier that I rescued from Wal-Mart. At first, I thought she was okay, but I got a closer look and saw problems. I am so glad s/he made it.
Zeus is definetly better. I am so glad. He should be ready for adoption in less than a month *still needs to gain weight and grow back his fins*
I wish there was a medication for fish depression. He really scares me when he does that, because I don't know if he is dying or if he is just really depressed.
Yeah, that's why I am going to wait about a month for him to grow his fins back and gain weight. He is breathing normally, eating, and yeah. Doing a lot better.
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