my betta was fine for 7 months , and now he is dead. The day before he died , he was eating and he was active. He had a bubble nest. He didn't overeat before he died , and he was a noraml size , before he swelled up. The next day i wanted to feed him , and i found him dead. His stomach was really swollen, and he was dead. I want to find out if he died from dropsy , or from fish tuberculosis.
2006-12-12 13:43:36 · 4 answers · asked by A 5 in Pets ➔ Fish
Fish can die from dropsy pretty quickly -- but there is no real range, because the exact cause of dropsy can be pretty varied. That is, dropsy is a condition that results from swelling of body tissues and excess water building up in the fish's body. This is a symptom, not a cause -- several disease can and do present this symptom.
Bacterial infections, viral infections, and tuberculosis (fungal) can all cause dropsy in a fish. The problem is that by the time you see the symptom, the disease/malady has progressed to the point of being "uncurable".
This is where the first respondent's answer comes in -- it's usually best practice to euthanize any fish exhibiting dropsy, because sometimes the underlying disease can be pretty contagious, and frankly, the fish will likely live a short while longer in pain, so it is best to put it out of it's misery. One of the fastest/least cruel is to put the fish in a bag and smack against something really hard. Sounds nasty, but works very quickly and humanely.
To your question again, smaller fish will take a much shorter time than a larger one to die from any affliction -- the sheer surface area, energy reserves, and metabolism (slower) in larger fish make them more resistant to infection.
Hope it helps!
2006-12-15 02:14:16 · answer #1 · answered by lucid696 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the Guinness Book of world records list the "fastest Betta Death from dropsy ever recorded" as 24.078966645 hours after contact.
2006-12-12 18:57:22 · answer #2 · answered by a1952male 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The water will be a touch too chilly positioned some warmth one contained in the tank. a number of my fish die too so what i visit do is take some water out and supplies you it to Petsmart or Petco and they could be able to attempt the water snd see what's incorrect. you are able to attempt that.
2016-11-25 23:57:03 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually directly upon impact.
2006-12-12 13:45:05 · answer #4 · answered by Privratnik 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