Betta Fin Injury Regrowth

[pebbles28]

I got my betta almost two months ago. He got fin rot at the beginning because I was having trouble dealing with the Nitrogen Cycle. I added aquarium salt and the fin rot cleared up and even got some fin regrowth. About probably half way through the Nitrogen Cycle, I think he was stressed because of all the water changes (because I was trying to get the ammonia down) so I believe he was biting at his fins. Nitrogen Cycle is completely through now, he's stopped biting his fins but nothing is regrowing yet. Is that something I should worry about at this point or just wait a while? I do use Stress Coat+ when I do water changes which is every 3 days or so. My levels are
Ammonia- 0ppm
Nitrite- 0ppm
Nitrate- 10ppm
Ph- 6.8
Temperature- 79°f

 

[PheonixKingZ]

Your parameters seem to all be in check.

It is very possible that the water changes are stressing him, but you gotta do what you gotta do.

 

[pebbles28]

Your parameters seem to all be in check.

It is very possible that the water changes are stressing him, but you gotta do what you gotta do.

Well I am not doing as many water changes as I was during the Nitrogen Cycle process and I believe that might be why he's not biting his tail anymore. I'm just not sure whether I should be worried that it's not getting any better. It's not getting any worse though.

 

[JuiceBox52]

Dont use the stress coat. @Byron can probably explain the why better than I.

Do a 75% water change today. Wait 3 days and do another. Continue this for 3 weeks and then go down to 50% weekly. The clean water will help his fins heal and prevent secondary infection

 

[Byron]

I won't comment on the fin damage, but Betta keeps will be able to sort that out, as it is something that does occur with the species.

On the Stress Coat, this is not a particularly good product. It contains aloe vera, allegedly for healing slime coat and similar issues. But that is not proven so far as I understand, and there is evidence that aloe vera over time can damage gills of fish. Aloe vera may be fine in human hand lotions, but we can't assume fish will benefit.

A conditioner that does only what you need is always best. API's Tap Water Conditioner is in my view the best available, if all you need to deal with is chlorine/chloramine and possibly heavy metals. This product is highly concentrated so you use very little, one drop per gallon, which means less chemical inside the fish.