Help please

[Fish_lover]

Okay so my bettas tail is ripped , there isn't any thing that can shred his fins in his 3 gallon ( there is a silk plant ) and it looks like bite marks but does anyone know any Medications or anything that will distract/heal him from bitting his fins ( if that's what it is ) ? Or could it be fin rot ? But I don't see any black tips so I don't know , but her is a picture of him so you guys can see





He is in an old 1 gallon right now

 

[Mebbid]

It's most likely fin rot. I thought it was my betta's decorations that made his tail get cut up and it turned out it was fin rot without any discoloration of the tail. It took him 2 months to recover because I didn't do anything special about it. The best remedy is a few water changes.

What are the paramters of the tank?

 

[Fish_lover]

It's most likely fin rot. I thought it was my betta's decorations that made his tail get cut up and it turned out it was fin rot without any discoloration of the tail. It took him 2 months to recover because I didn't do anything special about it. The best remedy is a few water changes.

What are the paramters of the tank?

Oh okay , I clean his water a lot

 

[Mebbid]

If it gets much worse I might look into medicating him with either bettafix or a broad spectrum antibiotic.

How often do you clean his water? Is there any sort of flow in his tank?

 

[Fish_lover]

If it gets much worse I might look into medicating him with either bettafix or a broad spectrum antibiotic.

How often do you clean his water? Is there any sort of flow in his tank?

Okay , and he is in a 3 gallon with a filter and I clean it every week.

 

[Fish_lover]

If it gets much worse I might look into medicating him with either bettafix or a broad spectrum antibiotic.

How often do you clean his water? Is there any sort of flow in his tank?

I took out his filter and now he isn't biting his fins anymore he didn't like the current

 

[Mumma.of.two]

Some Bettas find any current very annoying and will tear off their own fins unfortunately. I've actually started keeping my Bettas in (heated) filterless tanks and have noticed a huge improvement in their fins and behavior.

 

[Fish_lover]

Some Bettas find any current very annoying and will tear off their own fins unfortunately. I've actually started keeping my Bettas in (heated) filterless tanks and have noticed a huge improvement in their fins and behavior.

Ya , and sometimes they probably bite their fins because some of the tail types are really long and heavy , that could be another reason he did that maybe because he is a rosetail , but it was probably the filter most likely because after I took it out he stopped

 

[Mebbid]

I'm trying to find a happy medium for my betta. I have a 10g planted tank that he's in and I can't get enough flow for the tank without causing his fins to have a blowout. I am going to invest in a nano canister filter with a spray bar to see if that helps.