My poor little betta:(

[Cat]

Yesterday it was swimming about ,flaring at others,today all it has is stubble,somethings had ago at it ,could have been 1 of five fish,so i just caught all five and moved them to another tank,while I was catching them ,my betta was playing with my fingers,its the most friendly fish I've seen,it never swims away from me.

Will it fins grow back ,is there anything I can put in the water to help it?

 

[Murdoc]

Which fins had the nibble?


Two of my males somehow got over my divider in my 10g tank and the smaller one took a huge beating. He was missing his whole tail. Its been about a month and its pretty much all grown back.

All fins grow back. I would take your fish and put him in a different tank, or container. If you have beanie cases or even a fairly large pickle jar put some melafix i think it's called, or another type of fin-rot medicine, in the container and leave him there for a bit. Just in case he gets nipped at again

 

[cometcattle]

I agree with Murdoc, I'd move him to another container. You can buy a 1g Kritter Keeper for cheap.

The most important thing is water changes. I'd do 100% changes each day, or at least every other day. I'd use Stress-coat (which is also a de-chlorinater) and a small pinch of aquarium salt.

Personally, I'm not a big fan of Melafix. I know some members use it, but I've heard from people here that won't use it on a betta. Bettamax is great if you can find it.

Other than that, I don't think I would medicate with anything. There's really no need to if you keep the water clean.

Good luck, Cat.

 

[bettacrazy]

poor baby!

i always used bettafix and it works great. some fish heal faster than others, but they all do heal!

good luck!!

 

[yungnhopless562]

awww poor fishy, id use either bettafix or stress coat, gl and hope he feels better