Help! With Betta fin rot treatment

My betta has fin rot, I put the images below. I think he developed it when I was on vacation for a couple days, I’ve posted about it before but now it’s getting worse. His ventral fins used to be tipped with white, now it’s just gone, his dorsal fin and his tail look pretty bad. I’ve tried just using a almond leaf and doing water changes 3ish times a week but I might try salt now because it seems to be getting a little worse. Any other suggestions would be appreciated. I just have some questions.…

Also, does the white patch above his lip look concerning? He‘s changed color quite A bit since I’ve gotten him but him lip but always blue or black…

would salt mess up my filter or anything else in the tank ? There’s two nerite snails and 2 Java ferns that I could move to my other tank if needed.

 

I'd put him into a hospital tank to get treated. I think aquarium salt is your best option. After you've done your aquarium salt treatment, do a 30% water change and wait like 5-7 days to see how he looks. It's usually not safe to keep snails in a tank with aquarium salt since it'll most likely kill them. However, it's safe for nerite snails, but you have to do a lot to ensure they're safe. It's best to take them out or put the betta into a hospital tank. From my knowledge, it's perfectly fine and won't damage your filter. How long has his lip been like that? I wonder if it's cottonmouth disease, tho his mouth doesn't look "fuzzy," so likely not. I hope this helped

 

Hi,

Beautiful boy!!!

It looks like he has white as part of his coloring, so unless the white on his lip looks fuzzy, or begins to look like a lesion or sore, I would say that is his natural coloring. Bettas with the marbeling gene undergo color chages throughout their lives, and he may have that gene.

I would say that the aquarium salt may end up affecting the live plants and the snails. You can do either a hospital tank with a small heater and an air stone, where you add the aquarium salt directly to the tank and follow the instructions on the package, or it may be easier to do aquarium salt baths.

For the baths, you can dissolve some aquarium salt into some heated tank water in a separate container. I would start with a teaspoon to one gallon of water. You can leave the betta in the bath for a good 30 minutes or so, and then remove him. As long as he isn't showing signs of stress, that is great. Along with the aquarium salt, you can also add methylene blue to the bath. Methylene blue is a dye, and is an oxidizer. If you want to use methylene blue, you may be able to do all of this in a bucket. You can add 1/8th of a teaspoon to the bath. You will have to be careful as methylene blue will stain everything it touches...your fingers, your clothes, counter tops....so be mindful of that when using it. It is a very old med that has been used for years by hobbyists. You can do these baths every day, or every other day, as long as the betta isn't stressed.

If you continue to see that the fins disappear, then it is time for an antibiotic. I would reccomend API Fin and Body cure. But I would try the baths, first.

I hope he gets better soon!

 

I'd put him into a hospital tank to get treated. I think aquarium salt is your best option. After you've done your aquarium salt treatment, do a 30% water change and wait like 5-7 days to see how he looks. It's usually not safe to keep snails in a tank with aquarium salt since it'll most likely kill them. However, it's safe for nerite snails, but you have to do a lot to ensure they're safe. It's best to take them out or put the betta into a hospital tank. From my knowledge, it's perfectly fine and won't damage your filter. How long has his lip been like that? I wonder if it's cottonmouth disease, tho his mouth doesn't look "fuzzy," so likely not. I hope this helped

Thanks for the info I’ll definetely watch out for his mouth

Hi,

Beautiful boy!!!

It looks like he has white as part of his coloring, so unless the white on his lip looks fuzzy, or begins to look like a lesion or sore, I would say that is his natural coloring. Bettas with the marbeling gene undergo color chages throughout their lives, and he may have that gene.

I would say that the aquarium salt may end up affecting the live plants and the snails. You can do either a hospital tank with a small heater and an air stone, where you add the aquarium salt directly to the tank and follow the instructions on the package, or it may be easier to do aquarium salt baths.

For the baths, you can dissolve some aquarium salt into some heated tank water in a separate container. I would start with a teaspoon to one gallon of water. You can leave the betta in the bath for a good 30 minutes or so, and then remove him. As long as he isn't showing signs of stress, that is great. Along with the aquarium salt, you can also add methylene blue to the bath. Methylene blue is a dye, and is an oxidizer. If you want to use methylene blue, you may be able to do all of this in a bucket. You can add 1/8th of a teaspoon to the bath. You will have to be careful as methylene blue will stain everything it touches...your fingers, your clothes, counter tops....so be mindful of that when using it. It is a very old med that has been used for years by hobbyists. You can do these baths every day, or every other day, as long as the betta isn't stressed.

If you continue to see that the fins disappear, then it is time for an antibiotic. I would reccomend API Fin and Body cure. But I would try the baths, first.

I hope he gets better soon!

Thank you! I’ll probably take the Java ferns out, (it would be quite easy as they’re attached to a single rock) and treat the tank : )

 

Wait, so just for clarification, I can put the salt right in his tank and leave it like that for a while as long as I take the plants out right?

 

Mhm! Just do a 30% water change in a week or so

 

Mhm! Just do a 30% water change in a week or so

Thank you, i'm getting the salt tomorrow.