Hi! I have a betta fish that was experiencing tail rot, he'd had it before so I treated him with the same medicine and he got better. Then a couple days later he suddenly had a swollen..forehead for lack of a better word.
He had always been a keen eater and very active swimmer, now he just sits under his bridge most of the time and only comes up for air now and then. The next morning after I noticed the swelling, it seemed to have a small blob of white cottony stuff on it, similar to that stringy stuff from fin rot but in a ball. I started giving him Kanaplex and the ball was gone by the next day but his face is still just as swollen. I've given him two doses of Kanaplex so far, he has one more to go. Since starting the meds he has stopped hiding under his bridge quite as often but is still down there most of the time.
I rescued him from someones house less than a year ago, he was in a 1 litre bowl that was so dirty you couldn't see him. He had fin rot when I got him home, treated him and he was fine within a week. He is now in a 3 gallon unfiltered bowl, I do partial water changes once a week and full water changes every 2 weeks. He does not have a heater but I keep my room warm and he has a thermometer that is consistently at 20 degrees C. I tested his water, my strips don't test for ammonia but pH, nitrites and nitrates were all good. Note his decorations look green from being slightly stained from the fin rot medication, it's not slimy algae or anything.
I got 2 pics of him last night. Any ideas? Couldn't find anything really on the web elsewhere. His head looks so swollen that his scales are starting to spike up a bit, almost like dropsy but it's just on his head. He looks like a dinosaur or something, the top of his face used to dip in not stick out! He hasn't eaten in 4 days, I don't know what to do for him please help!
He had always been a keen eater and very active swimmer, now he just sits under his bridge most of the time and only comes up for air now and then. The next morning after I noticed the swelling, it seemed to have a small blob of white cottony stuff on it, similar to that stringy stuff from fin rot but in a ball. I started giving him Kanaplex and the ball was gone by the next day but his face is still just as swollen. I've given him two doses of Kanaplex so far, he has one more to go. Since starting the meds he has stopped hiding under his bridge quite as often but is still down there most of the time.
I rescued him from someones house less than a year ago, he was in a 1 litre bowl that was so dirty you couldn't see him. He had fin rot when I got him home, treated him and he was fine within a week. He is now in a 3 gallon unfiltered bowl, I do partial water changes once a week and full water changes every 2 weeks. He does not have a heater but I keep my room warm and he has a thermometer that is consistently at 20 degrees C. I tested his water, my strips don't test for ammonia but pH, nitrites and nitrates were all good. Note his decorations look green from being slightly stained from the fin rot medication, it's not slimy algae or anything.
I got 2 pics of him last night. Any ideas? Couldn't find anything really on the web elsewhere. His head looks so swollen that his scales are starting to spike up a bit, almost like dropsy but it's just on his head. He looks like a dinosaur or something, the top of his face used to dip in not stick out! He hasn't eaten in 4 days, I don't know what to do for him please help!