deltad

Hi there I am new here. First time posting. My betta developed Dropsy - we took him out of the tank last night and put him in another small pail as I read he should be out of the tank. He is very swollen and looks awful. My question is this - I am going to go to the store today to get some medication for the Dropsy. Should I treat the tank that I took him out of as well. In that tank is 2 angels, 1 more Betta, a plucko and 2 cory cats. Thanks for your replies. (The tanks water counts are very good) Notsure why he got it.

Fishies-for-me

Post this over in the betta forum part and you may get more hits and info in there.

deltad

Thanks - not sure what I am doing yet on here yet. Looks like a real good forum. Glad I found it.

Devon

Welcome to FishLore!

Firstly, I have to comment on your aquarium setup -- you say you have 2 bettas and 2 angels in the same tank? Are the bettas male or female? Bettas (even females for the most part) do NOT like to live with other fish, especially not other bettas, or fishes with long, flowing tails like angels. Bettas are fin nippers and they will make short work of your angels if they get in a tizz. These are species that I would strongly recommend separating ASAP.
What size is this tank? And can you post your actual readings for water parameters?

I have no experience with dropsy myself, so hopefully someone knowledgeable in that illness will be along soon... I do know that it is very difficult to treat and has a high fatality rate, so I would start treating the sick one at least right away!! The sooner you start, the better your chances. Good luck.

ShaynaB

I agree with Devon here.

There are very few bettas that will live together, even females. Males should not be put together. Even if they are females, 2 is not the magic number and it very rarely works! I'd get some tanks for the bettas to be separate because angels aren't always little angels either! Ok, so it's worked for you so far... But one day you're going to turn on the light and it won't be so pretty!

Ok, done with that part...

Take the betta with dropsy out and put him in a quarantine tank to treat him for dropsy. It's not contagious, so you don't have to treat the whole tank.

While you're getting a Q tank, get another tank for the other betta!

Dropsy could be stress related or it could be a secondary infection to something that's already happening with your betta. Do his (or her) gills look inflamed? Is his tail shrinking or does he have fin rot?? Any interesting, out of character, things going on with your betta lately? (Suddenly I sound like a psychologist! )

Welcome to FishLore! We're glad you're here!

Devon

Seems you have this same post going in two places... it's much harder for us to keep track of your posts and which answers you have gotten to what when you have two of the same thread going... if you click on the top at "Forum Tools" and close this thread, you can continue to get answers from Rose and the crew on the other duplicate thread.