Fin Rot

[Silver1]

I also posted this in the betta forum, but I thought this area might be more appropriate:

Hi everyone!
My name is Silver1 and I'm a friend of Sandtiger. I was hoping you could help me out with a problem I'm having with my oldest betta, a two year old veiltail called Admiral.

He's currently kept in a 1.5 gallon tank, with a 100% water change every three days (every day currently) and with the following water conditions:

Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
PH: 7.0
Temperature: 85F

He gets mainly Nutrafin Max betta food, with hakari bloodworms as a treat and a pea once a week for roughage. He's my favorite betta so he's checked over very carefully every day.

Three days ago he was fine, the next day his fins fell off, all at once. His tail is entirely gone and what ever is eating him as reached his body in some places. I have absolutely no idea what is causing this but I'm treating him with Maracyn Plus as I suspect bacteria. Any idea how this happened? He's happy, eating and making bubble nests, but I'm really concerned about him. What is the right course of treatment, and what else can I do to prevent this?

 

[Lotus]

It does sound like a bad case of fin rot. I think you're doing the best you can.

I think the temp in your tank is a little high, even for a betta, and higher temps do speed up bacterial growth. Drop it down to 78 or 80, if you can.

This site might offer some more info: http://www.bettatalk.com/betta_diseases.htm

 

[Silver1]

Thank you, I will!