Planaria Or Detritus Worms?

[cowgirluntamed]

So far no change. He's still sinking. I may need to try to find a breeding net thing to keep him in as he seemed a bit weaker. That way it won't be hard for him to get to the surface. I will do another bath in the morning, maybe a bit longer this time. I won't feed him again tomorrow either. I don't know if he'd even be interested in food anyway at this point. Should I try a pee the day after? Or just leave him be for now?

 

[NickAu]

When I treated a Betta for pine coning with ES it only took 2 treatments,  and they were 8 hours apart, I would suggest you PM Byron, or betta fish and ask them to look at this thread for more advice,

 

[cowgirluntamed]

Thanks Nick. I wasn't sure if I should have done a second one or not. I can go ahead and do another one now though. Then maybe another one in the morning again if he's still like he is.

 

[cowgirluntamed]

Just finished his bath. 13-14 mins long. (He doesn't like to be cupped). He's almost done in reviving bath now and will go back in his tank after. I will shoot for another bath in 8 hours if still no improvement.

 

[NickAu]

As I said above at this point I would seek further advice from a more knowledgeable person before proceeding.

 

[cowgirluntamed]

Ok. Thanks Nick.

 

[betta fish]

Hi, just got your PM, sorry to hear about Aiden 

sadly I haven't had much luck with treating them once they get to the pineconing stage, I remember using Tetracycline once on a female that had it that did improve but it then came back at a later stage and the meds no longer helped. I haven't had much luck with epsom salt baths either though it is said to make them feel more comfortable so by all means continue, sorry I can't be much more help, fingers cross he improves for you.

 

[cowgirluntamed]

Thanks betta fish. The pineconing just all of a sudden happened the other day without warning. Then he started to swell. I have tetracycline but would have to be careful as the packet is made for ten gallon and he's only in a five gallon. Do you think it's worth a try though? I am going to get a breeder net to help him reach the surface easier though. I'll do another bath for him soon then too.

I think that maybe he got parasites. I had the dumb Hydra, thought he was losing a bit of tail fin from being stressed out by them. Moved him to a different tank to treat the Hydra. Then moved him back and then noticed the planaria. I'm wondering if some of the plants had other nasties on them that I didn't notice. That's the only thing I could come up with that could have caused this.

 

[cowgirluntamed]

Well...I did my best but my poor guy didn't make it. I'm just glad he's not suffering anymore. Swim in peace my aidan, my little fire.

 

[Ch4rlie]

Aw

 
Am really sorry it did not work out for the little guy.
 
Wish I could have help more but afraid I simply did not know enough on that to offer any real advice

 

[NickAu]

Sorry to hear that.

 

[cowgirluntamed]

It's ok, thanks for all the help you guys did give. The whole dropsy thing was totally unexpected when I started this thread. I'll probably do a second wormer treatment in the morning to be on the safe side since I didn't do it today. Then I dont know what I'll do after that. It may just be the three horned nerites and some plants for a while.

 

[betta fish]

So sorry 

 

[Baccus]

Sorry to hear that Aiden didnt make it, Siamese Fighters have a way of becoming our best friends and almost dog like. Unfortunately Dropsy is really only a symptom not an entire disease, and there can be many underlaying causes for Dropsy appearing, hence a few choices for treating that may or may not end up working. Sadly I have never had a fish recover from Dropsy once its pineconed.

 

[cowgirluntamed]

I think he may have gotten parasites when I introduced plants that I didn't treat. I don't know if it was just external that I couldn't see or internal. I never once saw him poo so couldn't say. (He was in my home office area that I haven't really used much so I wasn't in there all the time.) I think i was just too late figuring it out. But, I suppose he could have had something all along that just didn't show up too. Poor boy was just over a year old.