Betta Clamped Fins Medication
By annie 3 years ago on tropical fish.
Betta clamped fins medication. Lethargic no appetite clamped fins might dart and scratching against decor treatment. And of course one of the most common causes of fin loss in bettas is fin rot. 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.
Heavy breathing clamped fins and scratching are other symptoms you may observe. Perform a 100 water change and clean substrate. Okay well as has been mentioned elsewhere when considering problems that beset bettas they usually begin and end with water quality.
Other common symptoms are clamped fins and laboured breathing. Ick is a parasite. Diagnosing the reason for the clamped fins.
If you have or plan to have betta fish or other tropical fish for a long time chances are you will have to treat this disease at one point or another. Fin rot is a bacterial infection that slowly begins eating away at your betta s fins. Isolate the sick fish.
It is at petsmart and petco. You can treat ick either conservatively or with medication. Treating ich is important because this disease can be fatal to betta fish.
If left untreated fin rot will go all the way down to the body which will then begin rotting. Tetra lifeguard all in one treatment helps with clamped fins fin rot and ick. My betta has clamped fins.