my girlfriend had a red male betta and it had fin rot and she treated the bowl he in earlier this morning and she looked at him a few minutes ago and called me in theri she was freakin out and over the last 8 hours of so white spots have apeared right behind his gills not on them and his gills are losing its color dont no whast rong with him and she really loves that fish can any one help
sick betta need help fast
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Wow, calm down, take a breath, use some periods so we can read what you type.
Perhaps its ich? Does it look like he's been salted? Pictures would help. If it is ich this
is a good site about it.
What are your ammonia/nitrate/nitrite readings (if you have them). Clean water will help your fish, if he's not already over the edge.
Perhaps its ich? Does it look like he's been salted? Pictures would help. If it is ich this
is a good site about it.
What are your ammonia/nitrate/nitrite readings (if you have them). Clean water will help your fish, if he's not already over the edge.
it doesent look like ich cause thats like little specs of salt but its just like white spots on or under the scales and to be honist i dont no if it is makin him sick or not it just bothers meand we have just cleaned the water
Also, you said he's in a bowl. if he's not already over the edge, me might be much better off in a larger container, 2 gallons at least. If you have a 2 gallon bucket that's never had ANY kind of soap in it, filling it with treated water and keeping the water at about 80 degrees will help too.
Bettas + Bowls = Dead Fish.
Bettas + Bowls = Dead Fish.
well she just got a 10 gallon tank today to put him in and as of right now we dont have anything around 2 gallons to put him in and i dident want to stick him in the tank because we just set it up like 3 hours ago
10 gallons by himself is perfect. Just put in clean water (make sure its decholrinated, close to the kind of water he was in, and the right temperature - no reason for him to go into shock) and as carefully as you can put him in (try not to stress him too much). If he's not already on death's door it will help him. Just make sure he can't jump out!
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I don't know what he's suffering from, but nor have you posted what your ammonia/nitrates/nitrites are. In the bowl I would think that the water is bad from ammonia output, but I don't know.
Cycling is the process by which bacteria which convert ammonia to nitrates, then nitrites are cultivated. One betta in a 10 gallon tank is not going to create enough ammonia to cause him any problems for a few days (probably more than a week under normal circumstances). You would know that if you could test your own water.
Like I said I have no clue what he's suffering from. But if you put him in a bowl to treat him for fin rot it seems very likely that there was too much ammonia from his waste. In 10 gallons there is far more clean water.
I don't know what he's suffering from, but nor have you posted what your ammonia/nitrates/nitrites are. In the bowl I would think that the water is bad from ammonia output, but I don't know.
Cycling is the process by which bacteria which convert ammonia to nitrates, then nitrites are cultivated. One betta in a 10 gallon tank is not going to create enough ammonia to cause him any problems for a few days (probably more than a week under normal circumstances). You would know that if you could test your own water.
Like I said I have no clue what he's suffering from. But if you put him in a bowl to treat him for fin rot it seems very likely that there was too much ammonia from his waste. In 10 gallons there is far more clean water.
well i guess we can try it and all of a sudden he just got real pale i hope we can save the guy for my girlfriends sake but if he dies hopefully he will go peacefully
You should test the water. When trying to figure out what's wrong, water quality is the first thing you should check out if you want to help the fish.
If you have an aquarium heater raise the temp to 80 degrees by a couple of degrees an hour or two.
If you have an aquarium heater raise the temp to 80 degrees by a couple of degrees an hour or two.