i have no idea how this happened. jade is still alive but as i was feeding her last night i looked at her from above and saw she was pineconing BAD. i don’t know how i didn’t notice this, she’s been acting and looking normal the past few week and i have no idea how i missed it. i unfortunately think im going to euthanize her 🙁 im so sad about this, she was my last survivor from a sorority i used to have (no they did not die from killing each other, there was some sort of fungal infection going on that was killing all of my girls and the smaller schooling fish). i keep up with water changes, test my parameters every few days, and they’re always good. bettas are by far the hardest species of fish for me to keep alive. almost every other species i’ve had has been no issue. it’s really a shame
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Posted by Alternative-Koala247
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I’m sorry man. You can always try kaneplex as a last resort. But you know your fish. ❤️
I’m so sorry 🙁 although I appreciate you sharing about this and your candor. I’m currently treating my betta that I’ve had for about 6 weeks for fin rot. I felt like absolute garbage for not noticing anything was wrong until he was active one day and abnormally super lethargic the next. What also upsets me is that I have no idea if there were signs of fin rot that I just didn’t see or did it come on as fast as the lethargy? No clue. As a newb I feel responsible, and probably 99% am, but sometimes shit happens that’s inevitable and out of anyone’s control.
It sounds like you’re experienced at caring for bettas and that would have noticed something visibly noticeable. Maybe Jade’s pine coning happened really fast? Either way, I’m really sorry 🙁