betta's fin rot coming back Urgent Help

[rocktrns]

ok I have a 10 gallon fish with
1 betta
3 zebra danio
4 Neon Tetras


It seems my betta was heaking and getting better from fin rot now his tail is seeming to be getting it back I dont know why the tank is cycles I do have a 1.5 gallon tank,but I dont have allot of waer conditioner,and the heater doesn't keep the tank warm like the 10 gallon tank heater does. The tank heater keeps the fish tank a 78 degrees F. I just added some Melafix to the whole 10 gallon tank so what do I do now? Partial Water change? here are some pictures please help,and its only messing with his back fin and nothing else is he biting it at night or are the other fish nipping him or is he scrapping it or is it fin rot.

 

[jeffwisely]

it doesn't look like rot to me. had bettas for a long time and there fins always looked like that. but i could be wrong.

 

[rocktrns]

it doesn't look like rot to me. had bettas for a long time and there fins always looked like that. but i could be wrong.

So what do you think it is?

 

[DragonFish71]

Looks like the bettas is a crown tail betta. Means his tail should look like that. But really hard to tell. Can you get better pics?

 

[jeffwisely]

yeah i think dragon is right but it is hard to tell from the pics

 

[rocktrns]

No hes a Delta Tail Betta

 

[rocktrns]

 

[rocktrns]

look at this I took last week to compare
YouTube - My First 10 Gallon Community fish tank

 

[dkpate]

Well, if the ends aren't curling up, I would say he's biting. Especially in the second pic of the last set you posted it looks like it. Sometimes male bettas will bite their tails because they are too heavy for them. Are you sure some of the other fish aren't nipping?
As for the temp, 78* is fine, 78*-80* is good for bettas.
The best cure for the regrowth is clean water, so I would get some conditioner ASAP. You can get a bottle of Seachem's Prime for around $10, and it treats something like 2700 gallons.

 

[rocktrns]

Well, if the ends aren't curling up, I would say he's biting. Especially in the second pic of the last set you posted it looks like it. Sometimes male bettas will bite their tails because they are too heavy for them. Are you sure some of the other fish aren't nipping?
As for the temp, 78* is fine, 78*-80* is good for bettas.
The best cure for the regrowth is clean water, so I would get some conditioner ASAP. You can get a bottle of Seachem's Prime for around $10, and it treats something like 2700 gallons.

Good I was real worried,but I do have like a cap in a half worth of Stress Coat Plus,and I dont know if there bitting his tail or not they seem to get along when I'm looking I don't know what goes on at night when the lights are off though.

 

[dkpate]

If you keep the water clean, you will start to see some clear growth that will color up in about a week.

 

[rocktrns]

he was healing already as you could see in the video I think he had fin rot when he was in his 1.5 gallon tank alone,but now I think he could have just been biting it.

 

[jeffwisely]

yeah thats a good possibility