BettaMomma
Fish Aficionado
Well, it was kind of a fluke.
I decided that it was time to change out his water on Friday because of all the uneaten pellets in his tank.
When I scooped him up into the cup while I switched out his water, he turned a really pale peach color - basically lost all his coloration. I looked into the tank to see a huge blood spot under his eye, like he had a monstrous black eye. I finished up his tank change (he also had 2 very dark stress lines down each of his sides, horizontally) and got him back into the tank. He almost immediately turned back to his normal color, but I got on the forum and posted about the blood spot. There were several people that offered suggestions about what it could be - and then Wilder posted a long description of what happens when a fish has the viral septicemia stuff - it was things like swimming in a spiral, darting, lethargic, blood spots under the skin - basically everything that Jasper had. So that's how I figured out what he has.
IT seemed like after that water change on Friday, things really started to turn around for him. I'm now treating him with Tetracycline after the whole round of Maracyn Two. Hopefully he'll make a good recovery!
Now it's 6 days since I got him, and he's really starting to look better. He doesn't swim in circles anymore- no darting around the tank, his fins aren't clamped, his color is back and he's eating. And he's not really resting as much as before. yay! I think he does have a long way to go, but the progress is coming - slowly!
I decided that it was time to change out his water on Friday because of all the uneaten pellets in his tank.
When I scooped him up into the cup while I switched out his water, he turned a really pale peach color - basically lost all his coloration. I looked into the tank to see a huge blood spot under his eye, like he had a monstrous black eye. I finished up his tank change (he also had 2 very dark stress lines down each of his sides, horizontally) and got him back into the tank. He almost immediately turned back to his normal color, but I got on the forum and posted about the blood spot. There were several people that offered suggestions about what it could be - and then Wilder posted a long description of what happens when a fish has the viral septicemia stuff - it was things like swimming in a spiral, darting, lethargic, blood spots under the skin - basically everything that Jasper had. So that's how I figured out what he has.
IT seemed like after that water change on Friday, things really started to turn around for him. I'm now treating him with Tetracycline after the whole round of Maracyn Two. Hopefully he'll make a good recovery!
Now it's 6 days since I got him, and he's really starting to look better. He doesn't swim in circles anymore- no darting around the tank, his fins aren't clamped, his color is back and he's eating. And he's not really resting as much as before. yay! I think he does have a long way to go, but the progress is coming - slowly!
