Fish Breathing Heavily

[dipsydoodlenoodle]

One of my female bettas doesn’t seem to be too well.

I’m actually surprised she survived the night in all honestly.

She basically seems like an ‘asthmatic fish’. She is fine for months and then all of a sudden she is breathing really heavily for a day then she’s back to normal; but this latest “incident” happened Monday and she was breathing REALLY heavily, then the following day she was breathing heavily and fast and now this morning she was breathing heavily and slower (normal rate).

Water stats are always ok; but I can check again tonight to be on the safe side. Nothing new has been added to the talk; other inhabitants are other females and a nerite snail; it’s a 14 gallon tank.

I do have an air stone in there but it’s not often on due to the noise and the tank location, but I had it on the other night to see if it made a difference but there was none.

All of the other fish seem perfectly fine.

Any ideas? I’m a bit stumped.

 

[Embrace]

I have no idea I am afraid. Is she still eating fine? Only thing that I suggest is a 10% water change and just keep the airstone on in the day and at night, raise the filter so that the output breaks the water surface.
Good luck!

 

[dipsydoodlenoodle]

I have no idea I am afraid. Is she still eating fine? Only thing that I suggest is a 10% water change and just keep the airstone on in the day and at night, raise the filter so that the output breaks the water surface.
Good luck!

She is still eating but not as much as normal.

I was going to do a bit water change tonight anyway (I normally do it Tuesday/Wednesday). If I leave the airstone on I'm not sleeping; but I can have it on from the minute I get up to the minute I go to bed.

 

[Embrace]

Yeah just keep it on when you can I suppose.

And crush in half a clove of garlic into the tank. The garlic boost immune system and also encourages hunger.

 

[dipsydoodlenoodle]

Just to let you know she died at the weekend.

 

[anon02]

Just a thought but have you had any high ammonia incidents say in the last 8 months? Some unexpected deaths can be attributed to something that happened ages ago and ammonia damaging a fishs` gills springs to mind

 

[dipsydoodlenoodle]

Nope I haven't had high ammonia.

EDIT: I know it's not relevant but here is a photo of her when I first got her... http/www.flickr.com/photos/dipsydoodlenoodle/5030801084/