Hello everyone, Im new & decided 2 join bcause my delta tailed betta fish (Sam) has what I think is fit rot. A few wks ago I noticed that his tail was getting ragged & a few days later, I saw little pieces of his tail falling off.
He's in a 1 gal tank. I use bottled water 4 water changes thinking that mayb my tap water isnt so great. I put the directed amount of stress coat. He has a great appetite, matter of fact, he gets really excited when he sees me take out the bag of pellets.
Ammonia: 0
pH: currently at 7.6
Temp: 82 - 79 degrees F
I give him the directed amount of BettafFix meds 4 the fin rot daily & a water change every 7 days as directed. I even add a lil bit of aquarium salt. This has been going on 4 about 3 weeks & I havent seen any REAL improvements. The last time I changed 25% of his water I noticed that the ph got REALLY high & his tail started 2 look a lil ragged again then after about 5 - 6 days, the ph sometimes goes 2 normal & his tail starts 2 look like it might be healing. I was told that the ph shouldn't be a problem bcause fish tend 2 adapt 2 it but it seems 2 b the only correlation 2 the severity of his fin rot.
Is there something that I am missing? am I doing something wrong?
He's in a 1 gal tank. I use bottled water 4 water changes thinking that mayb my tap water isnt so great. I put the directed amount of stress coat. He has a great appetite, matter of fact, he gets really excited when he sees me take out the bag of pellets.
Ammonia: 0
pH: currently at 7.6
Temp: 82 - 79 degrees F
I give him the directed amount of BettafFix meds 4 the fin rot daily & a water change every 7 days as directed. I even add a lil bit of aquarium salt. This has been going on 4 about 3 weeks & I havent seen any REAL improvements. The last time I changed 25% of his water I noticed that the ph got REALLY high & his tail started 2 look a lil ragged again then after about 5 - 6 days, the ph sometimes goes 2 normal & his tail starts 2 look like it might be healing. I was told that the ph shouldn't be a problem bcause fish tend 2 adapt 2 it but it seems 2 b the only correlation 2 the severity of his fin rot.
Is there something that I am missing? am I doing something wrong?