I really need some help figuring out what to do next for my oldest betta boy Gavin.
Gavin has had what i (and lps) first thought was fin rot on his anal fin since may 21. to start it looked like a red clump on tip of fin, now it looks like vertical white streaks and stringy at tip. you can actaully see some on his rays poking out of the fin.
He's in a 1/2 gal tank, water changes everyday, temp 74-76. With water changes 0.5ml aqua plus + 1/2 tsp of salt added. pH 7.4, alkalinity 90 ppm, total harness 120 ppm, nitrite and nitrate 0. He eats 8 pellets/day and he's not very active, just chills at the bottom and comes up for air when needed, no flaring or bubbles since before "rot". I estimate his age approx 1yr 4mo.
I used jungle fungus eliminator for 3wks and two 4day treatments of tetracycline with no improvement. 2 Wks ago, he had approx 1.25cm of good fin before body- performed rot removal (http://www.bettatalk.com/answer30.htm) hoping that this would solve the prob for good then did 1 full treatment of maracyn 1 and 2.
Two weekends ago I did some more investigating on the web and discovered that Gavin might not have rot at all, but it may be a fungus. Grrrrrrrr So i purchased some maroxy and it seemed to help for the first 3 days of treatment.
- last week i treated him with maracyn 1 and 2 plus maroxy
- this week ive been treating him with maracyn 1 and 2 plus maroxy – i have actaully been upping the dosage just a smidge.
(i leave 2 full days between starting another treatment)
i have been bushing on “wound control” by aquatronics (it’s merbromin) the past 3 nights.
He is looking really poor, all his other fins are fine, even some regrowth on his tail, but and the back of his anal fin there really isnt any fin left *big pout* i can see the rays sticking out, and it looks like hes got some fungus or something whitish in the corner between his tail fin and anal fin. below are some pictures that might help.
I'm really stumped and so hearthbroken, i dont know what to do next for my little guy. He is such a trooper and has come so far - all i wanna do is make him better. Any suggestions would be truly awesome. Thanks in advance guys and i'll keep you posted on his condition.
here are some of his pictures, they are in order of least recent to most recent.
Gavin has had what i (and lps) first thought was fin rot on his anal fin since may 21. to start it looked like a red clump on tip of fin, now it looks like vertical white streaks and stringy at tip. you can actaully see some on his rays poking out of the fin.
He's in a 1/2 gal tank, water changes everyday, temp 74-76. With water changes 0.5ml aqua plus + 1/2 tsp of salt added. pH 7.4, alkalinity 90 ppm, total harness 120 ppm, nitrite and nitrate 0. He eats 8 pellets/day and he's not very active, just chills at the bottom and comes up for air when needed, no flaring or bubbles since before "rot". I estimate his age approx 1yr 4mo.
I used jungle fungus eliminator for 3wks and two 4day treatments of tetracycline with no improvement. 2 Wks ago, he had approx 1.25cm of good fin before body- performed rot removal (http://www.bettatalk.com/answer30.htm) hoping that this would solve the prob for good then did 1 full treatment of maracyn 1 and 2.
Two weekends ago I did some more investigating on the web and discovered that Gavin might not have rot at all, but it may be a fungus. Grrrrrrrr So i purchased some maroxy and it seemed to help for the first 3 days of treatment.
- last week i treated him with maracyn 1 and 2 plus maroxy
- this week ive been treating him with maracyn 1 and 2 plus maroxy – i have actaully been upping the dosage just a smidge.
(i leave 2 full days between starting another treatment)
i have been bushing on “wound control” by aquatronics (it’s merbromin) the past 3 nights.
He is looking really poor, all his other fins are fine, even some regrowth on his tail, but and the back of his anal fin there really isnt any fin left *big pout* i can see the rays sticking out, and it looks like hes got some fungus or something whitish in the corner between his tail fin and anal fin. below are some pictures that might help.
I'm really stumped and so hearthbroken, i dont know what to do next for my little guy. He is such a trooper and has come so far - all i wanna do is make him better. Any suggestions would be truly awesome. Thanks in advance guys and i'll keep you posted on his condition.
here are some of his pictures, they are in order of least recent to most recent.