Betta Has Clamped Fins

[l_l_l]

Hi!This ia not an emergency yet but might become one.
I woke up this morning and prepared my coffee.
I open the aquarium light and sip my coffee and eat my toast. My fish are waking up, they know that they are going to eat soon!
There are a few plants that have been uprooted and I take care of that. While placing one of the anubias back on the driftwood cave my betta loves so much, I accidentally bump it, scaring the betta out of his cave.
I finish placing the plants where they should be and I look at my betta fish.
I immediately notice that he has a minor case of clamped fins.. his anal fins are clamped together and it scares the hell out of me.
I have done a bit of research on this and I'm just wanting to be reassured as I really love my fish!

He lives with cRS, Neon tetras and snails, everyone is really active, shrimp are molting, water parameters are fine(will test again tonight to make sure) He eats and is active. I only give him Freezer daphnia, brine shrimp and bloodworms. .
I'll post a picture of him later to show him

 

[the_lock_man]

It's a stress response. Give him an hour, and see if he's still stressed.

 

[l_l_l]

Here is a picture as promised:
 

 

[the_lock_man]

Doesn't look like anything to worry about to me.

 

[l_l_l]

I am very very worried now.
The Betta has not recovered from this yet so I'm about to rule out the stress due to moving things around a bit...
 
I have been looking at forums today for solutions..
I know that this can be either ich or velvet.
 
I have seen just a bit of him, I know that he is really iridescent usually, and when I used the flashlight trick I have seen a gold spot near his face flashing but only one spot, the remaining seemed to be normal.
 
I have seen him darting around the tank while writing up this post and then he immediately went to the amazon sword and laid face down on the sand, tail pointing to the top of the tank.. This seems rather abnormal from him and I'm feeling more and more scared and guilty. I don't know why he's got this disease and I really would like to know..
Maybe I have overfed him or something?
I only had him for 2 weeks now..
If he is still alive tomorrow I will go get a hospital tank and try to save him from this.
 
Any advise would be appreciated.
 
Cheers!
 
Edit: I have measured values of the tank and everything is normal, even better than before actually..
 
Nitrites: 0 PPM
Ammonia: 0.125 PPM (is that normal?)
Nitrate: 10 ppm (They actually went down without any water changes during the week?!)
PH: 7.4
 
Strange.

 

[Doomchibi]

Have you recently added anything to the tank? Plants, decor, fish? If you added fish, were they quarantined first? If you put your betta in a hospital tank, perhaps you should add a bit of aquarium salt to it, that may help a bit. Looking at the picture, I see a small area on his stomach that looks almost cloudy, is that just in the picture or does he look like that currently? I suggest adding some Pimafix (if you can find it) to the hospital tank, that may help if the problem is fungal and will not hurt him if it is not. I hope to hear that he is doing better today, and good luck. 

 

[l_l_l]

He is still in problem this morning

I haven't added new decor or plants, no new fishes as well..
He is hiding a lot so I can't really see if the area is cloudy on his stomach..
I will get an hospital tank, hopefully resolving the issue

Will post results.
 
The only thing different from usual I would say I gave him food from a dial-a-treat thing I purchased at the store..
Maybe he didn't like it.

 

[Doomchibi]

If he didn't like the food, he just wouldn't have eaten it,.. I don't think that would have caused him to appear sick. Is he looking any better at all?

 

[l_l_l]

Not looking better at all, all of his fins are now clamped making him look even sadder.
 
I have quarantined him, put a big drape over the tank  + aquarium salt and am monitoring.

 

[Wildbetta]

Have you recently added anything to the tank? Plants, decor, fish? If you added fish, were they quarantined first? If you put your betta in a hospital tank, perhaps you should add a bit of aquarium salt to it, that may help a bit. Looking at the picture, I see a small area on his stomach that looks almost cloudy, is that just in the picture or does he look like that currently? I suggest adding some Pimafix (if you can find it) to the hospital tank, that may help if the problem is fungal and will not hurt him if it is not. I hope to hear that he is doing better today, and good luck. 

