About a week or so ago, the front end of my Betta swelled to be really big. I tried fasting it for a few days as well as feeding it cooked peas, but the swelling has still not gone down at all. Can anybody help me help my fish?? What else can I do?
2007-03-01 03:37:27 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
It sounds like your fish has a condition called dropsy. This is a bacteria infection that fasting and peas will not cure. Look down at the fish from the top and see if the scales are sticking out like a pinecone. If so you certainly are dealing with drospy. If not, I would assume you have an internal infection of someother type but not in the swim bladder.
Either way, you will need to treat it the same way. Treat with either Furanace or Marycn as directed on the box and treat for at least two weeks. Also feed the fish medicated food for bacterial infections. Remove the carbon from they filter during treatment as it would remove the medication from the water.
Best of luck!
MM
2007-03-01 03:44:11 · answer #1 · answered by magicman116 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Don't feed your fish pellets, feed flakes only and when possible, pre-soak them. The pellets can swell up in the fish and result in swim bladder disease. This happened to my mom's Koi. She lost 8 fish to this. Feeding gel or live food is best. So, first, check what you are feeding your fishy.
As to the present condition, there is no cure for it. Feeding medicated food, adding salt to the tank, feeding peas, and raising the temperature to 76 degrees may help but only for a short time. Eventually the fish may be unable to eat and will have to be euthanized. Or flushed.
You've already fed the peas, now fast your fish some more.
Fast your fish for a couple of days. Withhold all food for three or four days, and sometimes this alone will break up the impaction and return things to normal. Most fish can go a week to ten days without food and be just fine.
Periodic aspiration of the swim bladder works very well. Basically, you stick a needle in the swim bladder and suck out some of the air. Not something to be entered into lightly, but does work well. This is not a cure, but a successful treatment. The head veterinarian at the Baltimore Aquarium prefers this method.
Sit back and relax. Your fish will be fine :)
2007-03-01 03:47:38 · answer #2 · answered by anniewalker 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I had to give mine fish antibiotics and they worked, he was never as good as new, and had it happen every now and again, but lived for quite a while
2007-03-01 03:41:15 · answer #3 · answered by Mystee_Rain 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it has swim bladder disease there unfortunately is nothing you can do to prevent it from running its course.
Sorry.
2007-03-02 08:13:13 · answer #4 · answered by xxx 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Flush it down the toilet.
2007-03-01 03:40:34 · answer #5 · answered by ♥eLizAbEtH♥ 5 · 0⤊ 5⤋
flush him... they got more at wal-mart.
2007-03-01 03:40:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