Rescued a sick Betta

[Hubert90]

I was visiting my LFS recently, and they gave me a sick halfmoon for free.


I feel so sorry for him, his beautiful tail and dorsal fin are almost gone. Because, I don't have a hospital tank at the moment, I'm housing him in a breeding cage in my 40g, I'm hoping it's not too late for his fins to grow back to its original state. There's also a wound/sore near its gills. Can anyone please tell me what it is? I don't believe it's columnaris, if it is I'm taking a huge risk housing it in my 40g.

I'm gonna be posting weekly updates on his progress. Hoping he will turn out ok.

 

[Delapool]

To me it doesn't sound like cotton mouth. I've always had some fish have white spots on the mouth when it was there. On the body it was more like a bruise (or lesion) and/or a fine white web around the top fin and/or colour loss in patches.

 

[IShallNtEatFish]

Pretty betta!!! (Said like a 5 year old little girl) such a shame he got so bad but YAY he has someone to love him now!

 

[twiddlemuffin]

Wow he's beautiful. Are you treating with anything ?

 

[Hubert90]

To me it doesn't sound like cotton mouth. I've always had some fish have white spots on the mouth when it was there. On the body it was more like a bruise (or lesion) and/or a fine white web around the top fin and/or colour loss in patches.

That's a relieve! Now I'm confident that he will make a full recovery! thanks

 

[Hubert90]

Pretty betta!!! (Said like a 5 year old little girl) such a shame he got so bad but YAY he has someone to love him now!

I know!! He's gorgeous! It is sad, I wish I can rescue more bettas but that's merely impossible.

 

[Hubert90]

Wow he's beautiful. Are you treating with anything ?

Nope. I don't think he needs any medication. All I'm doing is making sure that the water quality is pristine, as well as, providing him with a good diet!

 

[Delapool]

Good luck with him. So looks like just poor conditions when you got him? Just curious.

 

[Hubert90]

Good luck with him. So looks like just poor conditions when you got him? Just curious.

Yep, he's been sitting in a little container for more than 2 months. So poor water condition and malnutrition.

 

[Hubert90]

So it's a little over a week and I've since moved him into a bigger breeding box giving him more space to move!

He's made good progress from day 1. His wound/sore is almost gone, there's only a "small" hole left. I've read that it could be a result of malnutrition so I'm feeding him NLS exclusively. Is there anything else I can do?

His fins are somewhat the same, maybe that is just me because I see him everyday. I'll try to take a good picture of him later. Nevertheless, it's not getting worse, so that's a good start! It also took me a while to get him eating again. He wasn't showing any interest in food after day 3, so I I spent the next few days feeding him with a tweezer. Eventually, he took his first bite!

 

[Hubert90]

He's much more activate now, so I had to move him back into this breadbox for some decent photo.

 

[venymae]

Yay, he looks a lot better. I hope his tail grows back. Only time will tell I suppose.