Betta exploded????

[lucky strike 21]

hey everyone my betta was acting a bit odd yesterday so I quarantined her in my 20 gallon long its cycled everything is normal last night she seemed fine today as I looked she was missing so I looked for her and she was sitting on the gravel her chest and stomach were ripped open by what I don't know her scales looked popped open what was this she was eating going to the bathroom rip my lil girl betta you will be missed

 

[CoryCats]

Is there anything else in the QT tank? How much and what was she fed?

 

[EricV]

Chest buster from alien. Watch out. Try to blow it out of the airlock.




Seriously though I'm not sure. Some super fast and severe case of dropsy maybe?

 

[lucky strike 21]

Is there anything else in the QT tank? How much and what was she fed?

she was alone in there I was feeding her blood worms and flake food

Chest buster from alien. Watch out. Try to blow it out of the airlock.




Seriously though I'm not sure. Some super fast and severe case of dropsy maybe?

lol my first thought I thought dropsy took days or weeks to kill a fish

 

[CoryCats]

How often were you feeding the blood worms? Did she look bloated? How was she acting that was odd?

 

[lucky strike 21]

How often were you feeding the blood worms? Did she look bloated? How was she acting that was odd?

the bloodworms were a treat every 1 week
she didn't look bloated at all she kept resting on a plant I had in quarantine tank and I was worried because she had never done that there was little white worms coming out of her belly after she had passed away

 

[Lucy]

I'm so sorry.

 

[SW5]

Oh my goodness... I have no idea what that possibly could have been, but that must have been a horrible sight to see! I am so sorry that happened to him. R.I.P. :console:

 

[lucky strike 21]

I'm so sorry.

thank you lucy

Oh my goodness... I have no idea what that possibly could have been, but that must have been a horrible sight to see! I am so sorry that happened to him. R.I.P. :console:

thank you

does anyone have any idea?

 

[tunastrack]

jeraz, as I told you a long while back when you were having problems with your fish. I think you have internal parasite. And it sounds like hers became so bad that she literally burst open.

You need to get on this problem asap. How are all of your other fish doing?

If I were you I would disinfect the entire QT. Or treat if as if you were treating an internal parasite with meds. Something...

I am so sorry that you have had such bad luck with fish keeping. But maybe now you can finally pin down what has been going on. We are all happy to help any way we can!!!

 

[luke355027355027]

The only thing I could think of is. Freeze dried food will expand once it hits water and if a fish eats it immediately it can cause there stomachs to get bigger but. You would need ALOt of food for it to make your fish physically explode

 

[Ziggi]

That ... sounds traumatic but I agree, definatily internal parasites if worms were coming out of the body but werent in the tank prior!



scroll to post #13, does that description sound like what you saw?

 

[lucky strike 21]

jeraz, as I told you a long while back when you were having problems with your fish. I think you have internal parasite. And it sounds like hers became so bad that she literally burst open.

You need to get on this problem asap. How are all of your other fish doing?

If I were you I would disinfect the entire QT. Or treat if as if you were treating an internal parasite with meds. Something...

I am so sorry that you have had such bad luck with fish keeping. But maybe now you can finally pin down what has been going on. We are all happy to help any way we can!!!

that was another tank another stock not this one I started off from scratch new ornaments new filters new heaters

The only thing I could think of is. Freeze dried food will expand once it hits water and if a fish eats it immediately it can cause there stomachs to get bigger but. You would need ALOt of food for it to make your fish physically explode

I never overfed

That ... sounds traumatic but I agree, definatily internal parasites if worms were coming out of the body but werent in the tank prior!



scroll to post #13, does that description sound like what you saw?

I will try to get a picture

 

[tunastrack]

If you use the same nets, siphon etc it is very easy to contaminate other tanks. But even with out that. It still sounds like you have an internal parasite infestation on your hands. If your betta literally had white worms coming from inside of her. So since you had her in the community tank, I think it is a very safe assumption that the entire stock is infected as well as any other tank you may share equipment with. So IMO you need to treat quickly. Or your going to continue to have more deaths.

 

[CoryCats]

Do you use the same gravel vac/water changer?

