Guide to Betta Disease

Originally posted by Jet Lim
Hi Jas now,

Reduce the water level of your container so that even the fish starts jumping, at least it would not jump out of the container.

Another possible way is to use jave moss. The floating plant provides shelter and restrict the fish from jumping. Making it the feeling at home.

java moss floats one meh?

[sharkzz]

Originally posted by plsoong


java moss floats one meh?

It will be floating if you don't tie it...
Think that's wat he mean...

since u all toking bout java moss.......jus curious but is there like some plant tt the betta will eat one

[zhiz22]

dun bother to find out la. it doesnt help much for the betta, usually end up dead...and may carry disease. water change is still the best

[agitato]

i thought bettas are carnivores...

[hijackng]

Hi, everyone.
My SD start to bite it own tail.
What happen ? How to prevent it ?
Thanks a lot.

Recently I had 1 or 2 encounter. The fish was eating well in the morning. Then it died within the next 6 hours and within 1 hour the whole fish is covered with a "cob web" kind stuff. Perhaps there was a sympton I missed? Color of dead fish is still good but stiff. " case of die standing". Anyone care to share.

Originally posted by KY Foong
Recently I had 1 or 2 encounter. The fish was eating well in the morning. Then it died within the next 6 hours and within 1 hour the whole fish is covered with a "cob web" kind stuff. Perhaps there was a sympton I missed? Color of dead fish is still good but stiff. " case of die standing". Anyone care to share.

HEY uncle foong,

YAR ...me experienced

same thing i was telling brother agitato

early in the morning no problem..very nice, still normal swimming blahblah blah...
then after i return from my lab around 9pm...

the fish dieded liao..and the "cob web" symptom...

lont know huai leh...

all the parameters correct woh

anyhow, that mass killed my fishes at one shot...6 CTs

damn painful ah

one damn SOLID good red CT from kelvin oso
heng none of the fish i got from u dio...

[agitato]

the only reason i can think of is that the cobweb stuff
is the fish pooh.. white pooh thats floating around

and most prob the fish died of internal infection.

my male blue CTs died that way...

Originally posted by KY Foong
Recently I had 1 or 2 encounter. The fish was eating well in the morning. Then it died within the next 6 hours and within 1 hour the whole fish is covered with a "cob web" kind stuff. Perhaps there was a sympton I missed? Color of dead fish is still good but stiff. " case of die standing". Anyone care to share.

KY,

The fish likely went through a sudden shock either a temperature or ammonia. Unusual for a betta to die suddenly unless the water change you done in the morning is not good quality or somehow deadly toxic introduced.

As for the cob web, it's fungus feeding on the slime coat of the fish. Normally these bacteria are fast to react on any dead organisms. Within the next 48 hours, half of the fish will be consumed.

However, it's a sign that the fish is under some form of stress to have a thick layer of slime. Do check on other fishes.