Sick Betta Help

[scody77]

There is a Betta in a tank at my work, he isn’t mine, but I go by and look at him a few times a week. He seems to be losing color. In December before Christmas he was much darker and looked fuller, now he seems a bit pale and his fins don’t look as full. Even though he isn’t mine I’d like to try to help the poor guy. Any suggestions? I don’t know water test conditions, I did see someone doing a partial water change yesterday, which seemed to perk him up a bit.

 

[Repolie]

If you can find out who it belongs to and give information about his environmental conditions it'd help a lot: Fish Emergency Template

It just looks like normal colouration to me. He may have the marble gene which can cause him to change colours as he ages over time. It also looks like he has fin rot which would explain the loss of fins.

 

[scody77]

If you can find out who it belongs to and give information about his environmental conditions it'd help a lot: Fish Emergency Template

It just looks like normal colouration to me. He may have the marble gene which can cause him to change colours as he ages over time. It also looks like he has fin rot which would explain the loss of fins.

The woman who takes care of him is on disability until next month. I will ask the person who is temporarily taking care of him if they know anything. He just looks a lot different to me. They got him in September I think. I took a picture in mid December.

 

[Iverg1]

It just looks like normal colouration to me. He may have the marble gene which can cause him to change colours as he ages over time. It also looks like he has fin rot which would explain the loss of fins.

To me it looks like he lost most of his scales with that wave of dropsy. If the person keeps the tank water clean he should be fine and the scales should regrow back. Or it might be what Repolie said, just coloration.