betta fish diseases and cures

betta fish diseases and cures

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Common Betta Diseases

Typical betta diseases on the hit parade include fin rot, fungus, velvet and ick. Sadly most betta diseases are related in one way or another to poor water quality. Foul water is a haven for disease organisms. While yo yo water temps or chilling stress your betta. Making them more susceptible to disease.

While most betta diseases can be treated with simple remedies, remember that medicating a fish should be a last resort. Since the cure can sometimes kill them. Plus you don't want to medicate your betta unless you are absolutely positive what the problem is.

That said let's discuss betta fish diseases and cures.

Help Diagnosing
Betta Diseases

Fin rot is a bacterial infection and one of the more common diseases in beta fish.

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Given those long flowing fins it should come as no surprise bettas are prone to this. The edges of the fins look unsightly and ragged. Maybe shredded would be another word.

Another of the more often seen betta fish diseases is velvet. A "velvety" coating in appearance it's a powdery layer of yellow dust on the scales. Shining a flashlight help illuminate it.

Ich is a parasite. You'll notice white spots about the size of a grain of salt on your rather listless beta. Another giveaway is the fish rubs itself against stuff in an attempt to rub the parasites off.

Again proper diagnosis is key. Sadly many more bettas die from improper medication

Treating Betta Diseases

A common sense rule of thumb routine when it comes to treating betta diseases is to ... change the water .
add aquarium salt .
raise the water temps

You take those three steps FIRST for two reasons.

1) You want to eliminate or reduce any bad organism populations and 2) You want to create a less hospitable environment for bad organism populations.

Besides salt has a therapeutic affect on fish and will give your beta its best chance to recover.

The next page will give you specific remedies you can use for those three betta diseases

Betta Diseases