Came home from work to find Charlie with a severely ripped tail - it's split all the way up to his body:

and Nellie laying almost colorless on the bottom of her little hospital tank.
I noticed last night she wasn't her active self and was very lethargic and hiding.
I took her out of the girly tank this morning cuz she wasn't any better... and put her in a 1/2 gallon hospital tank with clean water and a plant. She's worse tonight. She's breathing heavy. I don't see anything physically wrong with her except her pale coloring. She's getting maracyn 2. Here she is tonight:

this is what she normally looks like:


Oh, and Petey and BB both decided to eat their tails to shreds again.

Man, when it rains it pours.

Man that sucks!

Sorry to hear that Nellie isn't doing good....

When fish aren't feeling well, does it help to add the almond leaf to their tank? Hope I have the right kind of leaf there....

Hope things get better tomorrow...

I'm sorry about your bettas :( I will hope that they get their acts together and get better for you soon! I guess I shouldn't complain about mine....Fabio and Lolita so much....they're still 'crappy' but they don't seem to get worse. :hmm:
My betta babies and I will send some good thoughts to Nellie and the others. Hopefully she'll be ok, I'll keep my fingers crossed. X

When Jason and I were talking to Watt (Grandbetta) I told him Animal wasn't feeling well and he just flat out said to add some IAL and salt. I hadn't even told him what was wrong... so I guess it would be worth trying.

I gave her maracyn2 and colloidal already.
I have an odd feeling I won't have to repeat tomorrow cuz she probably won't be around.

I just don't get it.
She was my biggest, healthiest fish.

:?:

Bettamom, Im sorry to hear your having trouble with your bettas. I will send good thoughts your way :)
Good luck,

------prays------
hope she pulls through.....

black water extract of a IAL should help :) and love and care :)

That's happened to me too, and usually the cause of fish death here. They just start acting a little off, but I can't see anything on them, so I don't treat them (because I don't know what to treat them for) and then they die. ;_;

I think... from now on, anyone that acts even a little weird, is going to be isolated and treated with Wide Spectrum Tonic...

Poor little Nellie. I am so sorry she's not well. My babies and I will be rooting for her. I know the tails are a real aggravation, but when you know one is really sick, it sucks big time. They look so little and helpless and you know they are depending on you to make them better. Well, if anyone can help her it's you! Maybe with the collodial in there she will be able to pull out of whatever is wrong with her. Hang in there and keep us posted on her.

Well, she's still alive this morning - it looks like she kinda has some color back, but she just comes up for air and then sinks back down.

aargh.

Like I told you last night, I think she's depressed... jealous of the other new girlies... Could be that she'll need her own tank now... little princess.

Yeah, I suppose I could go out and buy her her very own little minibow with plants and the whole nine yards. She can hang out with the boys in my son's room on the new shelves (which are coming soon).

I'll see how she's doing tonight.

Yeah... like my Kirsten. Can't play nice with the other girls.

awah my charlie!!!!!!!!!!! poor little dude. well he is purty no matter what!

How are they doing now bettamom?

Charlie's doing okay - a good 1/2" of the top of his rip has fused back together.

Nellie, however is not doing so good.
She's laying on her side now breathing heavy.
I'm afraid it's just a matter of time for her.

I HATE having sick fish. They stare at you with the "please help me" look and you can do NOTHING more than guess what to try.

It is HORRIBLE. :cuss:

:o Charlie and Nellie! :( :( :(
Aww, BM, I hope that nothing happens to them.. if anyone can help them you can. Charlie's tail! It was so beautiful.. And poor little Nellie.. maybe give her a 1g for a while, see if that helps?

Well, she has her color back and is sitting in a sprig of cabomba for the moment. Still hanging in there... now if only we knew what was wrong.

Nellie's gone.
I went in to check on her this morning and she was gone.
Totally pale and curled up in a little C - stiff as a board.
I guess I'll never know what happened - she looks totally physically fine still except a bit of fraying on the end of her tail but I guess that happends to fish when they're dying.

I feel absolutely horrilble because she used to harass everyone and chase them around the tank and I would curse her and wish she would go away because it made me angry the the other fish were suffering..

Guess I got what I wished for.
Poor little girl. :(

:rip: Nellie

That's the hardest part. Not knowing what to do for them. I guess sometimes it is just their time and no matter what you do it won't help, but it doesn't make it any easier.

I'm very sorry BettaMomma....
:rip: Nellie
Possibly maybe she was older than what originally thought? Maybe it was just old age...I guess it will be a mystery.
*hugs* I'm sure she knew you loved her in your own way....even if she was difficult sometimes.

Poor little one... :(

:rip: Nellie

Aww BettaMomma, I am so sorry for your loss!

sorry for your loss. :rip:

blue ripped his tail like charlie did and it was completely healed in about a week. just a pinch of salt and few drops of melafix (but i know you don't like that stuff :blink: )

Yeah, his tail is actually healing up rather nicely so far.

You'll always be a good mommy... don't be hard on yourself for Nellie. Love you!

Thanks. You guys are awesome.

I still haven't done anything with her, she's sitll in her little bowl - I can't even go in that room.

uugh

Awww... *tear* I think it's time to get rid of that bowl for good, too.

bury her? in the backyard? O.o

Soooo sorry BM...

We all know you did your best for her...

:rip: I'm sorry bettamomma :bye:

Yeah, she's now in my little teeny patch of garden plot I sorta have near our patio.

My problem is this - whe was in a little bowl that used to be the home of little Sammy, the totally immobilized betta I found at (NONE OTHER than hell on earth - WalMart). He hung on for days in that bowl, laying on his side and barely able to make it up for air, so I kept the water at a level so that he didn't even have to swim to get air. One day he just decided to give up and die, but not after being strong for quite a while. I suppose he just got horribly sick of being miserable.

Anyway, that's the same bowl (I sanitized it inbetween of course) that Nellie died in - I'm going to recycle the bowl. I just don't want it around anymore.. it seems like it's cursed.

At the time, I just didn't feel like going in there to take care of her yet because I wasn't ready to bury her. I have said good bye now - but it totally sucked.

I'm not even really sure why this death bothered me so much. I suppose it's because I will never know what it was that killed her and that really bothers me.