Cletus

[rykitten]

Cletus's tail has gotten progressively worse over the last month. The tips of his tail are so curly that is looks painful.

Last night, I spotted something strange on the edge his anal fin. It's hard to describe, but to me it looks like a fuzzy lint ball. It appears that his tail is deteriorating.

He seems to be healthy otherwise. He eats like a cow and is very active. I've attached pictures. The quality isn't fantastic but I hope they'll do. Let me know what your diagnosis is. Or if you think I'm being a worry wart.

And before you say Bettamax, I already treated.

 

[BabbleFish]

Tail rot maybe? or perhapse some hard/ jagged/ rough decoration in his tank? have you treated him for funguss's?

 

[leck85]

bettamax is more of a preventative than a treatment... at least I think..

it could be tail rot.. adding salt is always good

 

[cation]

rykitten, this happened to me with my betta Bitey. He had some fin disintigration and little puffballs of mouldy looking things on the ends of his fins. I treated with bettamax (antibiotic), maroxy (fungucide), and some salt (and lots of clean water). It seemed to get worse for a week or so, then better, very slowly. The fin bits with the mould/fungus on them eventually died and fell off, and then he started to get better. It's been about 2 months now, and he's as healthy as he's ever been - It hasn't come back.

 

[fourplayfishy]

melafix for me it gets rid of everything