I bought two betta a few days ago. One is perfectly healthy and constantly active. The other is less active, but still moves around, and seems to eat less. It looks perfectly healthy, but this morning I noticed that a red growth is growing between its two front fins. I took it out of the tank just in case it has a desease, but I'm not sure what to do about it. I researched Betta diseases and it doesn't match anything.
2006-09-18 05:08:12 · 10 answers · asked by Liz B 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
They were in the same tank but with a divider. So there was no fighting.
2006-09-18 05:26:58 · update #1
A red growth that's very vague. Is it fuzzy (velvet), rounded or bumpy (tummor), or ragged and bloody (bacteria).
Velvet would look like a fine gold/red mist covering the body if viewed in darkness shining a flash light on the fish. Treat like ick/ich. Add 1 tea spoon of table salt per 2.5 gallons, and purchase an anti-ick med at your local fish store. (Be sure it lists velvet as something it treats on the back.)
Lesions caused by bacterial infection are serious. A broad spectrum antibotic like trisulfa, or a combination of antibotics targeting gram negative, AND gram postive bacteria.
2006-09-18 06:01:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If the two bettas were in the same tank they have been fighting and the red you are seeing is an injury.
It needs some first aid. Go to the pet store and ask an employee for the stuff that makes the water blue, tell them what happened and ask for the best remedies. Ask them how to use it. Yon need to kill any infection and support him until he recovers. If he does, he will probably die.
Betta males will kill other male bettas, they fight to the death. They are not so gentle with their females either. The one that is weak is the loser and will die if left with the other one.
You really need to do more research on them. Go to bettysplendens.com, she has lots of good advise on keeping the little guys.
Please do lots of research BEFORE you get a new pet.
Thank you.
2006-09-18 05:16:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I had the same problem..... and It was because my fish was still growing and developing his colors.... he was really inactive and did not react to the other fish threats... but once all his red came out and he grew a little he started to be a bit more active and reacts to the other fish on the tank... maybe thats your case....
2006-09-18 08:26:58 · answer #3 · answered by Ricky 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like your little betta has a bacterial infection. Go to www.bettatalk.com and scroll all the way down to bacterial infection and read the description, it sounds like your fish! It says that it is VERY CONTAGIOUS so good quick thinking removing it from the other tank!!
2006-09-18 05:19:27 · answer #4 · answered by frigidx 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Return it back to the store you bought it from. They should give you something like 14 days to return a fish dead or alive.
The betta fish always look so depressed in those little containers and all alone. I feel sorry for those fish.
I thought you could not put in a tank or bowl with other fish because they will fight.
2006-09-18 05:14:39 · answer #5 · answered by geminisista 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
red growth.mm..maybe it's just a fungal infection that's gone out of hand. If you can't return the fish, I would try some sort of PARASITE medics (jungle brand is good) and also add salt to the tank (about 1 tablespoon for 5 gallons--you can do the math if it's a bowl)
2006-09-18 06:20:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hi,
Not Totally sure but this may help:
Blood-red worms are visible on the inside surface of the operculum (gill plate), but usually only in pond fish The fish are affected with blood worms (Philometra spp) Treat the fish with Praziquantel
Are both your Bettas Male??
2006-09-18 05:21:22 · answer #7 · answered by Just Sellin 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Betta males should not be kept in the same tank together, they naturally fight. Also if your beta is sick, seperate it from the other fish and change both their water.
I dont' know much about the diseases of fish. Sorry.
2006-09-18 05:22:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
In fish, it is really hard to diagnose or treat a problem. Perhaps try to find a veterinarian with aquatic experience.
2006-09-18 05:13:33 · answer #9 · answered by Sarah H 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
just so I understand.. you have two male betta fish in the same tank??? they are very territorial and will fight
2006-09-18 05:20:47 · answer #10 · answered by tampico 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