Betta Fin Rot Bacterial
Darien on march 19 2019.
Betta fin rot bacterial. Although easily treatable fin rot is a disease that could make your fish very sick and unable to move if not treated promptly. As the name suggests it s a disease where the fin and even the tail of your betta fish will rot. Can my betta s ills bacterial fungal fin rot be harmful to me.
Sometimes people get it confused with a fungal infection and claim it as both but the only way to really treat it is an antibiotic. My betta has had fin rot these past couple days so i ve been treating his water with betta fix and i usually put in some salts and stresscoat anyway. Being able to identify what fin rot looks like along with knowing how to treat it will help you take better care of your fish.
If the fin rot is a virulent strain of bacteria like flavobacterium columnare columnaris which strikes fast and furious raising the heat may actually contribute to an early demise. It s highly likely to be the fin and tail rot disease developing and so you can try a bacterial medication change water and clean the tank. More common in uncycled tanks and small bowls fin rot attacks and begins to eat away at a betta fish s beautiful fins.
My betta has fin rot both the bacterial and fungal i didn t realize it until it was too late someone had given him to me. In a case like that lowering the temperature but only to the lower end of. Since the fish s environment is the main contributing factor to fin rot make sure that you.
No matter what reason your betta has fin rot warmer water is not going to help him. I went to walmart and got a new filter cartridge and put it in in hopes it would help. Fin rot is a fatal yet curable disease.
Nipped fins can become infected. Flexibacter is a bacterial infection that will seem like a fungal infection too having white fuzzy growths. As mentioned fin rot is a bacterial disease so if you introduce an infected fish to the aquarium the bacteria can spread to other fishes as well.