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Re: Very Sick Betta Fish
Posted by doreen on 9/20/08

Hope betta is still alive. You are feeding your fish too often!
A betta should eat about 4-5 pellets a day ONCE a day. Your
ammonia levels are too high because of excess food and fish
waste. Try scaling back on the food and you'll be fine.

On 2/25/08, Miss_Ellie wrote:
> i would have to say that if there no improvement in the
> betta's health with the current medication, clean out the
> tank, give him fresh water and a little salt... but leave it
> at that. two days later if tehre isn't much improvement try
> the other meds... just remember, sometimes fisg get sick and
> in an attempt to help them, their owners tend
> to "overmedicate" them and then they get even more sick and
> sometimes they get depressed. slow down on the water changes
> as this may overstress the poor guy and give him time to heal.
> just don't overmedicate your fish... sometimes all they really
> need are stress free time in a clean bowl with some salt. I
> hope that your fish ends up ok.
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> On 5/19/07, Ms Kapper wrote:
>> On 5/18/07, Ann wrote:
>>> I will try to make this story as short as I possibly can.
>>> We got a Red male betta, we call him Sparky, in February.
>>> He was in a tiny tank and so we opted to purchase a 5
>>> gallon for him a month ago to keep him happy. We did not
>>> know about the nitrogen cycle at the time. He seemed sick
>>> after the 1st week or 2 so in the 5 gallon tank, so I took
>>> him out and put him in his tiny tank, cleaned out the 5
>>> gallon tank and then put him back in the 5 gallon tank with
>>> conditioners, stress coat, stress zyme, aquarium salt, and
>>> fed him 2-3 x's a day, blood worms, and flakes.
>>>
>>> After another week or 2 he began staying at the bottom of
>>> the tank and rushing up for air. I bought water testing
>>> kits for ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, and ph. The ammonia was
>>> high, so I used ammolock and the ammonia level tested even
>>> higher, the nitrite levels were in the .50-1.0 range. I
>>> took Sparky to a local pet shop. The woman could not
>>> understand why the ammonia was high and at the time,
>>> neither could I, so she told me to completely change all
>>> the water again and to treat the water with Prime and Tetra
>>> Easy Balance with Nitraban. She also said to treat the fish
>>> with BettaRemedy Fix, which I did in his small tank for 7
>>> days. He was much much better and was swimming around happy
>>> and content. I cleaned out the 5 gallon tank, used the
>>> Prime, and Tetra Easy Balance with Nitraban and aquarium
>>> salt dissolved for 5 gallons. I also put in stress coat and
>>> stress zyme and PH 7.0 for ph balance. I took out the
>>> Whisper filter that came with the tank and put in a new
>>> AquaClear Power Filter Cycle Guard with BioMax.
>>>
>>> The new filter sits too high on this tank because the frame
>>> is made higher than normal with a tiny cut out made to hold
>>> the Whisper filter that came with the tank. So, the way the
>>> water pours into the tank, even on the lowest setting, like
>>> a waterfall splashing in which may have stressed out the
>>> Betta. When he swam under the current it would push him
>>> downward.
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>>> Once again, the ammonia levels started going up .25 to .50,
>>> so i started doing 30&37; water changes in an attempt to not
>>> allow the ammonia levels to sky rocket again. They stayed
>>> down at .25 to .50 daily. This went on for about 5 days and
>>> also during those days the ph kept going up so I kept
>>> putting in the PH 7.0 to bring it back down to normal. I
>>> have always had the tank heated and have kept the temp.
>>> between 76-80. I tested the water 2x's a day PH, Ammonia
>>> and Nitrite. Ph and ammonia at this point would go up, but
>>> the nitrite stayed down to 0. On about the 4th day of doing
>>> these water changes, Sparky got sick again and became
>>> listless and would not even acknowledge his food in the
>>> water. He began staying at the top of the water, sort of
>>> floating listlessly, and seeming not to see anything. When
>>> I used to approach the tank he used to swim over to me, but
>>> now, he didn't budge. I felt awful. I took him out yet
>>> again and put him in his tiny tank with dissolved aquarium
>>> salt, stress coat, ph 7.0 and started using the Betta
>>> Remedy Fix again. I have been using the Betta Remedy Fix
>>> now for 5 days and no signs of getting better. He has not
>>> eaten for the past 7 days. He hides now unlike the first
>>> time he was sick. He hides wherever he can, by the heater,
>>> by the thermometer, under the plant. When floating at the
>>> top he seems to lose balance and begins to tilt over. It
>>> seems as though there is no hope at this point and we are
>>> all so very upset and so heartbroken that we may lose our
>>> beautiful fish. We have become so so attached to him in the
>>> short time we have had him and would hate to lose him.
>>>
>>> I was going to use some Methylene Blue, but don't know if I
>>> can use it in the same water with the Betta Remedy Fix. We
>>> don't know what to do. Please help!!
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>> Google for Betta problems etc. you will link up to experts

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Posts on this thread, including this one


• Very Sick Betta Fish, 5/18/07, by Ann.
• Re: Very Sick Betta Fish, 5/19/07, by Ms Kapper.
• Re: Very Sick Betta Fish, 5/23/07, by AIMEE.
• Re: Very Sick Betta Fish, 2/25/08, by Miss_Ellie.
• Re: Very Sick Betta Fish, 9/20/08, by doreen.