I Think My Betta Fish Has Dropsy
Help i think my betta fish has dropsy.
I think my betta fish has dropsy. Please help i m cleaning the tank tomorrow. I think my betta fish has dropsy does that mean its contagious even to humans. I think my betta has dropsy.
I ran over to the tank to see what was up. Betta fish with dropsy have an almost guaranteed mortality rate. Dropsy in betta fish is not a disease itself but rather a secondary symptom of another problem going on internally.
I didn t think much about it. How to treat dropsy in betta fish. The first thing you re going to need to do before anything else is set up a quarantine tank a 5 gallon tank is ideal.
I m not sure if he really did throw up but my attention definitely fell on my poor fish. So i fasted him for 2 days but now there are some pine cone scales and bulging eyes. One of my betta fish skye has been acting oddly lately.
Especially since this illness is attributed to things like organ failure. He is acting normal and swimming but his scales are popping out a bit. Think of this like when you have an infected cut and a secondary symptom of the cut can be warm skin or swelling surrounding the cut.
However even if the chances of treatment and recovery is slim there are a few ways that a betta owner can prevent or even possibly treat the illness before it gets too far out of hand. Betta fish dropsy outlook. Dropsy in betta fish is characterized by too much water retention causing pine coning all over the fish.