im afraid jamba is dying

[coconutman39]

yes you heard me, dying. jamba and poor shela soon enough(still looking ok) are infected with a huge fungus infection. this morning i was out of town and my mom was taking care of them, both looking fine. by the time i arrived at 1230 from 700 jamba had lost a pectoral fin, multitude of fin, and alot of his body covered in a white cottony fungus. now in the one i was at dinner it has grown larger, spread to the fins even more, and has gotten onto the plants. im so sad, NEVER will this happen again. not only am i sad, i am mad because these 2 fish which are not doing great costed around 75$, with no shipping and handling included. yes i am medicating with salt and melafix, but im so afraid i came to late. im sorry for the sad story but i had to get it out.

 

[steppy104]

hey, don't make it sound like it's the end! who knows....maybe they'll pull through! good luck...LOTS of it!

BTW, have any pics of them?

 

[coconutman39]

pics of healthy or sick?

 

[jacblades]

have any bettamax?
i hope they make it.

 

[steppy104]

maybe both, like a before and after if you could

 

[coconutman39]

yea bettamax, my stupid LFS doesnt sell it. otherwise it would be great, all they have is bettafix and it has less concentration then melafix, i check.

as far as pics ill brb with em.

 

[steppy104]

alrite...thanx

$75 seems like alot....so i was kinda wondering why they would be so expensive. as for the sick ones, i'm just curious as to how bad they look....

 

[coconutman39]

ok well they are from bettatalk and i got em for my birthday so i might cry if they die and so will my mom cuz she will think she made a bad call but it truthfully was me cuz i showed her the site sooo.

here are the before pics, ill get the after now.

 

[steppy104]

aww....i really hope they turn out ok...how much is betta max anyway? i'd send some to ya, cuz our stores sell them....but i have no money what so ever...and i doubt my bf would go get it just to give it away....and who even kno's if it'd get there on time....maybe someone else in these forums could get ya some?

 

[coconutman39]

and the after
here is the fungus bad pics srry

and another

the female isnt that bad she might make it

well there u have it, bad fast photos srry bout that, its alot worse in life.

 

[steppy104]

aw well...you tried.

maybe you could buy some bettamax from some online fish store? i'm sure theres gotta be some way to get some good meds....

 

[coconutman39]

yea i might hit up the "underground" hidden fish store, they are really clean and have a really nice betta set up. i bet they have it. well im just crossing my fingers.

 

[steppy104]

well..good luck again....

 

[coconutman39]

thx steppy

 

[jacblades]

i wonder if it would help a little bit if you manually removed some of the fungus. it actually isnt fungus but bacteria. the less bacteria you have, the less quickly it will reproduce.
i dont htink you have anyhting to lose. just be sure if you do to cover your hands in novaqua or stresscoat. tweezers might help.