betta fish illness

Raising a betta fish like any other living creature requires taking into account certain factors and care taking. Making sure that the betta fish is healthy and not sick is very important to actually depict that you are taking apt care of your fishes. The fish have some habits which can help their owners know that they are healthy. These entails their easy swimming, being aware and alert about the surroundings, the color of their body remaining unchanged, eating regularly and normally, possessing a complete finnage and also a body that is streamline and looks normal.

When any of these factors are found missing then the owner must know that the fishes are suffering from some kind of illness and early detection can surely and immensely enhance the survival chances of the betta fishes. The many types of disease or illness that can commonly harm a betta fish entail symptoms that can easily show that the fish is ill. The water temperature being a vital thing for normal life sustenance the betta fish in very cold water develop loss of color, get lethargic and their fins get clamped. Raising the water temperature to around 80 degree Fahrenheit can easily help your betta fishes in restoring back their normal activity and health quickly.

The other very commonly occurrence illnesses in betta fish entails Columnaris, where the mouth region or head area of the fish gets affected and the skin appears yellowish or grayish in look. Constipation is yet another common illness that causes the abdomen to get swollen abnormally and the activity too gets lowered down. The other common illness in betta fish are Dropsy where the fish give a largely swollen appearance overall and also loss of appetite and lethargic activity is seen. The egg bound female is symptomized with a swollen abdomen and slow swimming activity also loss of appetite and lethargic activity are very prominent in this.

Other than those already mentioned the common illnesses that occur in the betta fishes are: External Parasites, Fin & Tail Rot, (True) Fungus, Gill Disease, Ich, Internal Parasites, Poisoning, Popeye, Septicemia, Slime Disease, Swim Bladder Disorder, Tuberculosis and others.

Also, make sure that the illness the betta fish can be harmed with is also harmful for humans as they are susceptible to these so handling all the fish items with care, and wearing clean gloves and washing the hands thoroughly with some antiseptic based solution after cleaning or touching anything related to the fishes must be practiced to avoid inconvenience of any sort.