betta siamese fighting fish

[El_diablo]

Around about 6 wks ago now we bought a betta and put him in our community tank, I was unaware that my black skirt tetras would nip his fins but seen as tho they did we put him in his own 4.5g tank and he's been fine since but since the nipping his fins has been sort of stuck together and they don't flow openly like they should, I'm not sure my pics will do it justice but has anybody expirienced anything similar and ifso how can I fix the little fella?

Thanks for looking

 

[dkpate]

That's called clamped fins. Is the tank cycled?

 

[El_diablo]

Yeh the tank was set up ages ago cycled wit ammonia from a local diy store and we kept it as a quarenteen tank until our betta needed it

 

[El_diablo]

Tested the water 5 days ago the results were 0 ammonia
0 nitrite
10-20 nitrAte
Ph 6.5 - 7

 

[dkpate]

Ok, sounds good. Clamped fins can be from a few different things, but it's usually foul water. How often are you doing water changes?

 

[El_diablo]

50% weekly

Is there anything u cud reccomend to treat it with?

Thanks for ur help by the way

 

[dkpate]

Clean water. In a tank 5 gallons and smaller, you should do 2 water changes a week. Try changing like 20-25% of the water every day for a while, and see if that helps.
What is the temp in the tank?

 

[El_diablo]

26/27 I think that's around 80???

I'll giv the daily pwc's a go c wt happens

 

[dkpate]

Sounds good. Keep me updated on how it goes! And you can always look on google about clamped fins on bettas, and you might be able to find alot of information. Try to only go with betta sites though, not about.com and stuff.

 

[El_diablo]

Cool thanks again il keep ya posted