Janelle Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 (edited) Hi there, I feel so awful and need some advice. Some back info: My tank came down with ich, I treated w/ ich x and everyone made it through. (1 yellow glo Betta & 5 neon tetras) I noticed my Betta's tail was looking a little ragged but I thought that was from the ich and was watching to see if it was going to heal. I also noticed that there was a red stripe more visible going down his body to his tail. He had been acting normal and eating normal until he jumped out of the tank one evening. My son scooped him up and put him back in his tank and he swam to his sleeping spot and just stayed there which was understandable. The next day Irene posted the 5 most common diseases for Betta's and I realized my poor little guy was actually sick with Fin Rot and Septecemia. I broke out the hospital tank and started treating him with Maracyn and Ich x. He is on day 4 of treatment and he is just floating in the tank not moving, sometimes almost floating parallel to the surface. I can see that his tail has a little blood where it connects to his body and part if it is missing - I am thinking that happened when he was rescued when he jumped out. My main question is, do I keep treating him and hope he pulls through or is it too much suffering and should I put him to sleep? (Sorry my 1st go w/ fish I am used to dogs). Thank you for your kind suggestions! Edited March 16, 2021 by Janelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 So sorry to hear, Janelle. Can you please describe how your hospital tank was / is set up? Did you use tap water? Did you treat that water with dechlorinator? Is there a primed filter in there? Do you know what the water parameters are in there? It may be a combination of stresses caused by illness + jumping out + new uncycled tank that is causing this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janelle Posted March 16, 2021 Author Share Posted March 16, 2021 (edited) @Fish Folk I used tap water treated w/ dechlorinator. I am using a primed sponge filter I had in his original tank incase something like this happened. Water parameters are: Ammonia - 0 Nitrate - 25 Nitrite - 0 PH - 7.6 Chlorine - 0 Also, he is only using his pectoral fins if needs to move. It's as if he can't/doesn't want to use his tail. Here is a picture of him. Edited March 16, 2021 by Janelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 Ok. Best of luck... apart from dosing meds according to directions, there’s not much else to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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