So I've had my betta since I got my tank about 8 months ago. I did get a couple of dwarf gourami maybe 3 months ago, and they started nipping at him so they had to go back to the shop
After that they started healing up quite well, and I thought we were all going to live happily ever after.
Alas no.
A few weeks later they stopped healing. Just stopped getting any better, didn't get any worse mind you, but definitely no better. I did wonder if this was maybe just a phase, and as his behaviour was completely normal I thought he would heal up when he was ready. However a few of weeks ago his fins started getting a little worse and white bits appeared at the edges. I bought some anti-fungus & fin rot, removed the carbon from the filter and treated the tank, and then treated it again a week later.
The whiteness has pretty much gone but they're still not growing (see picture below). Help.
This is what his fins look like, although they almost seem to change daily from getting a fraction better to a fraction worse. I don't know why they aren't healing. He was beautiful when we got him, and although he doesn't seem particularly bothered by the fact he's about a third of the size he was before, I would quite like his fins to grow back.
I've read something about aquarium salt?? If this will help can anyone recommend a brand??
He eats fine, flakes and some frozen bloodworm cubes mainly, along with some frozen mosquito larvae I caught in late summer (and fully cleaned, I promise). I do regular water changes, about 10% a week. Clean the filter every two weeks at least. Very high 02 levels because of the bubble wall along the back wall of the tank. He's not harassed by any other fish. I really can't figure out why he's not growing them back! Any help or advice would be much appreciated
55L tank, planted, with bogwood.
1 picto catfish (non-agressive)
2 bronze corydoras
1 sailfin plec
5 harlequin
1 female killifish (Male died :'( we are awaiting a male in the fish shop)
Here's a before and after. You can even see the naughty dwarf gourami that started this whole nasty business in the first one...
Alas no.
A few weeks later they stopped healing. Just stopped getting any better, didn't get any worse mind you, but definitely no better. I did wonder if this was maybe just a phase, and as his behaviour was completely normal I thought he would heal up when he was ready. However a few of weeks ago his fins started getting a little worse and white bits appeared at the edges. I bought some anti-fungus & fin rot, removed the carbon from the filter and treated the tank, and then treated it again a week later.
The whiteness has pretty much gone but they're still not growing (see picture below). Help.
This is what his fins look like, although they almost seem to change daily from getting a fraction better to a fraction worse. I don't know why they aren't healing. He was beautiful when we got him, and although he doesn't seem particularly bothered by the fact he's about a third of the size he was before, I would quite like his fins to grow back.
I've read something about aquarium salt?? If this will help can anyone recommend a brand??
He eats fine, flakes and some frozen bloodworm cubes mainly, along with some frozen mosquito larvae I caught in late summer (and fully cleaned, I promise). I do regular water changes, about 10% a week. Clean the filter every two weeks at least. Very high 02 levels because of the bubble wall along the back wall of the tank. He's not harassed by any other fish. I really can't figure out why he's not growing them back! Any help or advice would be much appreciated
55L tank, planted, with bogwood.
1 picto catfish (non-agressive)
2 bronze corydoras
1 sailfin plec
5 harlequin
1 female killifish (Male died :'( we are awaiting a male in the fish shop)
Here's a before and after. You can even see the naughty dwarf gourami that started this whole nasty business in the first one...
