FlyingFishKeeper Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Hi everyone, I was rescaping my tank today and had to move my betta into a plastic bag during that. During that time I think he might've hurt himself on the plastic, or the net as his left eye seems to be clouded up. I probably caught it fairly early, I dosed some bacteria in a bottle, and re-installed a filter on the tank to keep the water clean. The water has a slightly cloudy colouring to it, probably from the new substrate. He's acting fairly normal, but a bit more cautious of everything. My parameters are: Ammonia: .5 ppm (I'm hoping it'll go down, the plants and bacteria might've taken care of it by the time your reading this) Nitrite: 0 ppm Nitrate: 10 ppm pH: 7.2-7.4 gH: 300 kH: 180 The substrate is a mixture of organic potting mix and Fluval Stratum, heavily planted. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 I would start doing some 50%water changes to dilute the ammonia and treat with aquarium salt 1 table spoon for 2 gallons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Manifesto Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 If it seems like it was damaged in the shuffle, I wouldn't do much of anything except make sure that the water is clean. If you changed the water after you re-scaped then maybe a little salt couldn't hurt, but I'd worry that changing things too much is just gonna stress the fish. He's probably cautious because you just rearranged his living space. In my opinion I'd keep an eye on it and make sure water parameters aren't getting bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingFishKeeper Posted January 7, 2021 Author Share Posted January 7, 2021 Thank you everyone, will this lead to any permanent damage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Manifesto Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 I've had Bettas that had eye issues that looked similar and with good parameters it got better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingFishKeeper Posted January 7, 2021 Author Share Posted January 7, 2021 Thank you! I'll keep an eye on him and if anything comes up I'll post 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingFishKeeper Posted January 22, 2021 Author Share Posted January 22, 2021 Thanks everyone! He seems to be fully healed, and is eating well! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 glad to hear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Good to hear he got better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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