Hi, my betta is sick! Symptoms include either racing around his bowl or lying listlessly on his plant, rubbing against plant, not eating, not excited. I've identified white specks mainly on his fins, but a few on his body and suspect it's ich. I've ordered aquarisol and aquarium salt, but it's not going to get here for a few days and I'm scared! What's the best thing I can do for him while I'm waiting for the medications to get here? Also, do you know if regular pet stores usually carry fish medications?
2007-10-20 14:34:13 · 6 answers · asked by Kate C 2 in Pets ➔ Fish
Pet stores should have an array of different medications for ick readily available for you. Just go to your nearest one and check the shelves or ask an associate for help. Make sure you read and follow the directions on the bottle. Mine is 3 treatments total one ever 3 days over a total of 9 days. It works well and gives the aquarium water a slight blue shade. It shouldn't take more then a table spoon or so if his house is small. Be careful some fish are sensitive and some medicines are painful if ingested, in contact with skin, or gotten into eyes.
2007-10-20 14:47:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-10-04 06:20:16 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Be sure this is ich - velvet also appears as white spots, but the spots are smaller (velvet on a betta: http://www.flippersandfins.net/Images/VelvetEarly.jpg , ich on a betta: http://www.fishjunkies.com/images/ich1.jpg ). You can positively identify the velvet by turning off the room lights and shining a bright flashlight on your fish. If the spots still look white, it is ich, but if they look gold or rust colored, it velvet. This makes a difference in treating, since the velvet is photosynthetic, so you'd need to turn off the tank lights during treatment. It can also take longer to eliminate. Both can be treated with malachite green and formalin in combination (look for a medication like Quick Cure or Rid Ich which has both - pet stores, and even WalMart carry these). It can also help to turn the heater up to 86o (if it's not close to this already, increase the temperature a few degrees each hour).
2007-10-20 15:00:38 · answer #3 · answered by copperhead 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Do a partial water change first. Ich is probably the most common fish tank disease. It can be hard to clear up, but every pet store carries the medication to cure it within a week. Ich is a sign that your water has something wrong with it. Ich is always present in the water, but fish are only susceptible to it when they are stressed and lose some of their protective slime layer that shields them from the everpresent organisms that are in the water. Just change half of the water every day until you can get meds.
2007-10-20 14:44:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Get Coppersafe, it's for parasites and use according to the directions
Also get some Fungus Clear tablets and follow directions
Using both of these will ensure that you are covering your bases: Parasites and Fungus
I have had to do this many times when I got back from vacation and the person taking care of my fish was careless... it saved their lives.
2007-10-20 15:00:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can get aquarium salt at walmart for a little over a dollar.
2007-10-21 05:33:09 · answer #6 · answered by stephanie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