Did my female betta's ovaries come out?

[memorywrangler]

I had been trying to spawn this female with a male.  They seemed interested, but nothing came of it after a day, so I separated them.  Then, a few hours later, I found this. 

She had had eggs visible in her abdomen and they are now gone, so I figure that must be related somehow.

Is she going to be ok?  What should I do?  

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

@Odd Duck @Colu @Fish Folk @TheSwissAquarist

[Fish Folk]

Yikes! No idea.

[Colu]

Possible prolapse I would recommend doing Epsom salt baths 1 table spoon for 2 gallons for no more than 15 minutes for 5 days as Epsom salt acts as a muscle relaxant to help your fish reabsorb the prolapse @memorywrangler

Edited December 30, 2022 by Colu

[memorywrangler]

The visible dangling thing is now detached and on the bottom of the tank.  

would the epsom salt still be useful?  What’s it supposed to do?

[Odd Duck]

That looks like either partially digested parasites or sloughing of the lining of the GI tract from a significant inflammatory process.  If she’s acting OK, then I would watch for a day or so, but get some Levamisole dewormer as soon as possible.  Get Praziquantal also.  Let me attach my usual directions.

Then watch closely and see what happens.  You may get more material produced but the belly should return to normal.  She looks a little bloated right now.  I would also treat the male and any other fish she’s shared a tank with.  Sorry for the font and format issues.  It doesn’t paste right.  

Deworming

Siphon out debris from the bottom before and after dosing to remove any expelled worms, eggs, debris, etc.  Levamisole is inactivated by organic debris and by light, so dose after lights out and black out the tank for 24 hours, remove organics via water changes and cleaning the bottom of debris as much as possible.

It’s likely that levamisole does what it can do within the first hour, but best to follow directions precisely.  If you have a bare bottom hospital tank available, it might be best and easiest to transfer the fish to that tank for the duration of treatment - up to 5 weeks total treatment time if doing 3 doses of praziquantal.

Levamisole treatment should be weekly for 4 treatments.  Praziquantal treatment should be every other week (at least) for 2-3 treatments and it is left in for a week at a time.  It can be dosed the day after levamisole treatment.  Remove any carbon or Purigen from filters before dosing.

Have enough dechlorinated water to do a 50% water change immediately if any adverse symptoms are seen in the fish.

A typical treatment regimen: 

1. 50% water change with careful siphoning of debris from the bottom of the tank.

2. Dose with levamisole and black out the tank for 24 hours.  Then 50% water change siphoning the entire bottom of the tank.

3. Dose with praziquantal directly after the second 50% WC.

4. One week later, 50% water change siphoning the bottom thoroughly.  Dose with levamisole following directions in step 1-2.

5. One week later (start of week 3 of treatment), repeat all steps 1-4 over another 2 weeks time.

6. Repeat all steps 1-5, then do last WC one week later after third dose of praziquantal.

Not all snails will tolerate treatments, so best to remove any snails in the tank.

 

Condensed, weekly schedule:

Week 1: siphon debris and do 50% water change, levamisole x 24 hrs, siphon.  Treat with praziquantal and leave in until next week.

Week 2: siphon, levam x 24 hrs, siphon.

Week 3: siphon, levam x 24 hrs, siphon, then prazi.

Week 4: siphon, levam x 24 hrs, siphon.

Week 5: siphon, levam x 24 hrs, siphon, then prazi.

Week 6: siphon.

[Scapexghost]

Prolapse. Itll right itself in time. However, it likely has a seperate cause, like internal parasites or constipation. If i fish prolapses once it is more likely to prolapse again.

[TheSwissAquarist]

I’d tag @xXInkedPhoenixX to be sure.