*Screams*

[Styx]

I was feeding him live black worms and he wheels around on himself and tore off his dorsal fin! There is NOTHING left of it! Absolutely nothing left! *Runs around in little circles shrieking*

 

[RandomWiktor]

Eeee! Get that baby in some warm, salted water with something to promote tissue regeneration - fast! Is he bleeding badly? Is he able to stay upright?

 

[BettaMomma]

Oooh, wow - sorry to hear.
Is he freaking out?

 

[veen]

eeeeeeeeks!!!!!!!!!!! i've heard salt helps for fin problems.

 

[Dart]

i rescued a betta from my friend who had no dorsal and only a tiny little tail, he had fin rot that bad.

Your fish will probably survive, the dorsal fin may just be oddly shaped when it grows back

 

[BettaMomma]

Dart, you're a good friend for taking that fish on.

Of course, if I ever had a friend who allowed a fish to get finrot so bad ANY of their body parts was almost gone, there'd be an ass-kicking (probably a verbal ass-kicking, depending on the friend) in store. I don't care how close of a friend they are - they'd KNOW I was severely pissed when I was done.

 

[Styx]

Put him in clean water with some Stress Coat (has Aloe gel in it), Melafix, and some salt. He wasn't bleeding at all, but he didn't look great either.

 

[Dart]

I almost didn't take him but he had such a will to live. My friend left him in her res room over christmas break - ~3 wks, when she came back he was swimming on his side to stay in the water and then she just filled the bowl up with tap water right there. After i found this out i stole him

He lived for about 2 years after

you can see where his fin started growing again

 

[BettaMomma]

Wow, bless you for saving him.
I'm sure he loved you dearly for taking him in and taking good care of him.

He is a beautiful fish. He looks like my Amos