Donny The Betta Fish Needs Help To Go To The Other Side

Donny the Bettafish has put up a good fight. It looked like he was going to make it, but has relapsed badly and is obviously on the way out. He didn't seem so bad this morning, at ate his bugbites, but I can't imagine him being alive tomorrow morning. (It's about 7:30pm here now). I am afraid he is suffering.

It is time to put Donny down, I think.  I have been unable to locate clove oil locally. Is there something else we can use that would be painless for him?

He is laying on his side on his leaf and at the bottom of the tank, and periodicallly makes it to the surface to gulp some air. The area that was healing is now doubled in size and there are no scales - it's as if it's being eaten away. I have done a very careful water change (just as I did last evening) to make sure at least the nitrate level isn't an issue in any way (testing says it's ok anyway.)

It's horrible seeing him like this. He is turning off his brilliant blue color.

New York.

I don't have a brick. I was considering a heavy pot. But I just can't do it.

I don't think he'll be around long enough for me to go purchase something in the morning.

He's fading fast now.

Donny had passed away by the morning. From what we can figure out, he had internal tumors as well as the one that sloughed off, possibly.  It was sad, because he really did look like he was improving, but then took a dramatic turn for the worse. The gasping for oxygen was hard to watch.  It's better for him now.

He's buried out under a magnificent old oak tree, which he will eventually become part of and live in that form for many years to come.

He was a good fish, yes.  We had him for just about two years, and he was already grown when we brought him home, so there's no knowing how old he actually was.  And yes, it's a beautiful old oak that has to be 100 years old if it's a day. It's a good spot for him to rest.

I do think, though, that the next Betta I adopt will not be one that is so heavily inbred. He was beautiful, but now I'm reading that there are so many issues with those varieties.

I am seriously considering just getting some more albino coreys.