dragon14
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As some of you may know, my betta fish had some (what I believe was) fin rot. I treated him twice with salt. This was in late July and then again in mid August. The second time he'd lost a lot more fin. The first time it was just pinholes.
I was watching him this morning, as I do every day, and then I decided to look at some pics of him from a month ago.
To my horror, I'm pretty sure he's lost more tail. The fins hanging underneath him (don't know what they're called) seem mostly fine. His dorsal fin is torn a bit but.
His tail since the end of August/early Sept, seems to have been further reduced. I can't believe I didn't realize that. I guess when you look at your fish every day they look the same sometimes, but if you look back at pictures, then you notice things you may not otherwise.
I'll try to post some pics later.
The only symptom is tail loss. And some pinholes. It's unclear if he still has pinholes. I've never noticed any black (except some on his dorsal fin which a few friends told me was normal coloring and they've stayed the same since I noticed them) or white spots on him through any of this. He eats fine. Yesterday he jumped up a little out of the water to try to bite my other half when he was trying to adjust his floating log. In all other ways other than this tail loss, he's fine.
I'm really worried about him. I love this little fish so much and I don't want him to loose any more tail. He's swimming well still. But I'm afraid if he loses more tail he may not be able to.
He's in a cycled 10g tank, 100watt Aquenon pro heater kept around 77-78 degrees. Aquenon QuietFlow 10 filter. Intake and output of the filter covered with Fluval pre filters, so he's not ripping his fins on that. He has silk plants/non sharp plants (fake) and we've made sure nothing is sharp so I doubt it's any tank decor doing this. We made sure it was all betta safe because he brushes lightly against things sometimes while swimming. He always has.
Ph is around 7.6. I checked everything a few days ago, will check again soon. Ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate around 10. We have well water.
I was watching him this morning, as I do every day, and then I decided to look at some pics of him from a month ago.
To my horror, I'm pretty sure he's lost more tail. The fins hanging underneath him (don't know what they're called) seem mostly fine. His dorsal fin is torn a bit but.
His tail since the end of August/early Sept, seems to have been further reduced. I can't believe I didn't realize that. I guess when you look at your fish every day they look the same sometimes, but if you look back at pictures, then you notice things you may not otherwise.
I'll try to post some pics later.
The only symptom is tail loss. And some pinholes. It's unclear if he still has pinholes. I've never noticed any black (except some on his dorsal fin which a few friends told me was normal coloring and they've stayed the same since I noticed them) or white spots on him through any of this. He eats fine. Yesterday he jumped up a little out of the water to try to bite my other half when he was trying to adjust his floating log. In all other ways other than this tail loss, he's fine.
I'm really worried about him. I love this little fish so much and I don't want him to loose any more tail. He's swimming well still. But I'm afraid if he loses more tail he may not be able to.
He's in a cycled 10g tank, 100watt Aquenon pro heater kept around 77-78 degrees. Aquenon QuietFlow 10 filter. Intake and output of the filter covered with Fluval pre filters, so he's not ripping his fins on that. He has silk plants/non sharp plants (fake) and we've made sure nothing is sharp so I doubt it's any tank decor doing this. We made sure it was all betta safe because he brushes lightly against things sometimes while swimming. He always has.
Ph is around 7.6. I checked everything a few days ago, will check again soon. Ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate around 10. We have well water.