ThatDarnDragon
Fishaholic
Hi.
I got this betta from Yeevia a few weeks ago. This was him when I first got him:
Beautiful blue with a nice dark head.
Now about 2 days ago, I noticed he was very legarthric. He was breathing abit heavy, so I gave his water a good change.
Yesterday, he lost some color, hanging abit tipsy at the very top with his mouth just out of the water, almost gasping.
This is a pic I took yesterday:
His belly was greyish, and had a reddish spot, which I thought might've been an ulcer, but I couldnt find more information on it. I started to treat him with Macayn 2 (however you spell it) and salt. He refused to eat, or even look at food, even a pea, so I stopped trying to feed him. Someone thought it might be concipation, it wasnt that. Someone else thought he must be poisoned by the worms, I doubted it since I hadnt fed any worms to him in a week.
Now I came home from work, seeing he's been doing much worse.
He'd drift to the bottom, land on his back and stay like that for a few seconds, then he'll rush to the top to gasp for air, then drift back to the bottom and lay however he falls. He lost more color, and his eyes are very cloudy, almost swollen. Im not sure if it's Popeye, it does not quite look like the description.
Here are the updated pics, Sorry they arent clear, but you can get the general idea..
I would love to move him to a smaller bowl so he would not have to swim so much to get to the top, but this tank is heated (2.5 gal), and its medicated according to the charts. I cant do maths too well to medicate a smaller bowl which is not even a .5 gal accordinly and its not heated.
Help please?
I got this betta from Yeevia a few weeks ago. This was him when I first got him:
Beautiful blue with a nice dark head.
Now about 2 days ago, I noticed he was very legarthric. He was breathing abit heavy, so I gave his water a good change.
Yesterday, he lost some color, hanging abit tipsy at the very top with his mouth just out of the water, almost gasping.
This is a pic I took yesterday:
His belly was greyish, and had a reddish spot, which I thought might've been an ulcer, but I couldnt find more information on it. I started to treat him with Macayn 2 (however you spell it) and salt. He refused to eat, or even look at food, even a pea, so I stopped trying to feed him. Someone thought it might be concipation, it wasnt that. Someone else thought he must be poisoned by the worms, I doubted it since I hadnt fed any worms to him in a week.
Now I came home from work, seeing he's been doing much worse.
He'd drift to the bottom, land on his back and stay like that for a few seconds, then he'll rush to the top to gasp for air, then drift back to the bottom and lay however he falls. He lost more color, and his eyes are very cloudy, almost swollen. Im not sure if it's Popeye, it does not quite look like the description.
Here are the updated pics, Sorry they arent clear, but you can get the general idea..
I would love to move him to a smaller bowl so he would not have to swim so much to get to the top, but this tank is heated (2.5 gal), and its medicated according to the charts. I cant do maths too well to medicate a smaller bowl which is not even a .5 gal accordinly and its not heated.
Help please?
/www.healthybetta.com/easymeds.html
I'm sure he enjoyed the time out of his little cup.
