My Female betta is rotting away!!

[my_fallen_angel]

She had a wound on her a while ago from a fight from a male (which i thought was female but turned out wasnt).
I added salt and betta fix to the water and it cleared up.

Now its back!! it started of as what looked like fungus so i put in fungus-aid but now its spreading all over her body!!!

i've added salt, and some more bettafix.
But it doesnt seem to be working its just spreading!!

What can i do??

What meds should i use bearing in mind in live in australia and we dont really have a wide variety !!

i've grown really attached to her and i dont want her to die

 

[my_fallen_angel]

hello??

 

[jams.alaskan]

What type of med are you giving her now? What brand name? it may help folks to know that.
Sorry that you are having this trouble...

ALASKA

 

[Colin_BC]

First, I'm not an expert. But I've had the similar problems on a couple male betta's. Mine turned out to be fatal unfortunately, but were my very first fish before ANY knowledge. I also didn't try to medicate at all.

I'd suggest quarantining the sick female betta in a seperate aquarium or hospital tank (assuming equipment is available). Medicate accordingly and do 25-40% water changes every day or two. If the equipment isn't available, I would still suggest quarantining the female betta. Betta's are labyrinth's, or surface breathers. They don't need air pumps or dissolved oxygen. A solitary male can be kept happily in a 1G bowl with no equipment providing frequent water changes. I suspect a female would survive in any decent size clean container as well. See if there is anything around the house that could be used to improvise. A large glass bowl or vase perhaps? When you fill the container with water, use water from the tamnk the betta is coming from to prevent any shock. Try 25% water changes daily with appropriate meds to supplement what you remove. Hope this helps and hope for the best for your betta!

Colin

 

[kgrehm]

also if you can turn up the temp 1-2 degrees

 

[my_fallen_angel]

she already is in her own 10litre i think 2 gallon tank.

its wardley fungus-aid that i am using, salt and bettafix

I have the temp at 29c

 

[my_fallen_angel]

she died

her body was eaten away!