How to Treat a Betta Fish with Fin Rot

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Meme Obsessed Emo Rat - 5 years ago

All of the betta fish at my pet smart have ripped up fins.

Kawii Kittens - 5 years ago

I don’t have a heater for my beta fish is that bad?

Lolia Tamuno - 5 years ago

Kawii Kittens t depends on yhe tempersture in yhe tank. If it is within the ideal living parameters of betta fish, then no nred, if it's not or there are flictuations in the temperature of your tank, then it's best to get one.

Kawii Kittens - 5 years ago

its a 1 gallon

Ashley Long - 5 years ago

Depends on how big the tank is

Trina Portner - 5 years ago

My granddaughter gave me her betta fish and I think that's what he's got it wasn't white it's like dark spots on his tail and I bought that I love melafix treated him for 7 days since 25% of my water she blamed it brought him to me in a fishbowl the Fishbowl stunk really bad after I treated him gave him a little bigger tank with a heater in a filtering system but I haven't seen really any difference I don't think but when I did put the medicine I've noticed that his tail has got black and white on it now is which before it only had black going through it and I did this last month for 7 days do you know how long it takes for it to heal or how many teaspoons of salt maybe I should put in the fish tank is Takis really clean right now would you let me know

Ramit podder - 6 years ago

I have a betta fish that looks same like yours

Jesslyn Hallinan - 6 years ago

Im chageing my betta into a triangle tank toaday he never had a filter cuz i never thought they need it but know i know that they do so when im chage him toaday i will definly be sure to put the filter in with it

Jesslyn Hallinan - 6 years ago

I have the same betta as you his name is moon

JamRock's World - 6 years ago

But he has fin rot Rn I ain’t got a heater but I put him by the heater

JamRock's World - 6 years ago

Omgggg I found Jeremy’s long lost twin

Tory9242 - 6 years ago

Important things you need:

1: you need to change 100% water every week and clean the tank (do not use filtered water or drinking water) use tap water by leaving the water for 2days before putting your betta fish into the water (If you do decorated tank and you dont want to change 100% water too often, so you dont need follow my tips on step 1, you may find other way else but step 3 you still need it anyway). FYI each type of fish can live in different water condition such as ph. and ect. that is why you need step 3, the betta live in the water condition like that in nature (bit of yellow water color) if you use LED light it turns bright and beautiful for you eyes anyway, i am sure some ppl doesn't like yellow water but need to.

2: pure salt (without iodide) just 1/3 or 1/4's teaspoon for all about under 10 liters tank (Salt is Optional)

3: you importantly need Terminalia catappa dry leaf (you may find a product online from Thailand, some shop is selling this dry leaf into a tea bag, but some shop is selling packs of dry leaf), just put about 3"inch of dry leaf into all about under 3 liters tank, (Just 24hrs then take it out), (do this the water will turn yellow) it helps adjust ph., make your betta lively, kills some types of bacteria and parasite, and else, there are researched paper in Thai but not sure you can find it in English or not. (The dry leaf must preserved by sun light and clean through water again before use). This could do at same time in step1 is that prepared water before use or put dry leaf the same time you put your fish into the tank.

*1, 2 and 3 do this every time you change water and every week (a bigger tank like 20 liters above could be up to 10days for livable water condition for your fish, 2weeks is too long!
*Bear in mind the betta is a fish from the still water in the nature, but you can use the bubble in the purpose of retaining livable water condition but not too strong bubble
*with some water plants is great
*do not light on all the time
*keep the water around 27c
*water level should be between 15cm to 60cm, not too deep
*your betta need at least one friend to see each other, this is the exercise for your betta fish
*you need temperature adjustment device in winter season

iiPromise - 5 years ago

Wrong. Never ever clean the tank 100% that stresses them out too much, if anything at most 85%.

Joaquin Sotto - 5 years ago

Is it possible for your betta’s fins to heal without the salt?

Shamir Hanif - 5 years ago

thank you for the tips

T-Zay - 6 years ago

Tory9242 can you boil catappa leaf into tea and bottle it for use? Thank you for your advice.

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Maren Cargill - 6 years ago

What substrate do you use

Sara - 6 years ago

My Betta fish barley has fins it’s all torn up, and I think it’s the filter

Ashley Long - 5 years ago

I covered my filter with a plant for this specific reason, the filter sucks up the fins and tears them. You can also use pantyhose!

