Captain Jack has had what I'm assuming is fin rot for about two months now. I've done a 100% wc and cleaned all the tank deco in hot water (cave, plants, rocks - not gravel or filter media, they just got swished in old tank water and returned). I started daily 50% pwcs without using aquarium salt. Fins kept receding. I tried pwcs with aquarium salt - fins receded faster and I stopped doing it after about 3 days. There is no mold or cottony-looking stuff on him, and the fins aren't black or white at the edges; they're just going away. The rents in his fins are getting closer to his body, and I don't know what to do now. Commercial medicines?
Tank parameters:
5.5 gallon tank, fully cycled before adding fish
1 male betta (Captain Jack) - in tank since August
Silk plants
Rock cave
Small air stone
Top Fin filter with soda bottle baffle
Small water heater
Mercury thermometer
Everything in the tank has been put to the pantyhose test to be sure that he can't rip his fins on any of it.
Water parameters:
Ph 7.8
Ammon 0 - 0.25 (very slight green tinge, in very bright light)
No2 0
No3 0
Temp 80
This is right after a water change, so the ammonia is a little higher than usual and the nitrates are a little lower. I NEVER allow nitrates to go above 20 ppm. Since cycling, tank numbers have been stable. No fluctuations in ph, and little fluctuations in other #s.
I feel like I did everything I could for Captain Jack, and I'm losing the battle anyways. Am I missing something? What do I do now? Could I be maki it worse by fussing over the tank daily?
Tank parameters:
5.5 gallon tank, fully cycled before adding fish
1 male betta (Captain Jack) - in tank since August
Silk plants
Rock cave
Small air stone
Top Fin filter with soda bottle baffle
Small water heater
Mercury thermometer
Everything in the tank has been put to the pantyhose test to be sure that he can't rip his fins on any of it.
Water parameters:
Ph 7.8
Ammon 0 - 0.25 (very slight green tinge, in very bright light)
No2 0
No3 0
Temp 80
This is right after a water change, so the ammonia is a little higher than usual and the nitrates are a little lower. I NEVER allow nitrates to go above 20 ppm. Since cycling, tank numbers have been stable. No fluctuations in ph, and little fluctuations in other #s.
I feel like I did everything I could for Captain Jack, and I'm losing the battle anyways. Am I missing something? What do I do now? Could I be maki it worse by fussing over the tank daily?