Does my betta have fin rot??

[Crazy4fish]

Just received my betta from pet smart but I am thinking she has fin rot.

 

[Abbeylikesballs]

My Betta had that too. I cured him easily by changing his diet to freeze dried blood worms and adding Top Fin Betta water conditioner to his water when I changed it which should be 50% once a week and wash it once every 3 weeks. Keep the gravel beacause it should have helpful bacteria just rinse it. And I know it sounds crazy but talk to your Betta fish it doesnt even need to be happy it could be you complaining about your problems but my Betta lived for 8 years

 

[CoryFan]

It might not be fin rot. Fins heal best with clean water. I use melafix to heal damaged fins. It works!

 

[Mumma.of.two]

Looks like she does a touch. She should heal and grow her fins back nicely with plenty of clean water. Because they are kept in small cups the water quality deteriorates quite quickly. Dirty water is just asking for fin rot. If you do decide to use melafix make sure to only use 1/5 of the dosage. Many bettas can't handle a full dose.

 

[Crazy4fish]

I did put in one dose of Melafix, I keep my water very very clean so I'm hoping she will heal up nicely. Any more tips would be awesome thank you so much

 

[CoryFan]

Looks like she does a touch. She should heal and grow her fins back nicely with plenty of clean water. Because they are kept in small cups the water quality deteriorates quite quickly. Dirty water is just asking for fin rot. If you do decide to use melafix make sure to only use 1/5 of the dosage. Many bettas can't handle a full dose.

Thanks for the dosage advice! I had never heard that before.

 

[Crazy4fish]

Thanks so much I also did not know not to put a full dose in, thank you so much

 

[Luananeko]

Personally I try to avoid Melafix entirely on my bettas... There's been a lot of research showing that even small doses of the medicine can damage their labyrinth organ. Bettafix is a better one to use on them, along with raising the water temp to at least 82 and adding a bit of salt.

Hard to tell from the pics if it's fin rot or if the betta's been munching on his fins a little. Sometimes bettas get bored while in the tiny cups and will chew on their own tails to relieve boredom. The raised temp, salt, and Bettafix will help with that too. Another possibility is that the betta has a touch of poorly bred crowntail in him, though I think that's less likely. Anything is possible with a Petsmart betta though, as they don't exactly have breeder stock.

 

[CoryFan]

Personally I try to avoid Melafix entirely on my bettas... There's been a lot of research showing that even small doses of the medicine can damage their labyrinth organ. Bettafix is a better one to use on them, along with raising the water temp to at least 82 and adding a bit of salt.

Hard to tell from the pics if it's fin rot or if the betta's been munching on his fins a little. Sometimes bettas get bored while in the tiny cups and will chew on their own tails to relieve boredom. The raised temp, salt, and Bettafix will help with that too. Another possibility is that the betta has a touch of poorly bred crowntail in him, though I think that's less likely. Anything is possible with a Petsmart betta though, as they don't exactly have breeder stock.

Thanks for the tip!

 

[Mumma.of.two]

Bettafix is melafix but diluted. Same product just different concentration. Personally I don't think it does anything that just clean water won't do.