My betta fish has fin rot.So many different treatments.Any Ideas?
- Filed under: Fish
- Date: Jun 13,2009
llcp050 asked:
With the help of previous suggestions and research, I am treating my fish Archie (that I bought from a grocery store with deathly sick fish) for fin rot by keeping the 2.5 gal bowl warm, very clean (changed every 3-5 days), and giving him darkness for 10 hours. He gets 4 pellets of food a day and sometimes freeze dried blood worms, and I mix in a conditioner with aged tap water and aquarium salt before I put him in. His color has gotten dull/whitish/grayish (he is usually dark blue/purple) but he seems ok–maybe a little stressed but still exploring and moving around. His fins are not that eaten away yet, either. He has started to spend a little more time at the bottom of the bowl, though. The infection (I am not sure if it is bacterial or fungal, but there is no white stuff so I am thinking that it is bacterial?) has slowed but NOT stopped; which is SO FRUSTRATING! I have been using Betta fix (because that was the only betta medication at the local pet smart- where the fish likewise looked like they were at death’s door) and am considering buying Maracyn-2 (minocycline) and Maracyn-TC (tetracycline) and using them together to knock the infection out.
With the help of previous suggestions and research, I am treating my fish Archie (that I bought from a grocery store with deathly sick fish) for fin rot by keeping the 2.5 gal bowl warm, very clean (changed every 3-5 days), and giving him darkness for 10 hours. He gets 4 pellets of food a day and sometimes freeze dried blood worms, and I mix in a conditioner with aged tap water and aquarium salt before I put him in. His color has gotten dull/whitish/grayish (he is usually dark blue/purple) but he seems ok–maybe a little stressed but still exploring and moving around. His fins are not that eaten away yet, either. He has started to spend a little more time at the bottom of the bowl, though. The infection (I am not sure if it is bacterial or fungal, but there is no white stuff so I am thinking that it is bacterial?) has slowed but NOT stopped; which is SO FRUSTRATING! I have been using Betta fix (because that was the only betta medication at the local pet smart- where the fish likewise looked like they were at death’s door) and am considering buying Maracyn-2 (minocycline) and Maracyn-TC (tetracycline) and using them together to knock the infection out.
But will I kill the fish with this combo?
He is a nice little guy and I’d like to give him a chance after all that he has been through!
dumaka
2 Responses for "My betta fish has fin rot.So many different treatments.Any Ideas?"
omg, thats too bad, im very sorry, but if your fish continues trying to swim hell get tired and he will bleed im sorry but i think hell die
I’ll just post a link