Betta Fin Rot Forum
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Betta fin rot forum. When i adopted this betta he had a very thin black streak on his tail i thought was just his. Or he could have had fin rot in the past and since recovered before you purchased him. Once fins have been consumed rot will proceed onto the body.
And ammonia spikes nitrate buildups and constant level swings are common stressors that can cause fin rot in new un cycled tanks. The best way to treat it is by doing a 75 water change and gravel clean the substrate each day for a couple of weeks. Diseases progresses rapidly as the tissues are being eaten away.
I have had this happen a lot with bettas especially when adding them to an un cycled system. Fins and or tail start rotting away usually starting from the edge but sometimes it starts at the base of the fin especially dorsal and attacks the body directly. The pictures do not provide any smoking gun evidence for me however as suzie q suggested columnaris bacterium may be the culprit please read the columnaris article as well as the betta fin rot article if you have not as of yet stress is the most common cause assuming columnaris so i have my doubts the.
Hi and welcome to the forum fin rot is caused by poor water quality damaging the fish and allowing bacteria to infect the injured parts of the fish. Betta fish diseases and emergencies. The fins on your fish don t look like they are ragged or falling apart.
Search across the entire site search in this forum search in this discussion. It could just be slightly uneven growth from stress while at the pet store. Advanced fin and tail rot symptoms.
Ok for fin rot in bettas they need daily 100 changes in an uncycled tank the water should be kept at around 84 to 86 degrees add a medicinal dose of aquarium salt the carton will say how much with each waterchange you will see regrowth within a few days to a week if the fins were really short dont expect them to look exactly like they did before fin rot. When i first started i had no clue of what ammonia nitrite nitrate levels are. One of my betta started out white gray and light blue and ended up being black and dark blue.