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If you can't find a better store check any fish you buy from there very carefully before taking them home, as all the fish tanks tend to run off one water system if you see any dodgy fish in any tank don't buy. And never add the water the fish come in to your tank, use a net and you reduce the...

I had a chinese algae eater pick off two fish in my tank before I saw him in action and the results were similar to what you're describing. They literally fix themselves to other fish like they would a tank wall and start munching. I've replaced him with an Otto which suits our small tanks a lot...

As for the possible parasite issue, just stick to one treatmant at a time, it could just be they're a bit run down after the white spot and the treatment and will recover in time themselves.

Any fish I've ever bought from pets at home have caused a white spot outbreak so if you buy your fish from the same place you bought the medicine that could be where it's come from :) Looks like you're spot on with the treatment, keep it up until you haven't seen any white spots for a week and...

Every other day after day 5 with a 30% water change just before each dose was the magic formula for me. With that and the temperature you have the tank at you should see an improvement pretty quickly.

80 is good, just make sure enough oxygen is getting into the water as oxygen levels fall as the temperature rises. If you start to see fish gasping at the top you'll have to drop it a bit. I would say to keep dosing with the medicine until you haven't seen a white spot for a week. What...

I've been trying the salt baths for a few days- he's started passing little bits but the swelling is still there. Currently he's varying between mad bursts of activity and lying somewhere for hours and he's lost his appetite even for peas. The lesion/ulcer he had is clearing up fine but now he...

What temperature are you at currently? I've had Corys at 28c/ 82f to get rid of white spot and they were fine. In my mind a few days temperature discomfort is a lot better than repeated dosing of the white spot medicine that they are quite sensitive to. Above 30c will usually kill off white...

By the way I found this very interesting reading- I think I might have been overfeeding my guy :( http://nippyfish.net/sick-betta/bloating-and-constipation/

I'm having the exact same problem with my Betta. I've been trying peas and salt baths, will let you know if I get something to work.

I gave him his first salt bath a few hours ago and it seems to have helped a bit. He now seems to be more active than he's been for the last 24 hours or so where he took a big downturn. Still no poops but for some reason the bloating is no longer symmetrical, it's far more pronounced on the...

I might try epsom salts tonight - I've taken some bad quality photos I'll attach where you can at least see the size of the bloating and the lesion which actually looks a bit better than yesterday. I dosed him with No 9 Anti Internal Bacteria for want of a better plan. better one

Yeah, it's hard to figure out what it could be. I have experienced dropsy before and he definitely doesn't have the scale thing. His behaviour doesn't suggest that either- any fish I've seen with dropsy can barely function and he's now made a new bubble nest in his segregated section :) I fed...

This thread is why I've joined this forum today over any others. I've looked in on a lot of these forums over the years and there is lot of overly aggressive 'help' to be seen, this forum seemed my best bet to get a rational response on :)

Thanks :) I'm using 6 in one strips atm instead of a full master testing kit so I won't have exact figures. Tank size: 60 Litre pH: 7.0 ammonia: 0 nitrite: 0 nitrate: 10 kH:6d gH:8d tank temp: 77f 25c Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior)...

Hi All - I have an ill betta that I need some guidance on if anybody can help. Over the last week or so his belly has swollen larger and larger so much so that at this point it looks like he's swallowed a large marble. He didn't have any other initial symptoms, he's not changed in behavior, he's...