Recent content by victorybear

Yeah, I posted this in the emergency forum two days ago, but no one's responded yet. I'll try looking for a betta specialist online as well, thanks for the advice.

I've been doing regular water changes, although I've been worried about adding any more medications to his water since I don't know what's wrong with him. Especially since I'm thinking this may have been caused by the Kanamycin in some way. He seems to have movement in the affected part of his...

Anybody? :(

(Posted this on a different section on the forum as well. Hope this is ok. If not, let me know and I'll delete it.) It started out with finrot, then what I thought was septicemia (see my previous thread for back story.) To make a long story short, I treated my betta for septicemia with...

Hey guys. Things got worse. I've made a new thread for it, so if you guys had any input, I'd be eternally grateful. :( http://www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/352149-black-swolen-lump-on-bettas-body/

It started out with finrot, then what I thought was septicemia (see my previous thread for back story.) To make a long story short, I treated my betta for septicemia with Kanamycin for about a month (as per my LFS' advice), only to discover later that my dude was just changing his colors...

Thanks so much for your input and advice. The more I think about it, the more what you're saying makes sense to me. When I came home from work today, I noticed a sliver of his tail was coming off up near the black part. This may just be due to stress/over-medicating though, so I'm not going to...

Thanks for all the responses, guys! I'd be really relieved if it was just his coloring. However, if that's the case, why hasn't his fins healed around the red/black streaking? It's been more than a month, shouldn't it have all grown back by now like the normal parts of his fins? :(

Thanks for the reply. I've included some photos of my guy, so maybe this will help. Sorry they're kind of crappy... There's a black streak I thought would clear up after the fin rot was cured, but it looks like it could be getting worse. Any ideas what it is? :( Again, he's active and...

Update: still having the same issues. I've included some photos of my guy below. Sorry they're kind of crappy... There's a black streak I thought would clear up after the fin rot was cured, but it looks like it could be getting worse. Any ideas what it is? :( Again, he's active and...

It's been roughly another week with no improvement. Over the past couple days, I've been thinking more about what may have caused this septicemia problem, and why it isn't going away. Could it be the tap water itself? I've been treating the water liberally with Amquel+, so the water should be...

Sorry for the late reply... My fish was originally peach-colored with opaque fins (will post photo later). As I mentioned in my previous post, I currently have him in a bowl suspended in the tank for temp regulation. His regular tank though has a tetra whisper filter which I've never seen him...

I was thinking that may be part of it, but I don't think so. The tattered fin length and shape haven't changed for the past couple of weeks. His tail is really streaky with red as well, and I assumed fin nipping wouldn't have that result.

Hey guys. I have a really strange dilemma here. First off, let me say that I keep my 10 gal tank really clean, and free of ammonia/nitrite/nitrate. Despite this though, my Betta came down with fin rot. As soon as I noticed this, I began treating him with Maracyn 2. This seemed to stop the fin...

Hey guys. I have a really strange dilemma here. First off, let me say that I keep my 10 gal tank really clean, and free of ammonia/nitrite/nitrate. Despite this though, my Betta came down with fin rot. As soon as I noticed this, I began treating him with Maracyn 2. This seemed to stop the fin...