My Betta... Updated With Photos

[griddlebone]

When i woke up this morning, i noticed my betta Yangs color was completely different, he is usually a dark black with half red/white fins but he was grey and a transparant orangeish brown and his fins looked stringy and thin. I fed him and some of his color came back, but he doesnt seem himself. Is there something wrong with him?

 

[Netty]

Will need some more info if you can.

Tank size
Tank mates
Filtered yes/no
how long has tank been set up
Stats....ammonia, NitrAte, NitrIte
Temperature

 

[griddlebone]

ah, i see. its a filtered 3 gallon , has been set up for months, i want to say 5 , the only other thing in the tank is a snail. temperature is 77 degrees and i havent checked the tanks stats this week, but last week it was 0 ammonia and a little bit of nitrate.. i think, one of them has a tiny bit of it.

 

[Netty]

What is his poo like....is it stringy at all.

Also a pic would be great if you could get one.

 

[griddlebone]

ok, his poo? hm i really cant say for certian what it looks like , and my reliable cameras battery is dead, its on the charger right now, and the other cameras in the house fail to capture anything but a grey blur... he is just hanging up at the bottom of the tank all droop and pale. hes never like that and its really worrying.

 

[bronzecat]

Hi
When was the last water change? If he's due one, do a 50% change. From the symptoms you are describing it could some kind of bacterial infection, but very difficult to determine what exactly.

I would suggest a course of Interpet Anti-Internal Infection.

Parasites cant be ruled out, but if you haven't added anything recently its highly unlikely. Bacterial infections can be brought on by stress, a problem with the water etc etc... Have you a test kit to check the Ammonia and NitrIte?

 

[griddlebone]

i dont have a test kit at home, but i check the water once a week at work, cause its free. i changed about a 4th of his water last week when i did all my tanks and hes been fine since.i was thinking about doing a water change before i even posted, but it seemed strange to me bevause i did one recently. Should I still change some water? Ill bring a water sample to work today to see what the levels are.

 

[Netty]

I would go ahead with the water change and get some meds in asap Also if the tank is lighted I would keep them off for a while and make sure he's in a quite area.

 

[griddlebone]

This is what he looks like right now... now hes got stripes... I know thats not really a good sign, but hes more active today. See how stringy he looks? I can literally see through his fins, you cant see that in the picture.

this is what he usually looks like

I did a 50% water change yesterday and my water tested 0 ammonia and pretty much 0 of nitrate and nitrite, i mean theres some, but i cant give it a number, barely any.

 

[bronzecat]

The only thing I can think of is an Internal bacterial infection? I have used Interpet Anti-Internal Bacteria with good results