Betta injured! What do I do?!

[GrandGinkgo]

I was checking and feeding my tanks and I found my betta stuck in a piece of cholla wood. I broke apart the wood slowly and as carefully as I could and the betta got out. Unfortunately, she has a gash in the shape of a streak and one of her fins is hurt. The streak is going from behind her head to close to her dorsal fin. What do I do for this? I have never had this happen before. Thanks!

 

[grac3]

Do you have a picture?

If she can still swim normally and is eating fine, she should recover on her own as long as your parameters are perfect! Adding an almond leaf (or any source of tannins) will help her too.

 

[Fisch]

Bettas are pretty resilient....little curious bugger, what was he trying to do?
The best way is to keep his water as pristine as possible with a higher frequency of water changes, Temperature adjusted water and an Indian Almond leaf, good food to keep his resistance up.

 

[GrandGinkgo]

Thanks for the quick replies! When I was taking apart the wood, I found a nerite snail stuck as well so I guess she might have thought that it was an easy snack before feeding. I will ask some LFS if they have almond leaves or a piece of drift wood (preferably one the betta can’t get stuck in) that will add tannins.