stowcenter93 Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 Yesterday, I found my Betta stuck headfirst in the Aquarium Coop shrimp cave. He was still alive and I carefully did my best to remove him. I immediately treated the 10 gallon tank (my QT sprung a leak 2 weeks ago) with Maracyn and monitored him. He was banged up good and clearly exhausted but he was alive. I continued monitor him. He hung out near the surface the rest of the day. Fast forward to today. I just came home from work and saw that he was moving around more, albeit much slower. Then I noticed fungus growing around the wounded areas. Looking for some advice on how I should respond to this development. Nitrates are around 20ppm Very hard water, high buffer pH around 7.2 Temps are about 80 degrees F. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 Try treating it with Maracyn. Good Luck! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 The aquarium co-op recommends treating with a combination of maracyn and ick x for fungal infection's 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stowcenter93 Posted December 23, 2022 Author Share Posted December 23, 2022 @Colu @TheSwissAquaristWant to thank both of you again. The Betta made a full recovery. Did Maracyn and Ich -x as the Co-op recommended. Worked great. I noticed no changes to anything with the tank during the process. By day 3, he was swimming around again. For anyone searching for advice on a similar situation: I would highly recommend finding as many plants as possible and float them during the process. I found all my floating plant roots help slow down the tank activity and can help avoid stress to the injured fish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 On 12/23/2022 at 6:09 PM, stowcenter93 said: @Colu @TheSwissAquaristWant to thank both of you again. The Betta made a full recovery. Did Maracyn and Ich -x as the Co-op recommended. Worked great. I noticed no changes to anything with the tank during the process. By day 3, he was swimming around again. For anyone searching for advice on a similar situation: I would highly recommend finding as many plants as possible and float them during the process. I found all my floating plant roots help slow down the tank activity and can help avoid stress to the injured fish. Great to hear that! Hope he has a long and happy life ahead of him! Merry Xmas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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