Betta at the vet

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dudley

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I watched that show episode on TV and was fascinated to see her treating a Betta. She used a tiny needle to inject antibiotics to treat 'pine-coneing' of the scales but didn't mention the antibiotic name or other product in the treatment.
 

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I watched that show episode on TV and was fascinated to see her treating a Betta. She used a tiny needle to inject antibiotics to treat 'pine-coneing' of the scales but didn't mention the antibiotic name or other product in the treatment.

I looked it up on Google and found the website: https://www.fishlore.com/aquariumfishforum/threads/does-pineconing-always-mean-swim-bladder.23977/ This is what it said: pine coning hardly ever means swim bladder disorder. It usually is a symptom of dropsy. (kidney failure) This is a very serious and unfortunately usually fatal disorder. The only treatment that I know of that works is a drug called Tetracycline HCL or MaracynII will work
 

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On a slightly related issue, a new lfs has a betta with a fatty tumor. He has a vet willing to perform surgery to remove it but she wasn't available for our club meet. I wanted to see that.

I have never seen a pineconed fish recover for more than a couple months. Yes, kidney failure. I treated a panda garra with Epsom salts but it died after 2 or 3 months after the pine coning was resolved.

Kidney failure is 1 of those things that often happens near death along with bent spines etc.
 
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