HELP PLEASE!!!!
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OOPS yes I made a big mistake then, and stressed him i think. The other day his tank looked dirty, I believe I over fed him, so i changed alot of his water out cuz it was really yucky. i forgot to put his mirror back in. it also could be my daughter has never had a heater on him and where we live now, there are tempteture differences, so i'll be popping out this morning to get him one. after alot of reading and whatnot I have realized that they are NOT at all like goldfish in their keeping. Thank you for the help. I'm a bit relieved. Shame on me!!
his regular maintinence is she changes his water about every month, adds to when it a bit low. I will hazard a guess the major factor would be temp change, or water. she (my daughter) just moved back home from the city, where they have chlorine in water system, back to country where we have well water. I'm not sure if she if/what she added in city, but i know when she lived at home she never had to add anything to his water. We have been having some rather drastic temp changes in house due to winter coming and having wood stove. So i think as i mentioned earlier is to get him a heater, and see it helps. I hope so to be honest rasputia is closer to five than 4, she's had him for four years and he was pretty well formed when she brought him home. from what I've read they are not fully plumed until about a year, and he was like i said well plumed.
Sounds like columnaris to me as well...it's a bacterial infection that's often mistaken for a fungus. Worth a google to compare pics and symptoms to your betta, it can be very aggressive and I lost a betta to it some months ago after not properly quarantining new tank mates. Good luck!
I hope it's not columnaris, but here is a link that has images of a beta with it. How is he today? I hope he's still doing OK.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.flippersandfins.net/Images/Flex2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.flippersandfins.net/flexibacter.htm&usg=__wmWQY-bDokEWhc7HMPVqy6DbNZU=&h=315&w=481&sz=44&hl=en&start=6&um=1&tbnid=Q1M9Fm6cmDaJ7M:&tbnh=84&tbnw=129&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcolumnaris%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1T4GGLF_enUS280US283%26sa%3DN
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.flippersandfins.net/Images/Flex2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.flippersandfins.net/flexibacter.htm&usg=__wmWQY-bDokEWhc7HMPVqy6DbNZU=&h=315&w=481&sz=44&hl=en&start=6&um=1&tbnid=Q1M9Fm6cmDaJ7M:&tbnh=84&tbnw=129&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcolumnaris%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1T4GGLF_enUS280US283%26sa%3DN
when u say kept like goldfish u mean in a bowl right? that is also not appropriate as they grow quite large and get stunted in most bowls and die from it. does his bowl have a filter of any sort? a heater is also necasarry as he is a tropical fish. this sounds like columnaris to me though
I hope he continues to get better, a heater would be good. It's great that he's lived so long, and has you to keep him healthy and happy. :thm:
As to Rasputia's tank he had one of those tall cube looking aquariums, with a airstone and rocks and plants. Sadly no Rasputia after a long life passed away last night. Thank you all for trying to help me with him.
Well, it sounds like Rasputia had a very long and happy life with you and your daughter! I am sorry to hear of his passing, but 4 years is quite old for a little fish!
Hope that you continue to enjoy keeping fish - you obviously have a knack for it.
Hope that you continue to enjoy keeping fish - you obviously have a knack for it.