Camila Castellon - 6 years ago

How much aquarium salt?please answer anyone

SouthernBelle - 6 years ago

Teaspoon per gal if not less, Camila

Sofia Vinas - 6 years ago

Pretty cheap, probably $4

Lol u mad Bro - 6 years ago

My betta fins have gotten really bad, I clean my 5 gal tank once a week and have a filter and heater? I feed him correctly and I don’t know how he’s got it? What am I doing wrong

bahadir ismayil - 6 years ago

Your plant on the left is sharp. every one is an expert these days. dont know what to say. you talk about treatment for an injury but dont know how to prevent it. anyway that plant may tear the fish's fins.

Meg McGuinness - 6 years ago

My betta stopped eating for the past 3 days or so, so his food would pile up and i would clean it out but now i am noticing about 1 cm of fin rot on all his fins. At least i think its fin rot... His fins were smooth before but not they are torn. I used to have plants but now i only have one smooth plastic rock hide out in his tank. It is heated with a filter. He is making bubble nests which he started doing this week. I keep good care of him but i am worried my cat might be stressing him out? Please help.

ryan t - 6 years ago

Thank you I got a Betta from petsmart that had fin rot. I took him cuz I felt bad

ryan t - 6 years ago

Professor Snippety-snaps that's great! There's a video of my Betta on my channel

Professor Snippety-snaps - 6 years ago

Compos The Whippet my betta I got from pet smart a month ago has not that great or flashy of fins and he wasn’t that pretty n had a little bit a fin Rot so I bought him n now he’s been in a 5gallon tank for a month and you couldn’t even tell he’s the same fish he has these huge flowy fins and he has these deep amazing reds and blues that weren’t there before. With good care they can get better and look great. Just keep up care and regular water changes

Selena Wolf - 6 years ago

my betta is a white opal male when i got him he had ripped up fins but i didnt see and fin rot btw he is in a 20 gallon with 3 other betta males with dividers, filters, and a heater. and now i see he has had more ripped fins with a bit of brown on the edges but is that fin rot?

Selena Wolf - 6 years ago

Thanks I'll be treating him right away!

ThePhantomBanana - 6 years ago

Yep that sounds like fin rot. Tattered/torn fins and the edges appearing any other color besides the fishes natural color is likely fin rot

joshua playing gamer - 6 years ago

What this betta this is 9 tails

boo 23 - 6 years ago

Also use ICK treatment for the tank if cures it so much faster

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boo 23 - 6 years ago

Turning your filter off will help cure the fin rot

Ashley Long - 5 years ago

Respectfully, there are ways to adjust the current even if it's a home remedy way. The filter has very healthy bacteria build up in it that fight against ammonia- which causes the fin rot. It shouldn't be turned off

Ava Ozurumba - 6 years ago

It reduces the flow of the water, Betta's aren't fans of currents. Keep an air stone on though.

Great account Hugh - 6 years ago

boo 23 how does that help at all?

J_xx0 Gaming - 6 years ago

It was to late for me :C

Clorox Bleach - 6 years ago

You idiot, it's not funny and I hope your fish dies :<

Shizzo - 6 years ago

hahahaha

Rama Krishna - 6 years ago

https://youtu.be/DGSyRgMNKRk

USE YOUR GLUTES - 6 years ago

I don't need a heater because I live in california, but in winter I will get one in winter and the colder months. I clean once a week (sometimes twice), any suggestions on what I should do? My parents won't get me a filter though ):

FromTheShire - 6 years ago

Add live plants.

de de - 6 years ago

USE YOUR GLUTES I'm in California too. Keep the fish in the warmest room you have that has natural light ( not hot, direct sunlight), also where it can see activity -- people ( if possible). If he's in a bowl, you must change the water every few days. If he is in a tank you can get tubing and air-stones at the 99cents store and free or cheap supplies to make your own betta tank filtration system. Seek videos on this (how to make a betta tank filter). There are plenty. If you cannot get tbe supplies for a homemade filter, just replace some of the tank water with room temperature water every week (10-20%). Don't forget your de-clorinator / treatment before you change water.

Sheela Crisilda.J.B - 6 years ago

I subscribed. it is very good news. Because my betta is suffering from tail rot. THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!!!

Sheela Crisilda.J.B - 6 years ago

I subscribed. it is very good news. Because my betta is suffering from tail rot. THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!!!

