I don't think it's fin & tail rot, because there's no blackish/burnt-like parts of the fins. But I got this betta from a local fish store about two days ago, where the other fish in the tank seemed all right. I let it accumulate to the water temperature in a vase with treated water, and then I let it go. I was about to move it to a much larger twenty gallon tank todday until I noticed little red bits of its floating around in the water, and the frontal fins and back fin look like it's shedding its skin, almost like a snake.
Water parameters are fine-- ammonia/nitrite/nitrate all 0 ppm.
Only just got the fish two days ago, so I haven't had a chance or need to change the water yet.
The only stuff I put in the water was a dechlorinator/heavy metal remover.
There's no other fish in the tank.
Like I said, it's a medium-sized vase.
I haven't added any fish since then.
Tank size: medium-sized vase.
pH: 6.8-7.0
ammonia: 0 ppm
nitrite: 0 ppm
nitrate:0 ppm
tank temp: room temperature
Please help. It's my mother's fish, not mine. Although I've kept fish before, I've never seen anything of this sort happen.
Water parameters are fine-- ammonia/nitrite/nitrate all 0 ppm.
Only just got the fish two days ago, so I haven't had a chance or need to change the water yet.
The only stuff I put in the water was a dechlorinator/heavy metal remover.
There's no other fish in the tank.
Like I said, it's a medium-sized vase.
I haven't added any fish since then.
Tank size: medium-sized vase.
pH: 6.8-7.0
ammonia: 0 ppm
nitrite: 0 ppm
nitrate:0 ppm
tank temp: room temperature
Please help. It's my mother's fish, not mine. Although I've kept fish before, I've never seen anything of this sort happen.