What In The World Is Going On?!?!?

[flautist]

So, some of you may remember about a month ago, I got 6 girls for my 10 gallon. They have been dying off one by one since then. When I got to where I only had three left, I went out and bought them each their own little one gallons. I treated them with Maracide, Maracyn, maracyn2, and Aquarisol. When I got through the 5 day treatment of the Maracyn, I changed their water. I have been keeping it sparkling clean. I use AmmoLock and StressCoat for water conditioners, and I am still putting aquarisol in, as they were getting prone to ich when they got sick. I lost one more not long after I put them in their own tanks, but then we went 2-3 weeks without any deaths. I thought we were doing good. This morning, Princess was dead.

All 5 have died from the same thing, whatever it is. First, they get kind of lethargic. Then their belly gets slightly larger than normal, and they have white stringy poo. Then they stop eating, and then they die. This all usually happens within the course of 2-4 days, although Princess fought it pretty hard and lasted about a week from when I first noticed her being lethargic. I have also noticed on the three lighter colored ones that died that their belly gets discolored in the final stages. It gets darker.

The only thing I can find that looks even close to what is happening with my girls is eggbound, but 5 out of 6 would not be eggbound, would they? Whatever this is, I do not want to lose my last little one to it. She is my favorite one, a REALLY tiny turquoise glassy one. She hasn't shown any signs yet, thank goodness, but I want to know what to do if she does. This has really got me stumped. Does anyone know what it could be?

 

[RandomWiktor]

Bloating, decreased apetite, and white, stringy feces are all signs of an internal parasitic infestation. This would explain why all of the girls have it, as they've been living together.
My suggestion would be to take the remaining gal and put her in the 10g (safer to dose the med) with increased aeration, normal filtration (minus carbon), and raised temp, then add an anti-parasitic tablet (I think called "Internal Parasite Guard" like the kind made by Jungle. If possible, purchase a food with anti-parasitic medications and feed in conjunction with the treatment; there is something called PepsoFood (I think) made by Jungle that is small enough for bettas to eat. The treatment in the water takes only 2 days, but you MUST do a water change afterwords as its rather nasty stuff and can cause some distress. The food takes only 3 days. I have found both very sucessful in treating parasites, esp. when used together.

 

[flautist]

Bloating, decreased apetite, and white, stringy feces are all signs of an internal parasitic infestation. This would explain why all of the girls have it, as they've been living together.
My suggestion would be to take the remaining gal and put her in the 10g (safer to dose the med) with increased aeration, normal filtration (minus carbon), and raised temp, then add an anti-parasitic tablet (I think called "Internal Parasite Guard" like the kind made by Jungle. If possible, purchase a food with anti-parasitic medications and feed in conjunction with the treatment; there is something called PepsoFood (I think) made by Jungle that is small enough for bettas to eat. The treatment in the water takes only 2 days, but you MUST do a water change afterwords as its rather nasty stuff and can cause some distress. The food takes only 3 days. I have found both very sucessful in treating parasites, esp. when used together.

I couldn't find any of the things you were talking about, but I got Quick Cure, which is supposed to treat internal parasites as well. I hope it works for her.

Thanks for the help.

 

[jollysue]

I have Quick Cure for bad ich (which is an external parasite) treatment. It was quite effective for that and acted quickly. I don't have the instructions, so I don't know what else it treats.

I have never used it, but I have PraziPro for parasites just in case. It was recommended for my med cabinet.