firsttimefisher
Aquarium Advice Newbie
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- Oct 29, 2016
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A little backstory on this little guy (who I named Romeo):
My mother's boss kept Romeo in his office in a small bowl. The bowl was soooo filty and I finally convinced my mother's boss to let me take the fish. He said he wanted another one anyway
Brought Romeo home and noticed he had a white spot on him, along with horrible fin rot. He's now in a 10-gallon, heated, filtered, and cycled tank with mystery snails. His behavior has improved tremendously with good food and better conditions. But his fin rot hasn't improved at all and the white spot became bigger. But he was still getting better, eating more, and even bothering the snails.
But this morning I noticed the cyst had ruptured
The best way I can describe it is a fluid filled bubble, I guess with what looks like a flap of skin. My previous betta died of natural causes, so I've never experienced this. I researched and thought it was lymphocystis but posted on another forum and some thought maybe TB. I know there is no cure for either, but TB is fatal and is fatal rather quickly, I believe, while a betta can still live for years with lymphocystis.
Any insight would be extremely appreciated! I just wanna give this little guy as good a life as I can.
My mother's boss kept Romeo in his office in a small bowl. The bowl was soooo filty and I finally convinced my mother's boss to let me take the fish. He said he wanted another one anyway
Brought Romeo home and noticed he had a white spot on him, along with horrible fin rot. He's now in a 10-gallon, heated, filtered, and cycled tank with mystery snails. His behavior has improved tremendously with good food and better conditions. But his fin rot hasn't improved at all and the white spot became bigger. But he was still getting better, eating more, and even bothering the snails.
But this morning I noticed the cyst had ruptured
The best way I can describe it is a fluid filled bubble, I guess with what looks like a flap of skin. My previous betta died of natural causes, so I've never experienced this. I researched and thought it was lymphocystis but posted on another forum and some thought maybe TB. I know there is no cure for either, but TB is fatal and is fatal rather quickly, I believe, while a betta can still live for years with lymphocystis.
Any insight would be extremely appreciated! I just wanna give this little guy as good a life as I can.