Posted by Queen on March 14, 2003 at 23:23:42:
In Reply to: Help with Open Wound! posted by squishy_fish on March 14, 2003 at 21:20:30:
omg please dont medicate him for now! what I'm guessing is that you gave him too many diffrent medicines! Dont give him so many diffrent meds at once! Even if you are not mixxing them with his old medicated water, meds always tires bettas out and other meds can be really harmful for him! And NEVER start medicating untill you are POSITIVE of what the disease is. Most of the times, med can be the cause of the bettas death cuz bettas are strong enough to recover.
For now, Remove him from the med, cuz we don't want him to stress anymore! Put him in 1 gallon of water.....if he cant come to the surface id suggest getting a very long pan or something (new) and putting him in so the water is all spread and he can reach the surface easily. The new water is uncycled and unfiltered so we would clean his water a lil every day. Do 50% water change every day and get a chicken baster. Use that to remove his poop from the bottom. FOr now since he is really sick, we need to keep his water really clean!
Next you add 1 tsp salt per gallon. You can use your table salt like Morton, Hytop ect but 1tsp per gallon and try to heat his water at a stable of 82 degrees.
The first med to ever give to a sick Betta is Salt & Heat. They usually get rid of illness like that. I always have salt in my bettas tank, and when they are sick I increase the salt. If that doesnt work for a few days then I go to meds.
PLEASE dont ever medicate fish so much and so early. Some meds are made to be combined which are ok, like maracyn, maracyn 2 ect but they canot be given with jungle and other meds. A betta needs some time to get back to normal from meds so you should wait and give him time before treating him with another med. And they usually have a few day course cuz they are antibiotics. You can remove him from maracyn right now cuz I think it sonly going to suffer him more. I hope the babys alive :(
