Part1: Betta Fish SICK with VELVET and COLUMNARIS

it is nearly sure, that my fish has 2 issues.
Parasites ( VELVET _ or a from of protozoan disease = (can be treated with Maracyn), and a bacterial infection (COLUMNARIS).
I am treating both with MARACYN.

One article I found on Columnaris: http://www.ultimatebettas.com/index.php?showtopic=917


What is Columnaris?
By RandomWiktor at www. UltimateBettas.com

Columnaris is a disease that goes by many names. Flexibacter, mouth rot, mouth fungus, gill fungus, body fungus, saddleback columnaris, and cotton wool disease: all of these common terms describe one tenacious bacteria, Flavobacterium columnare, previously known as Flexibacter columnaris. This gram-negative, motile, rod-shaped bacteria thrives in many of the same conditions that our tropical fish also enjoy, making it especially dangerous and virulent to stressed fish. Two primary strains exist, both with potentially devastating internal and external symptoms. One is slow-developing, with symptoms appearing over several days and more easily quelled by treatment. The other can kill within hours, and is known for creating massive losses due to its extreme virulence. Regardless of the strain or progression of the disease, columnaris is nothing to be taken lightly.

What Are the Symptoms of Columnaris?
The symptoms of Columnaris vary greatly and largely depend on the strain and virulence. The most commonly observed and treatable form of columnaris often presents itself as stringy white, grey, or off-white "wool" on the fish's face, mouth, or gills. Alternate locations include the "saddle-back" presentation, in which we see a distinct band of the same substance over the back just before the base of the dorsal fin. (Other symtoms may include small gray patches on the face, gasping, and rapid fin loss, but these may be indicative of other diseases, as well.)
Left untreated, the cottony growths on the fish's body will eat away at the underlying tissues. One of the clear indicators of columnaris is a angry red ulcer with dying white tissue around its perimeter. However, you should not wait until such ulcers appear before deciding to treat! At this stage, the disease is advancing, and the fish is at great risk of secondary infections or death.

Can Columnaris be Prevented?
In most cases, Columnaris is caused by some kind of stress, and as thus, is largely preventable. Prevention is always the best medicine, especially with a disease this deadly. At this point, betta owners should really listen up, because bettas are one of the most commonly afflicted species... and their strife is also likely the most easily prevented.

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• betta
• fish
• sick
• Columnaris
• Velvet

[cuzidontcare]

What is velevet and columinarus

[Ranelso]

@jekeogh18 I hope you found an answer to your problem and that your fish is doing well, but if you didn't you should look up the symptoms of pop-eye. A few of my fish have had it. one or both of the eyes will swell and become "misty" or fogged. You can pick up a treatment that you add to the water at petsmart. Be sure to remove the carbon from your filter during treatment.

[jekeogh18]

HELP ME

My beta fish has one eye that is HUGE I just noticed this and it is in like a bubble is there a medicine for a eye infection that could go in the water

[911kratos]

i hate dropsy

[11Rbrre11]

@xxcassixo He died..

[xxcassixo]

@11Rbrre11 Maybe it's the ick, You can ask your pet store about the issue There should be medicean in the store were you bought your betta. I had the same problem >_> We were too cheap to buy the medicean my fish needed... We just used salt in his water and it helped, He had a HUGE white spot on his back, If your betta has already died or is still living god bless him :) From: Cassi&Cherish The Fish.

[NSCaquarium]

@UberFiseh i ik how fish get velvet or fin rot ik dropsy is like cancer i was thinkiing of things from the top of my head ,but uh you know small pox are like chicken pox but worse right well it is the same thing with ick and ich i believe ick is more sever well thanks for correcting me because you are right cancer would be dropsy dropsy is very faitial and rarley is ever cured same with blatter disease conclusion is i hate seeing sick fish in pet stores wonder if they would like cancer

[UberFiseh]

@NSCaquarium

Sorry friend, you don't seem to know; fin rot is from an abundance of bacteria (not beneficial) occuring in an aquarium, normally this isn't a problem but when the fish gets part of its fin cut or is suffering from stress then it will get fin rot, it isn't a cancer at all. If any fish decease was cancer it would be dropsy, ich isn't at all like small pocks and is more a chicken pox.

[NSCaquarium]

@evilasever ick is the small pocks fin rot is cancer swim bladder is where u can't get rid of waste so u rot it is pretty horrific and suffering in ammonia is like swimming in toxic waste

[themousemaster]

@Spydi1231 the fish or the illness? O_O