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Posted by Nikki on April 11, 2006, 4:06 pm
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bigger betta's tank, he wanted to attack it, i gave him a second to realise
it was not food, but he was dead set on killing it, the little sh*t, so the
snail was in there a matter of five minutes, he would not even let it come
out from its shell to move, i moved it to the females tank, they dont seem
to notice it but i guess now i will watch them in case. Is that normal for a
betta to act that way towards a snail, i guess they all have different ideas
of what is ok in their tanks..
update gourami, he is now laying on the bottom of the tank not swimming
around, i feel so bad wish there was something i could do for him but i
think the lack of oxygen when he was out, and the brush burn on his top fin
may due him in, i put a little extra salt in the tank, i usualy put a little
less in the tank normaly then it says to incase i need to use it for
something then i can use more.
nik
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Posted by Koi-Lo on April 11, 2006, 6:20 pm
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> how about i grabbed a couple snails today while at the store, put one in
> my bigger betta's tank, he wanted to attack it, i gave him a second to
> realise it was not food, but he was dead set on killing it, the little
> sh*t, so the snail was in there a matter of five minutes, he would not
> even let it come out from its shell to move, i moved it to the females
> tank, they dont seem to notice it but i guess now i will watch them in
> case. Is that normal for a betta to act that way towards a snail, i guess
> they all have different ideas of what is ok in their tanks..
I play it safe and only give my male bettas plants. There is a small snail
in one of their tanks that I move with the betta when doing the water
change - then replace the little snail. He ignores it. It must have been
on one of the water lettuce.
> update gourami, he is now laying on the bottom of the tank not swimming
> around, i feel so bad wish there was something i could do for him but i
> think the lack of oxygen when he was out, and the brush burn on his top
> fin may due him in, i put a little extra salt in the tank, i usualy put a
> little less in the tank normaly then it says to incase i need to use it
> for something then i can use more.
> nik
You may lose this fish. I remember reading somewhere that if their gills
dry out they don't recover. I guess it's sort of like a human severely
damaging their lungs,.... the damage is permanent. I once had a mother
convict somehow jump out of their tank. She was pretty dry when I found
her, considering she's was a fish. She did recover and continue raising her
fry. The poor thing lay there gasping on the bottom at first, looking
around like she was in a daze. But she slowly came out of it. The male
stayed near her with their fry the whole time. I thought she was a
goner....
I hope your fish recovers. Where there's life, there's hope.
--
Koi-Lo.... the ReelMcKoi
Frugal ponding since 1995.
Aquariums since 1952.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
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Posted by Mister Gardener on April 11, 2006, 6:35 pm
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>> update gourami, he is now laying on the bottom of the tank not swimming
>> around, i feel so bad wish there was something i could do for him but i
>> think the lack of oxygen when he was out, and the brush burn on his top
>> fin may due him in, i put a little extra salt in the tank, i usualy put a
>> little less in the tank normaly then it says to incase i need to use it
>> for something then i can use more.
>> nik
Opinions please? Could this gourami have been helped any more if, when
returned to the tank, Nikki had pushed him back and forth through the
water to get good water through his gills? It works on TV.
-- Mister Gardener
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Posted by Nikki on April 11, 2006, 8:42 pm
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>>> update gourami, he is now laying on the bottom of the tank not swimming
>>> around, i feel so bad wish there was something i could do for him but i
>>> think the lack of oxygen when he was out, and the brush burn on his top
>>> fin may due him in, i put a little extra salt in the tank, i usualy put
>>> a
>>> little less in the tank normaly then it says to incase i need to use it
>>> for something then i can use more.
>>> nik
>
> Opinions please? Could this gourami have been helped any more if, when
> returned to the tank, Nikki had pushed him back and forth through the
> water to get good water through his gills? It works on TV.
>
> -- Mister Gardener
ha....ha ..I do that any time I think a fish is dying.
It don't just work on TV, I found that out when I started to keep guppies, I
had a beautiful male, black & yellow, and when you live in Pittsburgh, pa
and the Steelers are winning, you don't let nothing black & gold die.
Any way one day I noticed he was upside down, did not notice his gills
moving, I tried to turn him right side up but he kept going upside down, was
not moving dead for all intent purpose, I moved him back and forth though
the water and sure enough he came up and with in a few minutes he was fine,
he is still alive today...
NIk
I tried that with the gourami, and he did come to, and looked good till this
afternoon, he is still alive just sitting on the bottom of the tank leaning
on a rock, breathing heavy ..... i keep checking on him but he is not doing
anything but sitting there.
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Posted by Koi-Lo on April 11, 2006, 9:57 pm
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> I tried that with the gourami, and he did come to, and looked good till
> this afternoon, he is still alive just sitting on the bottom of the tank
> leaning on a rock, breathing heavy .....
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Could be damage to his delicate gills. I'm going to guess that's his
problem. When something can't get enough oxygen it tends not to move much.
Does he go to the top for air?
--
Koi-Lo.... the ReelMcKoi
Frugal ponding since 1995.
Aquariums since 1952.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
~~~ }<((((o> ~~~ }<{{{{o> ~~~ }<(((((o>
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> my bigger betta's tank, he wanted to attack it, i gave him a second to
> realise it was not food, but he was dead set on killing it, the little
> sh*t, so the snail was in there a matter of five minutes, he would not
> even let it come out from its shell to move, i moved it to the females
> tank, they dont seem to notice it but i guess now i will watch them in
> case. Is that normal for a betta to act that way towards a snail, i guess
> they all have different ideas of what is ok in their tanks..