NetMax wrote:
"Patricia A. Shaffer" wrote in message
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On Fri, 07 Oct 2005 20:55:53 GMT, Elaine T
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Oh, dear, it must be catching ... I just bought my (first) Betta, too!
He has a marbled blue and pink body and blue shading to magenta fins
and tail. I named him Henricus Rex. He's in a 30 gallon tank with
mollies, neon tetras, corys and a Rainbow Shark. No aggression seen,
though he flares and postures prettily for the largest female molly.
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Patricia
Proud Citizen of the Commonwealth of Virginia
It's a rare Betta that is without a name, but it's the opposite for most
of our other fish.
Sorry to hear that Flower is unwell.
Thanks. I'll see what happens. He's been hiding so I hadn't gotten a
good look at him until I finally gave up hoping that water changes would
help and moved him into quarantine today. He really doesn't look that
bad. There's some hole-in-the-head style pitting on his head and he's
thin from not eating. Eyes are clear, fins are perfect, including the
fine filaments on his dorsal and pelvic fins, and his slimecoat looks
OK, except for a place where I think I scraped some off with the net.
He gave me a merry chase through the jungle to get him out of the main
tank so he still has some strength. Of course, he went dark and clamped
his fins after I moved him to unfamiliar surroundings, and he's gilling
quite hard. I've got an airstone running, of course. His gills might
be a touch pale, but nothing dramatic enough for me to be sure. I see
no obvious damage.
The LFS manager, who seems to know his stuff, said that heat stimulates
the discus' metabolism and immune system and that sick discus at the
store often shake off what ails them after a couple days at 90F. I've
heard the same from other discus experts and he's only been at 82F
lately so it's worth a try. I picked up some Clout just in case (they
didn't have plain metronidazole), and I figure I'll try that next.
Maybe it's hexamita or gill flukes from the same food that was
contaminated with the dragonfly eggs. *sigh*
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