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Hi everyone!
I'm afraid my betta is dying. He has fin rot and I can't stop it with medicines. I'm not able to do a proper cycling of the tank. Now he is in a little tank (less than 1 litre) until he recovers. Now he has all his body covered with a red/brown coloration, like burnt (and his original color was blue/turquoise) and has an ulcer on his head. He has lost almost the whole of its fin and is weak, he doesn't moves but suddenly very fast. The only good thing is that he's still hungry. Today looks a little better. He was the most of the time trying to lay on the floor of the tank but sometimes he couldn't because the back of his body started to float.
Housing
What size is your tank? 25 litres
What temperature is your tank? 28 degrees Celsius
Does your tank have a filter? No, I can't use it because he is too weak to resist any current.
Does your tank have an air stone or other type of aeration? No
Is your tank heated? Only in the Winter. Summer is too hot here (31 degrees Celsius).
What tank mates does your betta fish live with? He's alone.
Food
What type of food do you feed your betta fish? Betta flakes Tetra, Tetramin, Novofex (Tubifex) JBL
How often do you feed your betta fish? Once or twice a day
Maintenance
How often do you perform a water change? Once a week
What percentage of the water do you change when you perform a water change? 50% and still is dirty.
What type of additives do you add to the water when you perform a water change? Aquasafe Tetra, sometimes cattappa leaves or catappa X easy-life.
Water Parameters:
Have you tested your water? Yes, with stripes. And all parameters are normal but I'm starting to think that the JBL stripes test doesn't works.
If so, what are the following parameters?
Ammonia:
Nitrite:
Nitrate:
pH:
Hardness:
Alkalinity:
Symptoms and Treatment
How has your betta fish's appearance changed? Yes, he has lost almost the whole of his fins, has his skin with a brown/red color and has a kind of ulcer on his head
How has your betta fish's behavior changed? He's breathes with a little difficulty and he's the most of the time without movement and suddenly starts to swim very fast.
When did you start noticing the symptoms? Now it's worst but actually since I bought him a year ago.
Have you started treating your fish? If so, how? I tried different products. Dajana multicure, Tetra fungistop, Tetra generalcure, JBL Ektol fluid, Ektozoon N. Everyone different times, not all together. But nothing works.
Does your fish have any history of being ill? Yes, he had fin rot since I bought him and intestinal occlusion a couple of times.
How old is your fish (approximately)? A year.
I would appreciate any help. He's my first fish and I'm desperate. Sometimes I think that he would be better in a smaller tank. It seems like any type of bacterya harms him. It's very difficult to maintain the tank clean with only one water change per week.
Thanks.
I'm afraid my betta is dying. He has fin rot and I can't stop it with medicines. I'm not able to do a proper cycling of the tank. Now he is in a little tank (less than 1 litre) until he recovers. Now he has all his body covered with a red/brown coloration, like burnt (and his original color was blue/turquoise) and has an ulcer on his head. He has lost almost the whole of its fin and is weak, he doesn't moves but suddenly very fast. The only good thing is that he's still hungry. Today looks a little better. He was the most of the time trying to lay on the floor of the tank but sometimes he couldn't because the back of his body started to float.
Housing
What size is your tank? 25 litres
What temperature is your tank? 28 degrees Celsius
Does your tank have a filter? No, I can't use it because he is too weak to resist any current.
Does your tank have an air stone or other type of aeration? No
Is your tank heated? Only in the Winter. Summer is too hot here (31 degrees Celsius).
What tank mates does your betta fish live with? He's alone.
Food
What type of food do you feed your betta fish? Betta flakes Tetra, Tetramin, Novofex (Tubifex) JBL
How often do you feed your betta fish? Once or twice a day
Maintenance
How often do you perform a water change? Once a week
What percentage of the water do you change when you perform a water change? 50% and still is dirty.
What type of additives do you add to the water when you perform a water change? Aquasafe Tetra, sometimes cattappa leaves or catappa X easy-life.
Water Parameters:
Have you tested your water? Yes, with stripes. And all parameters are normal but I'm starting to think that the JBL stripes test doesn't works.
If so, what are the following parameters?
Ammonia:
Nitrite:
Nitrate:
pH:
Hardness:
Alkalinity:
Symptoms and Treatment
How has your betta fish's appearance changed? Yes, he has lost almost the whole of his fins, has his skin with a brown/red color and has a kind of ulcer on his head
How has your betta fish's behavior changed? He's breathes with a little difficulty and he's the most of the time without movement and suddenly starts to swim very fast.
When did you start noticing the symptoms? Now it's worst but actually since I bought him a year ago.
Have you started treating your fish? If so, how? I tried different products. Dajana multicure, Tetra fungistop, Tetra generalcure, JBL Ektol fluid, Ektozoon N. Everyone different times, not all together. But nothing works.
Does your fish have any history of being ill? Yes, he had fin rot since I bought him and intestinal occlusion a couple of times.
How old is your fish (approximately)? A year.
I would appreciate any help. He's my first fish and I'm desperate. Sometimes I think that he would be better in a smaller tank. It seems like any type of bacterya harms him. It's very difficult to maintain the tank clean with only one water change per week.
Thanks.
