#fish sickness

[27snakesinatrenchcoat]

Did some renovations to her retirement home, added some extra plants and resting leaves up by the surface as well as padded the ground with smooth stones so the doesnt have to lie down on the sharper stuff.

Poor old girl is so tired. Im giving her water changes every 2 days and treating with stress coat. Her health has been deteriorating rapidly, and this is my last resort, as everything else has failed... if she doesn't start showing some kind of improvement I think I'll have to put her to sleep. She's struggling so hard to swim and honestly looks miserable now, and I cant stand watching her suffer. I know I tried my best but part of me still feels like I failed her in the end. Im having a really hard time in my personal life so this kind of sucks timing-wise... but im gonna try to focus on helping Luna until I know for sure that she isn't happy and isn't getting better.

I love her so much. She lets me hold her and rests on my hand at the surface while she eats sometimes. Sometimes she bites my hand until I open it so she can swim over it and look up at me while I'm fixing things in the tank. I was so lucky to know this little creature. She's brought so much joy.

I hope she likes her new plants and feels safe and comfortable for the rest of her life, however long that may be.

[a-grumpy-dragon]

So I’ve always struggled with my betta’s fins and fin rot but have managed to keep it under control. The past week though he’s started to develop some strands of white looking fuzz and a few white spots. I’ve done more water changes and have treated my tank with furan-2. However, it doesn’t seem to have made a difference. My tap water has high ammonia, anywhere from .25-1 but I always treat it with prime before putting it in my tank. I also have an ammonia reducing block in my tank to help. I do water changes every week at about 30% and vaccum heavily. I’ve had my filter cartiadge for about a year but clean it whenever I do a water change with the old water. Do I need a new filter cartiadge but then my cycle would be messed up. Water parameters are ammonia. .25, getting a water change, nitrite 0 and nitrate 0. Thanks to anyone who can help and if I did anything ignorant I deeply apologize. I’ve looked at articles online from reputable websites but maybe they gave wrong advice on something. Thanks again

[not-a-throwaway-pet]

My goldfish's gills are looking super inflamed and red.. tested for ammonia and u can see its at good levels. Can anybody tell me what to do? Thanks!

[owl---mell]

My poor little fishy Penelope is acting all weird.

He's "breathing" heavily and lying on the bottom of the tank. Every time I try to open or close the lid to feed him he freaks out and starts darting all over the tank. I changed his water recently and added stuff to ensure the balance is there. He was also acting normally two days ago when I went to feed him. (I fed him last night as well but I don't recall watching him eat it).

Does anyone know why my beta might be acting strangely. I don't want to wake up and find him belly up =[

Additional details: I've had Penelope for about two years now. There were many times when he appeared to be on the brink of death (refusing to eat etc) and each time I helped get him back on track. I don't know if age would make a difference.

[fishtorian]

Aquabid experience (TEXT POST)

My betta is here! I just went to pick him up a while ago and he is...very faded and raggedy. He must have been through hell, because he was shipped in only a little bit of water and there's poop floating everywhere.

He's now soaking in a jar of CLEAN water (it is such a relief to see him in it than in that horrible bag) with aquarium salt and an Indian almond leave. He's looks a bit different than his picture, his body now almost entirely blue but it's definitely the same fish (can tell by the mark on his lip and the way his head is),

Also, he is swimming around the jar, so I'm hoping he will live through the night and be a little better in the morning! Just want to note as well that he's in a mason jar because he's healing. I have a 2.5G planted nano waiting for him:)

--- Non betta related, I FINALLY found a store that sold zebra nerite snails. I have one in my blue+yellow halfmoon's bowl and it cleaned EVERYTHING. All the algae on the glass AND the plants. Normally, I'd say Ramshorn snails are my favorite (mostly because it looks the nicest), but these guys? They now reign supreme in my heart. Not much to look at but holy crap. THE CLEANING POWER.

Also bought 2 more apple snails (ivory) and now they live with my plakat and halfmoon:)