Our Betta, Laslow, has fin rot (maybe?) that we don’t seem to be able to get rid of.
Some context: he usually lives in a 55L tank. He lived in there alone for a while, with a bonsai tree, sand on the bottom, and 4 moss balls. Heater and filter, water temp around 26 degrees. We do regular water changes and water quality was good.
We then bought 5 cherry shrimp and 2 nerite snails for the tank as well.
Shortly after they were added to the tank, we noticed Laslow had a small series of holes in one of this fins (in the middle, not at the sides). We thought he might have caught it on the tree, so kept an eye on him. But he got worse - holes in all fins, and his bottom fin was torn.
We then realised one of the snails had died unnoticed. We removed the snail immediately and did a big water change immediately. We also set up the 10L tank we use for quarantine, and moved Laslow into that tank a day later.
We’ve been treating him in the hospital tank for about a week - with daily 50% water changes, 1tsp salt per water change and Esha 2000. Again, the tank has a heater, and it has a sponge filter. We’re trying to keep the water temperature a bit lower than normal - around 24-25 degrees C. He has a flowerpot and an artificial plant to hide in, and a betta hammock.
A couple of days after he was moved, he looked much better - all the holes were healing, but then he started to get worse again. He’s now worse than he was when he was first moved into the tank.
His behaviour is entirely normal, but we’ve had some problems with stress in the hospital tank. The bottom seems to be reflective, and he flares a lot at himself, although we’ve managed to pretty much entirely stop that by adding the flower pot. He seems much more relaxed over the past day or so, although his fin rot is still getting worse. His top fin is now split into 4 or 5 sections, and he has lots of holes in all of his other fins. The ends of his fins are discoloured - a clear/ brown colour.
Does anyone have any advice for what we could try?
Some context: he usually lives in a 55L tank. He lived in there alone for a while, with a bonsai tree, sand on the bottom, and 4 moss balls. Heater and filter, water temp around 26 degrees. We do regular water changes and water quality was good.
We then bought 5 cherry shrimp and 2 nerite snails for the tank as well.
Shortly after they were added to the tank, we noticed Laslow had a small series of holes in one of this fins (in the middle, not at the sides). We thought he might have caught it on the tree, so kept an eye on him. But he got worse - holes in all fins, and his bottom fin was torn.
We then realised one of the snails had died unnoticed. We removed the snail immediately and did a big water change immediately. We also set up the 10L tank we use for quarantine, and moved Laslow into that tank a day later.
We’ve been treating him in the hospital tank for about a week - with daily 50% water changes, 1tsp salt per water change and Esha 2000. Again, the tank has a heater, and it has a sponge filter. We’re trying to keep the water temperature a bit lower than normal - around 24-25 degrees C. He has a flowerpot and an artificial plant to hide in, and a betta hammock.
A couple of days after he was moved, he looked much better - all the holes were healing, but then he started to get worse again. He’s now worse than he was when he was first moved into the tank.
His behaviour is entirely normal, but we’ve had some problems with stress in the hospital tank. The bottom seems to be reflective, and he flares a lot at himself, although we’ve managed to pretty much entirely stop that by adding the flower pot. He seems much more relaxed over the past day or so, although his fin rot is still getting worse. His top fin is now split into 4 or 5 sections, and he has lots of holes in all of his other fins. The ends of his fins are discoloured - a clear/ brown colour.
Does anyone have any advice for what we could try?