Betta Fish Tail Biting Or Fin Rot

I have had my fighter harold for a few weeks now and i have noticed that his tail looks smaller than it was when i first purchased him.

Betta fish tail biting or fin rot. Betta fin rot symptoms. It is always best to catch any visible fin rot signs or symptoms early because it can quickly progress without attention. Fin rot or what.

Fin rot or tail biting. I treated for 10 days with aquarium salt and saw some regrowth but near the end of the ten days more large tears appeared. Joined aug 7 2014 59 posts.

Doesn t appear to be rot or fungus or infection and you said there s nothing sharp or rough that could damage the tail. My pink halfmoon betta had a gorgeous tail when we first got him now it s all torn to bits. He is in a 10 gallon tank heated to 78 80 and filtered.

Not sure if it s fin rot or if my betta is biting bits of his tail off so i got my betta henri around mid july this year from petco he a lovely blue and white halfmoon and got a one gallon take with a filter for him. Betta fish diseases and emergencies. I have little experience with fighter fish but i have owned a few in the past that have survived to ripe old ages.

If it isn t treated promptly it will advance to your fish s body where it eats into the scales and causes open gaping sores to form. Jump to latest follow 1 5 of 5 posts. But today it seemed like his tail had been ripped in half and the edges of it were ragged.

Fin rot is a progressive disease that eats away at and dissolves the delicate tissues of your betta s fins and tail. Could that still be tail biting or is it fin rot. Fin rot does seem very likely given the condition he was in and the timing but you re right it does look like there s bites missing.