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On_a_dishy
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I have put my 2-week-since-purchase Betta under a good deal of stress this weekend, completely revamping his tank to go completely artificial (Iām fed up of detritus worms).
Whilst in his āmotelā tank yesterday he went nuts on a chunk of prawn that I had put in for the cherry shrimp to feed on. Iām thinking that he has overeaten.
He became very lethargic and I put him back into his revamped tank last night. This morning I thought he had died - I took the photos of him lying on the silk leaf to show you all as these mysterious white dots that have been plaguing the shrimp seemed to be on him, particularly on his left side - it was as if his skin was decaying on that one bit and the white dots had descended.
I scooped him into a food container and it became apparent that he was not dead so I took more photos of his left side - this time showing no white dots. I gave him a 3 minute methyl blue rinse before putting him back in his tank.
On the last photo, the white shimmery dot by the little fin near his gill has been there since I got him.
I think several things might be going on here. Last week I treated the tank with salt to get rid of a huge worm on a shrimp (Holtodrilus truncates, Iām fairly sure). Iāve also had white dots falling off my shrimp legs and my bettaās head in salt dips, so Iām not sure itās ich. My Betta has probably eaten his own bodyweight in prawn. I also started malachite Green and formaldehyde treatment https://www.ntlabs.co.uk/browse-products/indoor/aquariums/anti-white-spot-fungus/
When they were in the motel tank and in the revamped tank to treat what I thought was ich because of the white spots.
I then water changed the meds out when I saw how lethargic my Betta was getting. I donāt think he could have been more tampered with if I had stamped on him. But those white dots look exactly like grains of sugar so I didnāt want to do nothing.
Anyway, could you look at the photos and tell me what you think? Iād be surprised if anything wormy or parasitey managed to survive the flubendazole and fenbendazole chemical clean-up of the tank and filter media (preserving the filter bacteria) but if something had been on the Betta or shrimp, then it could have survived. But hopefully heās just over-eatenā¦againā¦
Whilst in his āmotelā tank yesterday he went nuts on a chunk of prawn that I had put in for the cherry shrimp to feed on. Iām thinking that he has overeaten.
He became very lethargic and I put him back into his revamped tank last night. This morning I thought he had died - I took the photos of him lying on the silk leaf to show you all as these mysterious white dots that have been plaguing the shrimp seemed to be on him, particularly on his left side - it was as if his skin was decaying on that one bit and the white dots had descended.
I scooped him into a food container and it became apparent that he was not dead so I took more photos of his left side - this time showing no white dots. I gave him a 3 minute methyl blue rinse before putting him back in his tank.
On the last photo, the white shimmery dot by the little fin near his gill has been there since I got him.
I think several things might be going on here. Last week I treated the tank with salt to get rid of a huge worm on a shrimp (Holtodrilus truncates, Iām fairly sure). Iāve also had white dots falling off my shrimp legs and my bettaās head in salt dips, so Iām not sure itās ich. My Betta has probably eaten his own bodyweight in prawn. I also started malachite Green and formaldehyde treatment https://www.ntlabs.co.uk/browse-products/indoor/aquariums/anti-white-spot-fungus/
When they were in the motel tank and in the revamped tank to treat what I thought was ich because of the white spots.
I then water changed the meds out when I saw how lethargic my Betta was getting. I donāt think he could have been more tampered with if I had stamped on him. But those white dots look exactly like grains of sugar so I didnāt want to do nothing.
Anyway, could you look at the photos and tell me what you think? Iād be surprised if anything wormy or parasitey managed to survive the flubendazole and fenbendazole chemical clean-up of the tank and filter media (preserving the filter bacteria) but if something had been on the Betta or shrimp, then it could have survived. But hopefully heās just over-eatenā¦againā¦