upset coz i don't know what to do. my fighters are getting sick one by one are showing fin rot and gill inflation. i don't know what's wrong with them or what to do.
my lady fighter has the worst case of fin rot and a red sore near her mouth, i've been treating her with a mixture of fungus ade, melafix,pimafix and aqua salt. she's so sick and i want to help her.
the others have gotten sick via trying to spawn. the males that try end up getting fin rot and one femal came out with gill inflamation.
SYdney's (Australia) water, i have a hunch there's something in the water.
i age it for about 2days with water ager CN and aeration. but still they manage to get sick. pH is around 7.4-7.6... tem is roughly 28degrees which is 78-82F...ummm i don't know what else to tell you.
Hi Kei. this doesn't sound so good. let me go thru this. I'd start by mixing up a brand new batch of water. Fill a large bucket with lukewarm/room temp water. use your hand to gauge it. Add declorinator and NOTHING else, unless you have chloramines in your water. If so, you need to add a dechloraminator. Ask your LFS.
Immediately change everyone's water. Don't wait days to age it. this is totally unnecessary if you have the dechlor products.
Don't mess with the pH. more fish get sick this way than I can tell you. Emg is very good at doing this, but even she can make a mistake. For most people, it's NOT worth messing with. i need to write an article on this, but for now, take my word for it.
Keep all your fighters separated or carded, so they don't see each other and get upset. Raise the ambient temp into the low to mid 80s, but high 70s is better than nothing. make like a sick bay thing, so you don't have to heat each tank. Ask Emg. Emg has a sickbay pic in Rate a Fish, towards the front of the pics, so you will have to go thru a lot of pix. Also re-read the thread on heating betta tanks (see table of contents thread at the top of forum).
NEXT, don't put so much stuff in your water. All those meds mixing isn't good and adds a big load of ions. Your best bets are SUPER CLEAN water and good heat. I would keep up the salt and bettafix (melafix is a bit too concentrated, IMO, for bettas, so get bettafix). But give them a break from the med cocktail. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
that's really all you can do. Some people have success with stronger meds, but I find they are made for at least ten gallon tanks, and it's really hard to make it right for a betta situation. You can always do the mix it up in a ten gallon and fill your bowl from that method. I have not tried that, but it does make sense. I always seem to do well with the more natural route.
You might wantt to call your water compnay and ask if there is anything you should know. Maybe your health is in danger...tell them about your fish and see if they have had any other reports. Your fish should not all be sick at once, so I would treat this as an actual concern.
