About 3 weeks ago i 'rescued' a betta from my local pet store, he was being sold as a half moon but clearly wasn't (He's actually a delta tail upon further research) He was significantly smaller then any betta i'd seen being sold at the store, so i suspected he was a juvenile. He was sitting at the bottom of his tank with tatted fins from fin rot and was scared of all the tetras and corys he was housed with. So i made my complaint and they let me rescue him.
3 weeks pass and he's grown his fins out very well, he's only grown slightly in size and his colours are slowly coming through more, he eats well and tries to male bubble nests but they're rather spaced out and not compact. He's healthy, happy and in a cycled tank with lots of places to hide and rest.
2 days ago i noticed a small hole in one of his fins, obviously i preformed a 25% water change and added in medication as i always do~ Melafix, conditioner, stress coat and a betta mix formula including indian almond leaves. I come home from work the same day to see the small hole is now a massive tear in his tail fin where the hole once was. I knew i couldn't preform another change as to not stress him out, and left it until the next morning to do another change.
Day 2 of fin rot came with 2 more holes in his tail fin, half his dorsal fin in tatters and his pelvic fins also have holes in. I do another 25% water change, adding in the right dose of medications and hope that he'll be alright and this is a freak incident.
Day 3 being today i came downstairs to see the 2 small holes have now ripped and his tails in tatters, his pelvic fins aren't in good shape and his dorsal fin is loosing its colour. I'm going to preform another 25% water change later on after i receive some suggestions as to what to do. I've spoken with a friend who breeds beta's and he suggested that he may be biting his own fins, I've watched him for hours at a time throughout the way and never catch him doing anything of the sort. I know and realise that when i got him he was sick, but i cured that stage of fin rot and this is the worst and quickest I've ever seen it advance.
Any suggestions as to what i should add/do?
Tank is fully cycled with a filter and heater (Although I've turned the filter off so its easier for him to swim, and I'm preforming daily water changes to keep the tank clean) He has no tank mates and the water permitters are okay as of yesterday when i checked. 0 ammonia and no recent spikes.
3 weeks pass and he's grown his fins out very well, he's only grown slightly in size and his colours are slowly coming through more, he eats well and tries to male bubble nests but they're rather spaced out and not compact. He's healthy, happy and in a cycled tank with lots of places to hide and rest.
2 days ago i noticed a small hole in one of his fins, obviously i preformed a 25% water change and added in medication as i always do~ Melafix, conditioner, stress coat and a betta mix formula including indian almond leaves. I come home from work the same day to see the small hole is now a massive tear in his tail fin where the hole once was. I knew i couldn't preform another change as to not stress him out, and left it until the next morning to do another change.
Day 2 of fin rot came with 2 more holes in his tail fin, half his dorsal fin in tatters and his pelvic fins also have holes in. I do another 25% water change, adding in the right dose of medications and hope that he'll be alright and this is a freak incident.
Day 3 being today i came downstairs to see the 2 small holes have now ripped and his tails in tatters, his pelvic fins aren't in good shape and his dorsal fin is loosing its colour. I'm going to preform another 25% water change later on after i receive some suggestions as to what to do. I've spoken with a friend who breeds beta's and he suggested that he may be biting his own fins, I've watched him for hours at a time throughout the way and never catch him doing anything of the sort. I know and realise that when i got him he was sick, but i cured that stage of fin rot and this is the worst and quickest I've ever seen it advance.
Any suggestions as to what i should add/do?
Tank is fully cycled with a filter and heater (Although I've turned the filter off so its easier for him to swim, and I'm preforming daily water changes to keep the tank clean) He has no tank mates and the water permitters are okay as of yesterday when i checked. 0 ammonia and no recent spikes.
