Skipperix
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Hello all,
I am a relatively new fish owner, and have a sick betta. At first, I thought ick due to small white dots on his fins and gills and he was scratching up against the decorations in his tank. I began an herbal treatment as it was the only thing my small, unstocked LFS had, and placed an online order for ick meds (jungle clear with acriflavin and malachite green), copper treatment (in case it was too severe), and aquarium salt. I already added the aquarium salt per the directions, and turned up the heat to 82. I've been scaring myself with reading online posts and thought for a while it could be velvet. Does velvet present with white dots like ich as well? He does have some gold color, but his coloring was also blue-gold so I'm wondering if I jumped the gun with the velvet diagnosis. Herbal treatment and heat began 5 days ago, and aquarium salt was added 2 days ago. This morning, almost all of the white dots had fallen off but he is still acting abnormally (scratching, rather lethargic, etc). However, a small part of his lower tail has sort of disintegrated. Like it faded in color and look frayed. Could it be a result from him scratching against his decorations, or should I be prepared to deal with fin rot or something now?
I do see some improvement, so I am wondering if I could continue the current treatment of salt and heat, or if I should add the ick meds or copper meds? They both arrive tomorrow morning, so I thought I would ask before starting either.
My set up is a 5 gallon tank, with filter and heater. I have had him for about 5 weeks, and stupid me last week got 2 guppies for him. People at the pet store told me they would get along fine, and that I didn't need to do a quarantine (I now know not to trust the advice of pet stores and feel terrible I let this happen to begin with). Obviously ended up not getting along so I returned them the following day. I am fairly certain they gave him whatever he has or at least caused enough stress to let him get sick. I've been doing 25% water changes every other day, and water levels (nitrate, nitrite, etc) are all within ideal ranges (with PH slightly low, but acceptable).
To summarize: Itstarted with white dots, and I thought he developed a golden velvet color (though perhaps was wrong). Aquarium salt, heat, and a natural cure marketed for velvet and ick got rid of the white dots, but not the gold color. Now loosing parts of tail and still scratching and acting lethargic.
He was uncooperative for photos, but I hope they help somewhat. His name is Deja Blue, and I got him after moving to college and missing the heck out of my animals at home.
I am a relatively new fish owner, and have a sick betta. At first, I thought ick due to small white dots on his fins and gills and he was scratching up against the decorations in his tank. I began an herbal treatment as it was the only thing my small, unstocked LFS had, and placed an online order for ick meds (jungle clear with acriflavin and malachite green), copper treatment (in case it was too severe), and aquarium salt. I already added the aquarium salt per the directions, and turned up the heat to 82. I've been scaring myself with reading online posts and thought for a while it could be velvet. Does velvet present with white dots like ich as well? He does have some gold color, but his coloring was also blue-gold so I'm wondering if I jumped the gun with the velvet diagnosis. Herbal treatment and heat began 5 days ago, and aquarium salt was added 2 days ago. This morning, almost all of the white dots had fallen off but he is still acting abnormally (scratching, rather lethargic, etc). However, a small part of his lower tail has sort of disintegrated. Like it faded in color and look frayed. Could it be a result from him scratching against his decorations, or should I be prepared to deal with fin rot or something now?
I do see some improvement, so I am wondering if I could continue the current treatment of salt and heat, or if I should add the ick meds or copper meds? They both arrive tomorrow morning, so I thought I would ask before starting either.
My set up is a 5 gallon tank, with filter and heater. I have had him for about 5 weeks, and stupid me last week got 2 guppies for him. People at the pet store told me they would get along fine, and that I didn't need to do a quarantine (I now know not to trust the advice of pet stores and feel terrible I let this happen to begin with). Obviously ended up not getting along so I returned them the following day. I am fairly certain they gave him whatever he has or at least caused enough stress to let him get sick. I've been doing 25% water changes every other day, and water levels (nitrate, nitrite, etc) are all within ideal ranges (with PH slightly low, but acceptable).
To summarize: Itstarted with white dots, and I thought he developed a golden velvet color (though perhaps was wrong). Aquarium salt, heat, and a natural cure marketed for velvet and ick got rid of the white dots, but not the gold color. Now loosing parts of tail and still scratching and acting lethargic.
He was uncooperative for photos, but I hope they help somewhat. His name is Deja Blue, and I got him after moving to college and missing the heck out of my animals at home.
