tekknocolor
Fish Herder
Case 1: My Apollo is acting abnormally. He's sinking to the bottom of the tank and sits on the ground or on a plant. Along with that, he's got a case of finrot. I pulled him out of the 5gal home he's accustomed to and put him a 1gal tank that's cycled and acts as our hospital tank. I've calculated how much meds to put in and am currently treating him w/ Maracyn2 since I've had extremely good luck with this product for finrot in the past. He stopped eating a few days ago, but started eating again after a few days of medicating. All water parameters are fine: no nitrites, ammonia, ph is at 7 - give or take a 0.1, and nitrates are extremely low. His finrot is receding, but he's still just sinking to the bottom of the tank and sits on the gravel. Also, I thought it was constipation at one point since his stomach was a little swollen (not to mention I thought maybe there was a chance that he had dropsy - no pine coning though) and fed him a pea - he didn't eat much, but some nonetheless. Any ideas as to what I else I can do for him? I feel so helpless since he's our favorite and most sociable fish.
Case 2: My other betta Tzar Bomba isn't doing well either. He's in a 5 gallon tank w/ some cories and an oto that's heavily planted. All water parameters are similar to what was mentioned above, slightly higher nitrate level though. Anyway, he's acting normal and eating normal, but he's got these spots on his head area where it looks like he's missing scales or something similar. I noticed that more spots appeared the day after I initially noticed the first spots. I can't tell if the spots are red or what color they are actually because his body is red as well. The spots are a darker shade of red than his normal body color though. I didn't have all these problems until I got plants in my tanks and I'm seriously considering ripping those plants out and just sticking with silk plants. Any suggestions or ideas?
Why all of a sudden all these problems?! I'm extremely frustrated that it seems all my fish are dying or has some sort of illness.
Case 2: My other betta Tzar Bomba isn't doing well either. He's in a 5 gallon tank w/ some cories and an oto that's heavily planted. All water parameters are similar to what was mentioned above, slightly higher nitrate level though. Anyway, he's acting normal and eating normal, but he's got these spots on his head area where it looks like he's missing scales or something similar. I noticed that more spots appeared the day after I initially noticed the first spots. I can't tell if the spots are red or what color they are actually because his body is red as well. The spots are a darker shade of red than his normal body color though. I didn't have all these problems until I got plants in my tanks and I'm seriously considering ripping those plants out and just sticking with silk plants. Any suggestions or ideas?
Why all of a sudden all these problems?! I'm extremely frustrated that it seems all my fish are dying or has some sort of illness.
If your first case has been having finrot, and his normal behavior is slowed down and you don't see any other visual signs, it could be a bacterial infection that fish sometimes catch after having injuries, or fin rot. The Maracyn2 should take care of that if that is what it is. I used the same product on my fish with great results too, even when I couldn't diagnose the problem.
/www.nazarenenexus.com/betta_ed/betta_m_d.htm
