Bad fin damage maybe fin rot ☹️

[ZoeNC1]

So I’ve had my betta for about a week now and since he arrived I’ve noticed his fins progressively getting more tattered. My decorations have been inspected and I don’t really see anything that could cause this damage. My peramiters are good the tank mates are friendly and I no longer believe he is doing it himself. This leaves me with only one option, to my knowledge, fin rot. I did a 50% water change about four days ago and added a dose of aquarium salt to the tank but I’m still worried. I can’t tell if he is getting better or worse. My tank has pretty good water quality so I assume he contracted the fin rot through his delivery to me.

So my main question is how can I heal his fins fast and have I done enough to remove the fin rot.

Also a quarantine tankis probably not going to happen as I do not believe I have enough money to buy a new tank and a filter and heater.

Thanks for the help

 

[Mamastacia3]

He’s beautiful! It really looks more like tears than rot to me. Did you find any decor w sharp edges? If not I might suggest looking again and doing the pantyhose test. Who are his tank mates? How big is the tank?

Did you cycle your tank? If not this could also be stress related.

Either way, whether a tear (as long as you figure out what caused it and remove) or fin rot, initial treatment would be the same: have pristinely clean water, which usually means at least 20-25% water changes daily, close monitoring of parameters, aquarium salt at recommended dosage, and tannins. This can either be Indian almond leaves or roiboos tea (you can boil the tea, cool, and add slowly to the water, or just add a tea bag into the tank). That and trying to be patient and wait for healing.

If it gets drastically worse instead of better then there are other more intensive treatments but it’s always best to start slow.

Hopefully it’s just some adjustment stress and a tear that will heal.

Good luck!

Cheers,
Stacia

 

[ZoeNC1]

He’s beautiful! It really looks more like tears than rot to me. Did you find any decor w sharp edges? If not I might suggest looking again and doing the pantyhose test. Who are his tank mates? How big is the tank?

Did you cycle your tank? If not this could also be stress related.

Either way, whether a tear (as long as you figure out what caused it and remove) or fin rot, initial treatment would be the same: have pristinely clean water, which usually means at least 20-25% water changes daily, close monitoring of parameters, aquarium salt at recommended dosage, and tannins. This can either be Indian almond leaves or roiboos tea (you can boil the tea, cool, and add slowly to the water, or just add a tea bag into the tank). That and trying to be patient and wait for healing.

If it gets drastically worse instead of better then there are other more intensive treatments but it’s always best to start slow.

Hopefully it’s just some adjustment stress and a tear that will heal.

Good luck!

Cheers,
Stacia

Yes the tank is cycled, had a bit of trouble with it but it is definitely cycled now. As for tank mates black neon tetras and albino Corys share the 29 gallon thank with him. I did the test before but maybe I missed a spot so I’ll try the pantyhose test again. I’ll try and find some Indian almond leaves soon. Thanks for the help