Poorly female betta

Hiya everyone. One of my new female bettas is sick and I am not sure what to do with it!

It's got white fluffy looking stuff round its mouth, and it's not looking very well. Its still swimming but didnt eat this morning and it keeps going and hiding behind one of the plants.

Anyone any idea what it could be and what do I do about it?

I'm assuming that the water stats are ok are they cam?

It sounds like it could be a fungal type of thing. Have you looked in the fish care sheets - there may be something in there that sounds like this, although the outlook for some of them is very poor.

Do youhave any anti fungal treatment available that you could start to use now?

Have a little look and if there are any more questions then dont hesitate to ask. Hope it's ok

Fluffy stuff is either fungus or columnaris. It's quite difficult to distinguish between the two. Test the water first to make sure that ammonia and nitrite levels are ok. If you have Melafix & Pimafix, try adding them to the tank for a few days but if there's no improvement, it might be necessary to get a stronger med. like Myxazin.

Sounds like a fungus. Myxazin is a brilliant med to use

Yes treat it quick and you may be ok I managed to save a gourami from mouth fungus that was really bad.

Keep an eye out for water quality while "myxazining" as sometimes it can cloud the water

Well I've been treating with Melafix and Pimafix but no change yet. Cant get hold of Myaxin but have som eon order.

It doesnt look very good though at the moment and has stopped eating

Ah that's a shame cam, I like female bettas more than the males actually, they're nice little fish.

They are lovely. I have one in my 90L community tank and she's a beauty.

Well mine certainly isnt a beauty today. She's just sitting on the floor of the tank by a plant, and not doing anything much. I dont know whether to perservere with treatment or put her out of her misery, but I have never done that before and dont really want to

What do you think?

If shes is obviously in pain get out the clover oil. But otherwise keep treating her

If you can't get the Myxazin by tomorrow, cam - I'd say euthanize her. She hasn't fed for several days now right? So she probably won't last much longer anyway.

Mary wrote:

If you can't get the Myxazin by tomorrow, cam - I'd say euthanize her. She hasn't fed for several days now right? So she probably won't last much longer anyway.

Poor thing

hows your fish doing cam - any bettr

My poorly betta died this morning . Thankfully I didnt have to use clove oil on her, as I didnt want to do that.

The other one is looking a bit miserable tonight so I am hoping that she hasnt caught anything as she has been in the same tank all the time.

fingers crossed!

Poor you and betta