Veiltail Betta Issue!! Help please!

[Chandeptitious]

Hi everyone! I've only had my betta for about five days, and I noticed this morning that his fins are sort of stiff/rigid. They don't flow like they did when I first brought him home. I was wondering if anyone could tell me what could be wrong? He's so beautiful I'd hate to see him suffer if it's anything I can fix. HELP!

 

[Bdonaldson]

Did you use a water conditioner for your water before you put him in the tank.?

 

[shellyx]

What's your water parameters? Size of tank?

 

[Chandeptitious]

Yes I conditioned it before I put him in, ammonia is at 0 and PH is about 6.8. The tank holds approx. 9 liters

 

[Chandeptitious]

I've got him sitting next to my 90 liter tank that has about 20 fish in it, that includes a dwarf gourami. Could it be stress from that?

 

[Chandeptitious]

I have him sitting next to my 90 liter tank, which has about 20 fish in it including a dwarf gourami. Could it be stress from them? Or should I try a 100% water change and basically start from the beginning again? :/

 

[Chandeptitious]

I have him next to my 90 liter tank (as in pic.) that has about 20 fish in it, including a dwarf gourami. Could it be stress from them? Or should I do a 100% water change and start from the beginning again?

 

[hecurcia]

What is the tank temperature? What kind of filter you have?

 

[hecurcia]

Might need more than 9 liters of water (2.4 gallons), he will appreciate it.

 

[Goldfish loach boy]

It might be fin rot I have two in a 5 gallon with a divider and no stress need better pics to see if its fin rot or not though

 

[Chandeptitious]

I do have a bigger tank (about 20 liters) that I was going to use for breeding, but I could make that one his home and use the 9liter for breeding? I'll get some pictures of him when I get home from work

 

[Chandeptitious]

Here are some pictures of him, his fins seem stuck this way, he even swims like it.

 

[Chandeptitious]

And this is a pic of him a few days ago

 

[Bdonaldson]

I would try moving him away from the big tank. He could feel threatened by the other fish. Bettas will clamp their fins so that they appear smaller and less noticeable to the fish they feel threatened by.

Is he eating ok?

 

[Chandeptitious]

He's eating fine, and still is fairly active and interesting in new things. I'll try separating him from the others. Thank you I'll let you know how he goes

 

[Chandeptitious]

He's starting to look better yay! It must have been the other fish that were upsetting him. Thank you! Here's some pics from this morning:

 

[Bdonaldson]

He is starting to look better. Glad I could help. Keep us updated on his progress over the next week. I am sure he will be fine.

 

[Chandeptitious]

This is what he looks like today! He's much much better thank you again

 

[Bdonaldson]

He looks very happy now. I'm glad it worked out for you.