Soren K - 6 years ago

If the Betta is in a community tank, like mine is and is experiencing fin rot, should I quarantine him to a smaller tank to apply the meds until he is cured, or let him stay in the tank and just treat that one? He is in a nice 65 gallon with friendly fish and was doing great, always exploring his vast space. The water is always clean, with regular water changes done. There is a heater, he is constantly in 77-78 degree water. Everything was fine until I introduced the Yoyo Loach to fix a snail problem. The Loach did its; job, but it began harassing the betta and tore its fins! The loach is returned to the store, but it looks like the damage is done. The betta is sitting at the bottom of the tank, fins looking horrible, and obviously stressed. If I can get an answer for my quarantine question, I'd really appreciate it, thanks!

P.S. It's not 100% that he has fin rot but with the way he is acting and how his fins look, I'm very sure he is susceptible to fin rot and it might have already started. Just wanna be safe and catch it early if it is developing.

Angie Camacho - 6 years ago

just wanted to ask what I should do to my betta he's a half moon double talk and he's biting his fins he doesn't have infection but his fins look messed up and they look like they tear where he bites them what should I do

Brooklyn Hope - 6 years ago

Dude do we have the same fish? Is your betta a half moon?

MacIsNotCool - 6 years ago

Do I still put conditioner in it

MacIsNotCool - 6 years ago

Andrea Calleros ok thanks so much

Andrea Calleros - 6 years ago

Mojo928 no problem! Just remember conditioner gets rid of the chlorine in your tap water because chlorine hurts your fish.

MacIsNotCool - 6 years ago

Andrea Calleros thank you so much I was really wondering when I asked because my fish Collin had gotten fin rot and I had never treated a fish before

Andrea Calleros - 6 years ago

Mojo928 yes! Always

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Hillary for President - 6 years ago

The best way to avoid torn or rot fins is put the betta in a bare bottom round tank without decorations like the professional betta fish farmers in Thailand. Their long fins are constantly rubbing the gravel and sharp decorations that is why their fins are torn.
Torn fins will promote fin rot.

Jesslyn Hallinan - 6 years ago

Ben Benites no bettas like dark hide spaces i been adoting beetas for 5 yers and every single one had a lil hideing spot thats were they whould sleep and hide they asol need something to play in ur tank cant just be all plain with rocks and thats it not saying u have to full it up with stuff ethir just rocks and a few decrations is good

HOMIE Croc - 6 years ago

Hillary for President I have it in a bare bottom tank

Ben Benites - 6 years ago

I’m not a pro so don’t take my word for it though.

Ben Benites - 6 years ago

No hiding places will cause stress for your fish and in turn a weak immune System. Boredom can also cause them to bite at their fins which will lead to a torn fin anyway. Together plus the obvious bacterial environment they create will cause fin rot anyways despite not having decorations. I’d say make sure whatever you put in is not rigid or sharp at all. Live plants are great also a new decoration now and then just as long as you inspect them inside and out. To me bettas seem active and curious when they are doing well so to provide them with things to explore and hide in seems to me at least like a much better life, although maybe that is just simply sense I am a human and not a fish.

boo 23 - 6 years ago

Hillary for President You can had soft sand and live plants if you want a decorated tank

Marcelle Oliveira - 6 years ago

Polīna round tanks, not bowls ffs

Polīna Slivacka - 6 years ago

You shhould never put fish in bowls

Frankie Hernandez - 7 years ago

my betta is sick. I hate not having enough ($) to buy a 5gal tank. how can I heal my fish? and if anyone knows where I can buy some reliable tanks near shertz, tx. that would also be very helpful.

JickyLag - 6 years ago

I got a five gallon with some needed accessories (Filter, light) for a little less than 30 dollars at a Walmart in Houston Tx, best wishes

Avery Mills - 6 years ago

You can by some very cheap tanks that are new or used on websites like kijiji for example I’m picking up a brand new Betta fish tank this weekend for $20 but it’s originally $66 on Amazon

Blackpink and Bts Trash - 6 years ago

Frankie Hernandez I bought a five gallon tank on sale at a garage sale and I saw the same tank at Walmart for about $20. If your fish is sick buy some aquarium salt and maybe get a ph check. If it doesn't help you maybe you can google the disease like does you fish eat properly, how long you change the tank, or you see and white/ black dots on you betta fish, etc

VicckyElizabeth - 6 years ago

Frankie Hernandez in petsmart, I think or perform over seen and purchased a $11 10-gallon tank.

aferjbkeio - 6 years ago

Hey going on craigslist or letgo, u can fins some cheap tanks + essentials. Ive seen a 10 gal with heater and filter and hood for $25 before

