shalihe74
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Hey folks,
About a year ago I got my little Betta fish. Recently he hasn't been doing too well. Early this week I noticed he had some sort of tumor or something on one side - just a big swelling under his skin. Looking it up online, it said it could be a fluid-filled cyst or possibly fishie TB. Besides the tumor/cyst, the fish was acting normally - frisking around, coming to see me at meal times, etc.
Even though I clean the tank regularly and do PWCs frequently, I thought maybe there was something in there that was causing the growth, so I set up another tank. I put in one of small filters (I have one of those aquariums with a filter and a 'biowheel' - I put in the biowheel) from his usual tank to get the good bacteria started, and let the tank sit overnight to get to the right temperature and such.
In the morning, I moved my little man into the new tank. After a little bit, he was a happy little dude - making bubble nests everywhere. And, happily, the tumor seemed to go away. I'm not sure if it burst (eek!) or receeded, but I'm leaning towards receeding since it seemed to be a gradual reduction (i.e. a few hours later it was smaller and then a few hours after that it was gone). Yay! Now the area where it was looks unhealthy - the scales are discolored (yellow/clear where my fishie is purple), but that makes sense to me.
This was.... two days ago. Now my little man has become listless. At the moment he is sitting at the bottom of the tank, looking fairly pathetic. I tried feeding him last night and he took a bloodworm in his mouth, then decided against it (kinda like you might do with food if you're nauseated - ya try it and then realize it's not a good idea). At the moment, I have the water level in the tank lowered so he can get to the surface for air easier.
I'm running the chemical tests right now, so I can't give specific tank parameters yet except that ammonia is at 0. The tank is about ~80 degrees. I haven't changed his diet at all recently. When I set up the new tank, I made sure to rinse all the 'stuff' in de-chlor'd water.
Not sure what else to tell you - I'd appreciate any thoughts you may have. He's a cool little fishie, and I'd hate to lose him.
Thanks in advance, and apologies for the long post.
About a year ago I got my little Betta fish. Recently he hasn't been doing too well. Early this week I noticed he had some sort of tumor or something on one side - just a big swelling under his skin. Looking it up online, it said it could be a fluid-filled cyst or possibly fishie TB. Besides the tumor/cyst, the fish was acting normally - frisking around, coming to see me at meal times, etc.
Even though I clean the tank regularly and do PWCs frequently, I thought maybe there was something in there that was causing the growth, so I set up another tank. I put in one of small filters (I have one of those aquariums with a filter and a 'biowheel' - I put in the biowheel) from his usual tank to get the good bacteria started, and let the tank sit overnight to get to the right temperature and such.
In the morning, I moved my little man into the new tank. After a little bit, he was a happy little dude - making bubble nests everywhere. And, happily, the tumor seemed to go away. I'm not sure if it burst (eek!) or receeded, but I'm leaning towards receeding since it seemed to be a gradual reduction (i.e. a few hours later it was smaller and then a few hours after that it was gone). Yay! Now the area where it was looks unhealthy - the scales are discolored (yellow/clear where my fishie is purple), but that makes sense to me.
This was.... two days ago. Now my little man has become listless. At the moment he is sitting at the bottom of the tank, looking fairly pathetic. I tried feeding him last night and he took a bloodworm in his mouth, then decided against it (kinda like you might do with food if you're nauseated - ya try it and then realize it's not a good idea). At the moment, I have the water level in the tank lowered so he can get to the surface for air easier.
I'm running the chemical tests right now, so I can't give specific tank parameters yet except that ammonia is at 0. The tank is about ~80 degrees. I haven't changed his diet at all recently. When I set up the new tank, I made sure to rinse all the 'stuff' in de-chlor'd water.
Not sure what else to tell you - I'd appreciate any thoughts you may have. He's a cool little fishie, and I'd hate to lose him.
Thanks in advance, and apologies for the long post.