Fin Care / Re-growth

[JeffJustice]

My betta, Garry, who I've had for a while now seems to have faily weak fins.

When I first bought him, he was nipped at by my neons and he became fairly ill, his fins were a real mess. I removed him from the tank, let him recover and his fins were growing back fine. I put him back in the tank and he seems to act fairly healthy. His fins however still look fairly ragged round the edges and his 2 pelvic fins look a very pale colour but have grown back pretty well.

I do sometimes see that he has made a new rip in his fin but I don't have anything in the tank sharp enough to do it (I think).

There is no real emergency but I was wondering if there is some sort of treatment I can give him or what you guys use to promote healthier fins?

I try to incorporate more live foods into my fishes diet as I'd assume the more protienus foods they eat the better.

Ta!

 

[Hawkins]

This is because neon tetras are fin nippers.

If you separate them, and use Melafix for a week or so then he will recover.

surprised nobody has replied

 

[Netty]

As Hawkins said.....tetras are notorious fins nippers. He would be much better in his own tank with the water kept really clean and a drop of melafix Having his fins constantly nipped at will leave him prone to infection and makes for a very unhappy Betta. A 3 gal or bigger if you can would be perfect for him and you'll probably notice a huge change in his personality too