Hi everyone!
Iāve had my betta fish for just over a year and he hasnāt been doing great for the past week so Iām reaching out because Iām not sure what to do at this point.
Over the summer I noticed his fins started getting tattered and he had black bits on the ends, meaning he definitely had fin rot, so I started doing 50% water changes every week and putting Seachem Stress Guard. The black bits went away and his fins look a little better now but they are still very tattered so Iām not sure if he still has fin rot and thatās the first problem with my betta.
My second problem started two weeks ago when I left him with my mom because I went on vacation. When I came home he couldnāt swim to the top of the tank and his spine was crooked, which is a sign of swim bladder. I ended up switching him to a small hospital tank with a suction leaf on the side so it was easier for him to swim to the top to get air, and then I fasted him for three days and gave him a bit of frozen pea. He still wasnāt better so I repeated the process and it still did nothing. Iām also doing 100% water changes every couple of days because I read somewhere that I should but I also know that this can stress the fish out.
Just in case my post isnāt very clear, Iāll give a brief overview of what Iām currently doing to deal with this:
- 1 gallon hospital tank
- 100% water changes every few days, using Seachem Prime to dechlorinate the water (I did this today)
- Still using a little bit of Seachem Stress Guard because Iām not sure if the fin rot is gone
- Just finished a three day fast, fed him a frozen pea two days ago, gave him a single aqueon pellet yesterday and today
- Water is heated to a proper temperature
Iām hoping that someone can give me some advice on this and Iām truly sorry if this post is confusing, Iāve never posted to a fish forum and I was hesitant to make this post but I donāt know what to do anymore.
Thank you so much for the help and feel free to ask anything I didnāt cover in my post.
Iāve had my betta fish for just over a year and he hasnāt been doing great for the past week so Iām reaching out because Iām not sure what to do at this point.
Over the summer I noticed his fins started getting tattered and he had black bits on the ends, meaning he definitely had fin rot, so I started doing 50% water changes every week and putting Seachem Stress Guard. The black bits went away and his fins look a little better now but they are still very tattered so Iām not sure if he still has fin rot and thatās the first problem with my betta.
My second problem started two weeks ago when I left him with my mom because I went on vacation. When I came home he couldnāt swim to the top of the tank and his spine was crooked, which is a sign of swim bladder. I ended up switching him to a small hospital tank with a suction leaf on the side so it was easier for him to swim to the top to get air, and then I fasted him for three days and gave him a bit of frozen pea. He still wasnāt better so I repeated the process and it still did nothing. Iām also doing 100% water changes every couple of days because I read somewhere that I should but I also know that this can stress the fish out.
Just in case my post isnāt very clear, Iāll give a brief overview of what Iām currently doing to deal with this:
- 1 gallon hospital tank
- 100% water changes every few days, using Seachem Prime to dechlorinate the water (I did this today)
- Still using a little bit of Seachem Stress Guard because Iām not sure if the fin rot is gone
- Just finished a three day fast, fed him a frozen pea two days ago, gave him a single aqueon pellet yesterday and today
- Water is heated to a proper temperature
Iām hoping that someone can give me some advice on this and Iām truly sorry if this post is confusing, Iāve never posted to a fish forum and I was hesitant to make this post but I donāt know what to do anymore.
Thank you so much for the help and feel free to ask anything I didnāt cover in my post.