 

[lucky strike 21]

If you use the same nets, siphon etc it is very easy to contaminate other tanks. But even with out that. It still sounds like you have an internal parasite infestation on your hands. If your betta literally had white worms coming from inside of her. So since you had her in the community tank, I think it is a very safe assumption that the entire stock is infected as well as any other tank you may share equipment with. So IMO you need to treat quickly. Or your going to continue to have more deaths.

I am currently treating my community tank with mela fix

Do you use the same gravel vac/water changer?

no I have separate equipment for tanks

 

[CoryCats]

The community she was in? Were you treating before you took her out?

 

[lucky strike 21]

The community she was in? Were you treating before you took her out?

I took her out first because I heard mela fix would cause problems for her because of her ability to breath air I bought general cure for my betta

 

[tunastrack]

Melafix is not going to cure internal parasites I'm affraid. Also, the picture you provided....Is that a worm that is hanging down off of her belly or part of her feelers?

 

[lucky strike 21]

Melafix is not going to cure internal parasites I'm affraid. Also, the picture you provided....Is that a worm that is hanging down off of her belly or part of her feelers?

I'm probably going to use the general cure thing I bought for the betta would that work?I think its her feelers?I'm not sure either

 

[tunastrack]

Its important to try and find out. Because to me it looks exactly like the worms that my fish had. Which is a very nasty nemotode called Camallanus Worms. Which will not be cured with general cure or regular antI parasitic meds.

I'm not sure if General Cure is going to be your best option for internal parasites. That stuff is more for a broad range of things but not specific to internal parasites such as Tetra Parasite Guard would be. But I guess it is worth a shot. If that is all you can get.

 

[monkeypie102]

Its important to try and find out. Because to me it looks exactly like the worms that my fish had. Which is a very nasty nemotode called Camallanus Worms. Which will not be cured with general cure or regular antI parasitic meds.

I'm not sure if General Cure is going to be your best option for internal parasites. That stuff is more for a broad range of things but not specific to internal parasites such as Tetra Parasite Guard would be. But I guess it is worth a shot. If that is all you can get.

I believe Tina is right its most likely Camallanus... Please take her advice I watched as Tina battled those worms and won in the end! They won't go away without treatment and any future fish you get will have the strong possibility of getting this worm and dieing the sake way...

 

[lucky strike 21]

I took my betta out again it is her feelers the white worms I saw I guess were her guts her body feels bloated and she has white skin around her gills and stomach area they look like white bumps under her skin what treatment would you all recommend I feel horrible prodding at her

 

[anahiii24]

So sorry for your loss

 

[Eienna]

I expect parasites too.

Camallanus is not likely. You said the worms were white, correct? Camallanus worms are red.

You need to treat everyone, I think. Tetra Parasite Guard is a good bet and pretty safe.

 

[tunastrack]

OK jesraz, good luck with your fish.

 

[JustKeepSwimming]

I would consider bleaching the aquarium and everything in it and recycling it, but that's just me. I had a nasty case of anchor worms that wouldn't quit until I threw out my substrate and bleached everything (I didn't recycle the tank though because it wasn't a QT, the fish needed it to be cycled), treated the fish and salted the water. That'd be the only thing to put my mind at ease in your situation.

 

[Eienna]

Melafix is only a mild antibacterial/antifungal.
It's not even effective in a large proportion of cases.

I do believe I read about at least one parasite that can eat its way out from the inside. :/ Blech.

 

[Aquarist]

hey everyone my betta was acting a bit odd yesterday so I quarantined her in my 20 gallon long its cycled everything is normal last night she seemed fine today as I looked she was missing so I looked for her and she was sitting on the gravel her chest and stomach were ripped open by what I don't know her scales looked popped open what was this she was eating going to the bathroom rip my lil girl betta you will be missed

Good morning,

So hate to hear of your loss. I know it isn't easy.

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[lucky strike 21]

Ok so currently i'm treating my community tank with sea chem. Para guard to kill any parasites on my fish I am going to nuke my tank with Clorox then wash it really well with vinegar and water fill it up a couple of times and put prime in does this sound like a good idea ?also would I need to throw away the filter pad thing or is it ok ?I'm changing out the gravel and all decorations just in case any tips on how to tell when the fish are ok for the main tank ?

 

[Eienna]

I don't think paraguard treats internal parasites...just external.

If you're using the correct antiparasitic, you needn't worry about bleaching the tank. The medication would kill the parasites.