Ruben Cesena - 6 years ago

Frankie Hernandez petco has a dollar per gallon sale but I have no idea when the next one will happen last sale was July 9-August 19 2017

MacIsNotCool - 6 years ago

Frankie Hernandez I bought a half gallon tank for his healing tank even though he lives in a 3.5 gal

melmenarmie - 6 years ago

Frankie Hernandez Amazon.com, Petco.com, or chewy.com should have some options if you can't find a cheap tank near your town. Best wishes

Marlon Quintana-Nieto - 7 years ago

Question: how much aquarium salt should I add to my 10gallon and my 30gallon. I would greatly appreciate a response. Thanks.

Andrea Calleros - 6 years ago

Marlon Quintana 1 teaspoon per gallon, but never compound doses or you will kill your fish. Only replace salt when you take out water, don't add more if you're just adding to make up for the evaporation.

Kei Kei - 7 years ago

how to see the betta is a full or half moon? is it by the tail ?

Ashley Long - 5 years ago

I think you're referring to half moon verses quarter moon bettas (:

Anais Benadie - 7 years ago

Kei Kei you can't get full moon bettas :)

Cheese Head - 7 years ago

My betta fish is a baby probably about 2 months old I clean her tank every week she hardly has and fins they're very tiny she just sits on the bottom of the tank and doesn't eat?!?!

Hris- Critical Ops & More - 6 years ago

Cheese Head clean her water every 2 days. Give her food every 3 days. Do not put decorations in the tank

MacIsNotCool - 6 years ago

Samantha Aranda hm maybe try different food or some new decor so that he/she can hide and explore to entertain them selfs talking to your fish also helps

Andrea Calleros - 6 years ago

Make sure your tank is filtered and heated.

Kei Kei - 7 years ago

Julia Richards how much gallons she has? i actually cleans they water after 3days so their fin is kept clean, my betta is fine, 2gallons min is happy for them but 3gallon will be much more better

Ismael - 7 years ago

I'm always concerned about the temperature of my 10 gal betta tank. I have the submersible thermometer and it always reads right at 80 F...which is weird, because it seems to be the perfect temperature for Bettas, and i'm not even using any water heaters. My house is always at 74-75 F according to the thermostat, although my room is usually warmer but definitely at around 75 F....I've taken out the thermometer and just that causes it to go down to around 74 F just like the temperature of my home (meaning that the thermometer is not broken and is accurate). I find it so hard to believe that the tank just happens to be at perfect temperature when practically 100% of people everywhere always recommend water heaters as a MUST....just what kind of air conditioning do all you psychos have to warrant this.

Ismael - 6 years ago

I've recently upgraded to a 20 gallon Long and I've found that it's not self-sustainable with just room temperature alone now. Need a heater now :O Combining my two smaller-rated, cheap heaters wasn't enough either. Needed a better, 50watt heater.

Nicole Hitt - 7 years ago

VulcanXIV that's great! And I'm big in bettas and other fish I've had them for years I've never rlly said having a heaters is a must simply because as long as your tank is warm from where you live no need for one the only worries for me is if you get a cold drought or something during the winter or out of no where I don't think you need a specific air physic?:/

Mia Thompson - 7 years ago

One of my betta fish seems to have fin rot (we have only noticed it a day ago or so) and seems to be quite lethargic and is not eating much if at all. Is this just a part of fin rot? I think I will be buying some Aquarium Salt soon to help him out.

LeeseMedia - 7 years ago

my little bloke has tiny bits of white fluffy looking growths at the tips.. is this fin rott?

ThePiratePets - 7 years ago

dirtybishop Yes, that's fin rot.

Umar Shaikh - 7 years ago

my beta fish has fins swinging do you know why?

ThePiratePets - 7 years ago

Umar Shaikh If it's in a V-shape it means the fins are about to fall off or snap off. It's a part of Fin rot.

Cat - 7 years ago

Could you please tell me what type of filter you have in your tank? I have a 3.5 gallon tank (which came with a crap-quality filter), so I am looking for a new one that isn't too powerful. Btw, thank you for uploading a video on this. I am currently trying to figure out if my Betta simply has a damaged tail or actual tail rot (there are no spots, just frayed ends). Even if he doesn't have a fungal problem, do you think adding salt to his water would help?

ThePiratePets - 7 years ago

Cat Pasture Usually Aquaion or Marina has good filters, and Top Fin.