On Oct 13, 8:21 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:
> To add to my own post, just looked more closely and I do see some
> redness at the end of a couple of fin rays. This is a half moon delta
> betta but most the upper half of the "half moon" is shredded or
> eroded. Although his fins look terrible, the good part is that he is
> behaving normally and eating. Just hope I can treat this before it
> gets much worse. I didn't notice it at first because it started in the
> dorsal fin, which is normally kept draped and not spread out unless he
> flares.
> -yngver
>
> On Oct 13, 8:33 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Hi, we have a lovely copper-colored betta whom I recently noticed had
> > chopped up fins (mainly dorsal). He had been in a five gallon tank
> > with some shrimp and snails. I removed him to a hospital tank, which
> > is a 6 gallon Eclipse and began a course of tetracycline, because bits
> > of his fins are missing and I am assuming it is fin rot. The other
> > possibility is that he might have cut up his fins on a tank
> > decoration, but the only thing in the tank that might have done that
> > is a small piece of driftwood, which I removed.
>
> > However, this is the day after the last dose of tetracycline and his
> > fins look no better and in one part looks more eaten away. The edges
> > of his fins are naturally dark so it's a little hard to tell whether
> > that's from fin rot, but I don't see any white edges or red.
>
> > I just did a 50 percent water change and replaced the carbon filter.
> > Any idea what I should try next? Here is what I have on hand: Jungle
> > Fungus Clear (not Fungus Eliminator), Maracyn, Maracyn-Two, KanaPlex
> > (kanamycin), API General Cure, Furan-2, and Melafix and Pimafix.
>
> > What should I try next?
Hi there.
OK....
You've already done a 50% water change.
I would go with the fungus clear now.
Remove any live plants if you have any. Some meds will kill certain
plants.
Keep up the good work though!
