Help Fin Biting!

[u2n50]

I have my betta in a 22 litre aquaone nano with bogwood, plants and a few snails. Purchased approx in May this year, tank fully cycled before introducing betta. Weekly 50% water changes, heated to 27 degrees. Fed twice a day on atison's betta food, also occassionally frozen blood worm, frozen water fleas and frozen peas (all defrosted before feeding).

He has always liked leaning against the vents in the tank where the water is sucked out, which did tear his fins slightly as they were sucked in too. Last week however his fins quickly looked awful so I covered the vents with a foot from a pair of tights and he no longer gets sucked into to vents.

Tail wasn't looking any better, then today I came home to find him with a huge piece of his own tail in his mouth and a massive chunk of his tail missing right to his body!!!

What can I do to stop him? Is it because he misses being sucked into the vent... which also damaged his fins!?!? Could he be hungry? Bored?

I'm gutted, he was such a beautiful boy and now he looks neglected... even though he is spoilt!!!

Please can anyone help? Thanks Lindsey

 

[Flute]

Have you tried re-arranging his tank decor? It might be enough to distract him from biting his tail. Some extra water changes will help his fins heal up nicely, as long as he leaves them alone.

Good luck, hope he stops destroying his lovely fins!

 

[Mammabe1]

I have my betta in a 22 litre aquaone nano with bogwood, plants and a few snails. Purchased approx in May this year, tank fully cycled before introducing betta. Weekly 50% water changes, heated to 27 degrees. Fed twice a day on atison's betta food, also occassionally frozen blood worm, frozen water fleas and frozen peas (all defrosted before feeding).

He has always liked leaning against the vents in the tank where the water is sucked out, which did tear his fins slightly as they were sucked in too. Last week however his fins quickly looked awful so I covered the vents with a foot from a pair of tights and he no longer gets sucked into to vents.

Tail wasn't looking any better, then today I came home to find him with a huge piece of his own tail in his mouth and a massive chunk of his tail missing right to his body!!!

What can I do to stop him? Is it because he misses being sucked into the vent... which also damaged his fins!?!? Could he be hungry? Bored?

I'm gutted, he was such a beautiful boy and now he looks neglected... even though he is spoilt!!!

Please can anyone help? Thanks Lindsey

Hi There,

I actually just posted the same thing! my betta is doing that also.. weird eh? Hopefully we get some new information on my post that will help us both.

B

 

[Hmongol]

tail biting can be caused from many things. a lot of times the member will most likely tell you to rearrange decors or add new ones to keep the betta distracted and there really isn't a cure for it. S one will say that it is a strong filter that sucks in his finnage that will tear it. There have also been cases where a betta will bite its tail off in order to not struggle with swimming when a betta is either housed in a tall 20 gallon or so I going up in down for air. Other than having a tall tank it will bite its tail so ut wont struggle against strong currents or filters. So these are the reasons why they do it so now you'll just have to watch and monitor to see if any of these few reasons is causing it. -sorry if I have typo ion on a.mobile.