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When the Melafix and Primafix don't work for me, I use Fungus Clear. Most pet stores have it for about $3.00. It comes in tablet form. I take a pair of plyers and break off a little piece (about the size of a green pea) and put it in the bowl, but do a water change first as I am not sure about mixing it with MelaFix or Primafix. It will turn the water a bluish color so don't worry, it is normal.
I hope you fish gets to feeling better soon.

It's spreading and getting worse. he is still really active, though. Please, I really need someone's help. I've already had another, older fish die recently and I couldn't bare to come back from overseas to have two die on me. If anyone has any clue as to what is going on here, please help me.

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Ok, since returning from overseas his condition has gotten alot worse. Now it has moved to his body and the bits on his body are raised. It's really odd. He acts fine. I've been treating with melafix and doing water changes every six days. Tank is not heated anymore (it's summer here) and his fins... well you can see. His poo is a bit on the white side. Anything anyone can do to help would be great.



Last edited by elisecroft at 12-Jan-2006 07:05

Last edited by elisecroft at 12-Jan-2006 07:08

True,it is often i guess. i feel helpless though, I have had male bettas, and they have been much more responsive and we had some kind of routine.

Bailey has always been a main tank fish. I only moved her out when i introduced a third female and it took a couple of weeks but every one fought.the new girl died and bailey and blue were wrecked (it happened whilst i was away for one night).Blue has mostly recovered, bailey just doesn't look right even though the white patches are gone and fins are growing back. she is not that active.

good luck with your guy

GFG



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More often? In a 5 gallon tank I think every five days would be the maximum I'd change him. You have to way up the cost of stressing the fish with constant water changes and keeping the water completely clean to prevent further infection.

I've bought a new bottle of melafix and am using that. Other one was kind of old, although this one has a short use by date. Anyone else notice the use by dates are shorter or did I just have bad luck? The fish shop I go to has a fairly high turn over, though.

No more bubble nests. Still active.

Bailey seems to be regrowing her fins melafix and primafix seem to have worked on the white patches as well, although now she has dropsey, have run out of ideas.

I will just kepp wc ing, Elsie how often do you WC?

edit - just read your first post agian - maybe WC more often? i have being doing it every two ro three days?


GFG

Last edited by goldfishgeek at 01-Aug-2005 08:37

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It's turned into like a rusty colour now. It literally looks like his fins are rusty away. I've noticed that all the fins that had grown back (he's a crown tail, not that you can tell) have nearly gone. The pictures are dodgy. I can't take good ones. Apparently I suck at attaching them too. Look at his poor little fins! They are terrible. But considering I've grown them back from literally no fins, it's an improvement.
Oh, and Brisbane. I live in Brisbane.


Last edited by elisecroft at 01-Aug-2005 08:00

Last edited by elisecroft at 01-Aug-2005 08:06

One of my bettas, a darkish blue crown tail, has started to develop white to grey patches. He is acting fine, plenty of bubble nests in a 5 gallon tank which I change every 6-7 days (100%) that is heated. Temp is 22-24 celcius. Over a year ago he lost most of his fins in a freak accident (I still have no idea what happened) but he's grown them back mostly and every now and again I notice a little bit of fin rot that wears away about 1-2mm of fin but it quickly grows back.

Nitrates, nitrites and ammonia are all zero. pH of water is around 7-8 and I know it is high but it has always been that high. I can't change the water and I'm not about to mess around with acids and alkalines. They cause more trouble than they are worth.

Maybe he is just getting old, he is around 2-3 years old. However if this de-colouring is something I can treat than I would be glad to.

I know I have seen pics some where but can't find them now , there is a saddleback fish which I can now readily indentify but that was all i found better luck to Elsie!

I am going to change treatments to mxyazin?(she has had melafix for two weeks and then I started on the primafix as well for a week.

I will keep up the WC tho and maybe a teaspoon of salt - she is in a 2.5 G

cheers

gfg

Last edited by goldfishgeek at 25-Jul-2005 18:09

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Can you both google SADDLEBACK FISH and select google image, and see if that is what you are experiencing?



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I have a similar thing with Bailey? my female she has finrot pretty bad, she has two of these white/grey patches on one side, one near her tail, and the other about half along her body.

you know what it looks like, imagine some one has faked tanned their neck (bear with me)now you know if you crease your neck the fake tan doesn't get into the creases and you end up with white lines, it looks like bailey has been creased up and the colour (blue) hasn't got into the creases.......

about half of her fins went and slowly slowly they are growing back but the patches haven't changed.

i am treating her with Primafix (which smells FOUL) and melafix. she is in a 2.5 G
i am changing her water every second day now i am on HOLIDAY.

Good luck Elsie

GFG


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Elise, where are you situated again?

Is there any chance of photographs?

Are the patches random in placement? Where abouts on the body are they?

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The melafix does very little if anything. It doesn't seem to worry him but it still worries me. I guess I'll just wait to see if it develops into something more identifiable.

Pimafix, if available in Oz would be the next step after melafix if you're not wanting to go with real medications just yet. I've heard it being used quite often when it comes to bettas.

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Melafix not working.

Did I mention I add two teaspoons of salt each water change?

Hi there,
I noticed a similiar sort of dis-colouring when one of my much loved betta's had a small case of tale rot. I tried a few things, but the one hat seemed to do the trick was melafix (which also treats many other diseases). It somehow speeds up the repair of fins.

Hope this helps,
Achilles

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