 
I highly recommend not using any medication with the word ending in "fix" as all of these medications contain tea tree oil which can be harmful to the betta's labyrinth organ making it hard for the betta to breathe.
 
 
He does appear a bit clamped in the pic above.  What is your water temperature?  You mentioned the foods you feed but what types are the brine shrimp and bloodworms -- live, frozen, or freeze dried?  

 

[l_l_l]

 

Have you recently added anything to the tank? Plants, decor, fish? If you added fish, were they quarantined first? If you put your betta in a hospital tank, perhaps you should add a bit of aquarium salt to it, that may help a bit. Looking at the picture, I see a small area on his stomach that looks almost cloudy, is that just in the picture or does he look like that currently? I suggest adding some Pimafix (if you can find it) to the hospital tank, that may help if the problem is fungal and will not hurt him if it is not. I hope to hear that he is doing better today, and good luck. 

 
I highly recommend not using any medication with the word ending in "fix" as all of these medications contain tea tree oil which can be harmful to the betta's labyrinth organ making it hard for the betta to breathe.
 
 
He does appear a bit clamped in the pic above.  What is your water temperature?  You mentioned the foods you feed but what types are the brine shrimp and bloodworms -- live, frozen, or freeze dried?  
 

A few days before he got this it was freeze dried..
Before it was regular freezed. I bought the freeze dried because I wanted the Betta to have more variety in his diet (he really doesn't like pellets.)
 
He's still in the bowl this morning, and appears to be feeling a bit better but still has all of his fins clamped. Will still get the "no light" treatement and will try to get a small heater for him.
I have tried searching for acryflavine in various pet stores but noone knows what the hell I'm talking about.
I'll try treating him with rid-fungus, which I already have on had. On the bottle it says it can cure this disease.
 
Tonight I'll stop at the pet shop and see for myself.
 
 
Edit: He did have a heater in his other tank and was set at 78-79.
I move him from the tank so disease doesn't spread to my cherry reds and neons.

 

[Wildbetta]

I would not treat your fish until you know for sure that he has something to treat for.  Clamped fins are a sign of something not being well but doesn't always mean it is something you need to treat with medication.  Make sure and keep his temperature around 79-80F and his water very clean.  Also I would feed a quality pellet (eventually he will take one although it might take a little while to get him to accept them) and use that as your staple diet item.  Frozen and live foods can be rotated in as a day or two's feedings per week if wanted.  Freeze dried is not good for bettas as it leads to constipation and bloating issues and they really do not contain much if any good nutrients for the betta anyway.  
 
If you suspect something like velvet or ICH, the fish will be giving you signs like flashing(scratching on objects) or visible cues like small white grains of salt/sugar on the body/fins(ICH) or a dust like covering (velvet -- this does not always appear "gold").

 

[l_l_l]

I would not treat your fish until you know for sure that he has something to treat for.  Clamped fins are a sign of something not being well but doesn't always mean it is something you need to treat with medication.  Make sure and keep his temperature around 79-80F and his water very clean.  Also I would feed a quality pellet (eventually he will take one although it might take a little while to get him to accept them) and use that as your staple diet item.  Frozen and live foods can be rotated in as a day or two's feedings per week if wanted.  Freeze dried is not good for bettas as it leads to constipation and bloating issues and they really do not contain much if any good nutrients for the betta anyway.  
 
If you suspect something like velvet or ICH, the fish will be giving you signs like flashing(scratching on objects) or visible cues like small white grains of salt/sugar on the body/fins(ICH) or a dust like covering (velvet -- this does not always appear "gold").

He does appear to be covered with dust! Water is really really clean as for Betta pellets, which brand would you recommend?
I'm going to try giving him the New life spectrum I've been giving my neons.
First three ingredients are meat.

 

[l_l_l]

ok. I have another question.
m'y betta is looking a bit better, hes un a tank without a heater nor a filtre right nos.. how often should i change vis water?

 

[Wildbetta]

What size is the tank he is in at the moment?