Betta Fin Rot Hole

We love our betta fish for their scrappy personalities and elaborate rainbow hued fins.

Betta fin rot hole. Betta infected with hole in the head have an abrasion on the head that looks like a pinhole or white fuzz. If you own bettas chances are you ll run into fin problems eventually. The dorsal top caudal tail and anal bottom fin are the easiest fins to check and identify if fin rot is affecting your betta.

Fin rot or tail rot melt is probably the most common betta fish disease. He does appear to have fin rot. Hole in the head.

There are stages of fin rot varying from mild to severe which will show differing symptoms and severity. Daily waterchanges should help the finrot. We moved him to his own tank and treated him with tonic and then melafix.

He is in a 5gal filtered and heated tank currently. What should i do to treat this. If you re keeping your betta in a vase or a fish bowl with no filter you should already be on a weekly water changing schedule.

Doing so will reduce the chance of infection if your betta fish tears a fins and it eliminates the need for any special care or medications. Those beautiful long tail fins come with a downside however. It s often confused with tail biting resulting from boredom and tears on sharp tank decor.

A bettas fin grows at about the same rate as your fingernail so if the fin rot is severe it may take a matter of months before the fins are fully healed. He also got a 50 water change today. Upon inspection the tail caudal or other fins will show visible signs of the disease.