Recent content by fishlover1990

Thank you for all your help and input I have 2 final questions for you. First was this likely due to bad water quality? Is there something I could/should have done differently I.E. was 2 50% water changes not enough or anything like that or could this happen naturally even in good water? and...

I am by no means a fish expert so it might not have been dropsy it just seemed to match the closest I originally thought it was just constipation boy was I wrong. I mentioned this on another forum and I can't remember if I did here but he had a sore/lesion forming on his side right at the end of...

Thank you everyone for your help and input unfortunately I came home from my doctors appointment to find out my little buddy didn’t make it :( I do believe it was dropsy based on all my own research and other peoples. I feel absolutely terrible for the little guy knowing he was in pain and...

My little guy is a fighter and he is still trying but at this point I'm wondering if it's better to put him down? He looks like he is not happy. His gills are moving rapidly like he can't breathe and he hasn't gotten better. what else can I try before euthanasia?

At this point he is definitely not just constipated. I think constipation maybe a side effect of the underlying condition cause I woke up this morning to check on him and he seems worse than yesterday. He has what appears to be a sore or lesion on his side by his belly bulge I don't know if...

and replace it with what? or just use epsom salt baths?

I give him aquaeon pellets with the occasional aqueon dehydrated bloodworms as a treat

I sure hope so it's only day 3 he's been acting like this so hopefully whatever it is we can figure it out and get him treated before it's to late

I did try a little bit of a pea after his epsom salt bath but he was not interested in it at all sadly

Tank size: 6.5 (he is in a 1g hospital tank atm) tank age: 2 months pH: on the high side of like 7.5-7.8 ( I bought some ph balance to fix this he isn't in it atm anyways) ammonia: nitrite:0 nitrate:0.05 Hardness:75 Alkalinity:170-180 tank temp:78 Fish Symptoms (include full description...

3 days ago I noticed my betta had a small bulge and was acting very lethargic I automatically assumed I overfed him and planned to do a 3 day fast. I moved him to a 1 gallon hospital tank just to be on the safe side. Well over these 3 days his bulge/bloating has gotten worse not better and he is...