Velvet..

What does velvet look like? My betta had been fine, then he got slower and slower each day for about a week untilll i came home and he had red stripes on him that WEREN'T natural(he was alll white.). well i put him in a different tank with some good water and there was melafix in there too. he didn't make it...but i was just wondering if this is what happened to mine and how contagous it is..thx



i can't find a pic, but just for the heck of it here is one of his wife who mysteriously died along with the other occupants of the tank she was in except a neon tetra.

i dunno

This is what is in my disease pages.

External Bacterial Infection
Symptoms: There are a great deal of possible symptoms associated with this disorder. There may be spots on the body which appear red or orange. Watch for red streaks on the surface on the body. Dropsy (bloating) is also a sign of a bacterial disorder. "False Fungal Infections" look like fungus but is actually a bacterial infection known as Columnaris. These symptoms may include a white or gray film on the body.

Treatment: There are a number of effective treatments for many stains of bacterial infections. Three of the most common are tetracycline, penicillin and naladixic acid. Salt baths are another effective treatment.

Information: Bacterial infections are often difficult to diagnose due to the many different types.

Orange or red streaks on the body is usually the only fool-proof method for the determination of a bacterial infection.