Emily Smith
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I have recently rescued a betta fish, he came from a small 1 litre tank with no heater or filter and no water changes for months at a time. Luckily when I offered to take on the fish if I got a tank he has survived.
I bought a 18L spilt betta tank ( I have no experience with fish ) with a heater and filter. I overcrowded the tank with 2 guppies 1 sucker fish 3 tetra and 2 betta spilt between the 2 tanks. Many fish got fish rot including the betta I rescued. I hospitalized all fish in SEPERATE tanks ( was a nightmare) and raced to the pet shop and grabbed some fin rot medicine. Most fish died unfortunately but to my surprise the betta survived.
Since then the remaining guppie, sucker fish and betta were swimming happily with no issue until I seen a small fluff like ball on the betta tail, I quickly removed the betta to an isolated tank with medicine. When swapping tanks the strange ball removed itself, although I kept him in medicine.
4 days now and he seems in distress and unwell, he lays on his side at the bottom and times and seems to be struggling to swim. He floats a lot at the top and has a S shape pattern when floating, he is eating but still struggling to swim around. I have changed the water today but scared I won't save him
I bought a 18L spilt betta tank ( I have no experience with fish ) with a heater and filter. I overcrowded the tank with 2 guppies 1 sucker fish 3 tetra and 2 betta spilt between the 2 tanks. Many fish got fish rot including the betta I rescued. I hospitalized all fish in SEPERATE tanks ( was a nightmare) and raced to the pet shop and grabbed some fin rot medicine. Most fish died unfortunately but to my surprise the betta survived.
Since then the remaining guppie, sucker fish and betta were swimming happily with no issue until I seen a small fluff like ball on the betta tail, I quickly removed the betta to an isolated tank with medicine. When swapping tanks the strange ball removed itself, although I kept him in medicine.
4 days now and he seems in distress and unwell, he lays on his side at the bottom and times and seems to be struggling to swim. He floats a lot at the top and has a S shape pattern when floating, he is eating but still struggling to swim around. I have changed the water today but scared I won't save him