something's wrong with my Betta fish ;[?
- Thread starter anna
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It sounds like your fish has dropsy
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Bettas are prone to his disease. The main cause is bacterial infection. The causative agent may be introduced through food or dirty water. Treatment may consist of antibiotics targeting the causative agent. They work best in the very early stages of dropsy. A more hands-on approach is to raise the aquarium's temperature a few degrees - slightly higher than usual. Adding Epsom salts (Magnesium sulfate) to the water (at a rate of 20 mg/L) helps to encourage the fish to expel unnecessary damaging fluids. By the time the fish has swollen up enough that the scales begin to raise, the internal damage may be too extensive to repair. Most cases of dropsy are fatal. However, if the fish is placed in a quarantine tank and treated with a broad spectrum antibiotic or a bacterial remedy from any aquatic sales shop, then the fish can make a full recovery in less than a week.
(images: http://images.google.ca/images?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US
fficial&hs=rRP&ei=RBVOSuXNGNCytwfwlampBA&resnum=0&q=dropsy&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi)Bettas are prone to his disease. The main cause is bacterial infection. The causative agent may be introduced through food or dirty water. Treatment may consist of antibiotics targeting the causative agent. They work best in the very early stages of dropsy. A more hands-on approach is to raise the aquarium's temperature a few degrees - slightly higher than usual. Adding Epsom salts (Magnesium sulfate) to the water (at a rate of 20 mg/L) helps to encourage the fish to expel unnecessary damaging fluids. By the time the fish has swollen up enough that the scales begin to raise, the internal damage may be too extensive to repair. Most cases of dropsy are fatal. However, if the fish is placed in a quarantine tank and treated with a broad spectrum antibiotic or a bacterial remedy from any aquatic sales shop, then the fish can make a full recovery in less than a week.