nuclearkielbasa
Aquarium Advice Newbie
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- Jun 18, 2017
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Hey there, I'm ashamed at how bad my Betta's fin rot has gotten and I need help; I've been fighting rot ever since I purchased him, and it's never stopped, only slowed down. I've had him for just about a year and a half now. He's lot a LOT of his fins - it's terrible to look at.
I'm at my wits' end with it, and how nothing is working. I've tried everything I've been able to get - tetracycline, erythro, maracyn plus, and methylene blue. None of it stops, Just slows it.
Unfortunately, I think it might be something in my water- I recently purchased an apple snail and it didn't last a week.
My tank is cycled and params are great, and I keep things maintained ( almost a bit too obsessively...). Betta is all alone in his tank, and i used to do 30% tank change every Friday or so, but now that his tail is so bad I've been doing it every other day.
I use Prime to condition, and I give him some stress coat (even tho its not working...), and some vitachem.
Attitude wise, he still eats like a pig. He is however LOT more 'lazy' now, and he has a hard time swimming because of how much finnage he's lost.
Is there any secret thing I could try that I've not done?? I'm worried that it will never stop rotting, and it'll reach his body and i don't know what to do.
I'm at my wits' end with it, and how nothing is working. I've tried everything I've been able to get - tetracycline, erythro, maracyn plus, and methylene blue. None of it stops, Just slows it.
Unfortunately, I think it might be something in my water- I recently purchased an apple snail and it didn't last a week.
My tank is cycled and params are great, and I keep things maintained ( almost a bit too obsessively...). Betta is all alone in his tank, and i used to do 30% tank change every Friday or so, but now that his tail is so bad I've been doing it every other day.
I use Prime to condition, and I give him some stress coat (even tho its not working...), and some vitachem.
Attitude wise, he still eats like a pig. He is however LOT more 'lazy' now, and he has a hard time swimming because of how much finnage he's lost.
Is there any secret thing I could try that I've not done?? I'm worried that it will never stop rotting, and it'll reach his body and i don't know what to do.