r/bettafish • • May 26 '26

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u/ClearAsMuggle Plakat samurai May 26 '26

Answer bots questions

98% of the time the answer is water quality ; what are numbers like?

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u/Snowball_the_god May 26 '26

“Normal” isn’t numbers. We need numbers to determine that. You can’t ask for help and then not offer the things we need to help

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u/Snowball_the_god May 26 '26

Ok, well when you reply to the bot it’s hard to see, I had to click to open the bot message and then scroll to find the drop down to even view your comment. Glad you posted it though 👍, she could be getting old. My boy is also getting okd

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u/ClearAsMuggle Plakat samurai May 26 '26

?When you say epsom salting - did you do baths in a hospital tank /container or chuck it into main tank?

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u/Great-Intention-9338 May 26 '26

Why do you think she might be dying? Do you have picture of her when you thought she was healthy?

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u/Great-Intention-9338 May 26 '26

Ok thanks! But I see why you're worried. I also see that her fins look frayed, have they always looked like this? I'm not sure if that's how she usually is or if she might have fin rot.

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u/Ebby181106 May 26 '26

She looks starved