Betta Clamped Fins After Water Change

He spit out some of his food but he ate a bloodworm i gave him.

Betta clamped fins after water change. My betta has clamped fins but no other symptoms besides the facts that since yesterday he stopped swiming around as much because of his fins its getting worse i did a 75 water change and am doing 25 daily changes but as i said its not helping i have a 5 l 1 3g tank. I made sure the water was the exact same ph and temperature so i don t know what it was that was shocking her. I would stop the salt for now and do a water change and in the meantime go to this site and see if your fish shows any other signs of these two illnesses i mentioned.

Hi i think your betta fish is infected first of all you point out all of your fishes fins and body if any white or brown spots are seen then clean up the hole tank this is fungal infection and those bacteria is spread in hole tank i think so please clean everything with potassium permanent solution except fishes then wash those stones and fish house and aquarium with clean water. It 39 s been about 4 days and he just sits in his hammock all day. Diagnosing the reason for the clamped fins.

Okay well as has been mentioned elsewhere when considering problems that beset bettas they usually begin and end with water quality. My betta fish has clamped fins. Poor water quality is the most likely cause after shipping and being kept in small cups.

I keep him in a 4 gallon aquarium with a heater but no filter. Clamped fins are signs of either ich or velvet both are treatable but you have to find out if that is what it is. Fin clamping is the result of pain from illness like velvet a parasite infection usually presents with clamped fins as a symtom or poor water quality.

Recently i was dumb and did a 90 water change and her fins clamped for days and barely moved which was unusual. I have been doing 50 water changes almost. His fins are really clamped and hes having trouble swimming.

If your betta fish has been struck down by some disease which is the underlying cause of those clamped fins it s likely due to poor water quality.