I have had this betta for nearly a year. When I bought them, the pet store employee said he might have fin rot, due to the black outline of his fins. I'm not sure if that was his coloring or fin rot, but it did get worse over time. I treat with water changes with dissolved aquarium salt, Paraguard, and a bit of extra Stress Coat. It seems to slow it down and sometimes the fin starts to grow back out and then the fin rot starts up again. I've noticed it's been very rapid lately, even though last week I treated his tank and him.
Here's the setup:
Tank: Fluval Spec V (5 gallons)
Plants:
-Frogbit
-Hydrocotyle Tripartita
-Red tiger lotus
-Java ferns
Substrate:
-ADA Amazonia aquasoil (normal and powder type)
-Fine coconut-based substrate
-Coconut husk substrate
Decorations:
-Melastoma driftwood
Botanicals:
-Nypa palm flowers
-Sterculia pod
-Catappa leaves
-Crushed indian almond leaves
CO2: No/Low Tech
Occupants:
1x Betta Splendens "Lek" Male Veiltail
1x Horned nerite snail "Zelda"
Neocaridina (wild-type, chocolate, chocolate+snowball hybrids) shrimp
Equipment:
Airstone, heater, sponge filter, water pump, 7500K LED (default tank light, on for 6 hours a day)
Water Changes:
50% once a 1 or 2 weeks with dechlorinated water, Thrive as a fertilizer, and GH+ Mineralizer
Parameters (taken today):
Nitrate: 5 ppm
Nitrite: 0 ppm
GH: 11
Chlorine: 0
KH: 3
pH: 8.2
Ammonia: 0
TDS: 1680
Temperature: 77.5
I usually prefer KH around 5 so I'll probably add some more limestone to the filter compartment. Whenever I take parameters, they seem to be fine, which is making me think that maybe there is something the fish itself is afflicted with, that is causing fin rot as a symptom.
In the past he has had a history of anchor worms, but when I see them, I treat for weeks with Hikari CyroPro.
If I've missed any other information, please let me know.
Here's the setup:
Tank: Fluval Spec V (5 gallons)
Plants:
-Frogbit
-Hydrocotyle Tripartita
-Red tiger lotus
-Java ferns
Substrate:
-ADA Amazonia aquasoil (normal and powder type)
-Fine coconut-based substrate
-Coconut husk substrate
Decorations:
-Melastoma driftwood
Botanicals:
-Nypa palm flowers
-Sterculia pod
-Catappa leaves
-Crushed indian almond leaves
CO2: No/Low Tech
Occupants:
1x Betta Splendens "Lek" Male Veiltail
1x Horned nerite snail "Zelda"
Neocaridina (wild-type, chocolate, chocolate+snowball hybrids) shrimp
Equipment:
Airstone, heater, sponge filter, water pump, 7500K LED (default tank light, on for 6 hours a day)
Water Changes:
50% once a 1 or 2 weeks with dechlorinated water, Thrive as a fertilizer, and GH+ Mineralizer
Parameters (taken today):
Nitrate: 5 ppm
Nitrite: 0 ppm
GH: 11
Chlorine: 0
KH: 3
pH: 8.2
Ammonia: 0
TDS: 1680
Temperature: 77.5
I usually prefer KH around 5 so I'll probably add some more limestone to the filter compartment. Whenever I take parameters, they seem to be fine, which is making me think that maybe there is something the fish itself is afflicted with, that is causing fin rot as a symptom.
In the past he has had a history of anchor worms, but when I see them, I treat for weeks with Hikari CyroPro.
If I've missed any other information, please let me know.