my poor betta has been healing from multiple fin injuries for a couple of months, and just when i thought we were in the clear, this morning another injury. idk how this keeps happening! he's the unluckiest fish in the world. the first injury was a freak substrate accident where he tried to crawl under the small river stones and became wedged beneath them. he prolly would've been ok, but 5 days later the same thing happened again (my fault, shoulda changed the substrate the 1st time it happened). this time a whole 1/4 section of tail fin was torn off all the way down to the base where the fin attatches. as a result from stress coupled with trauma, he developed some mild tail rot
from the injuries. after a couple of weeks of adding salt and melafix, that section was finally growing back. then like 3 weeks after the first injury, the upper, undamaged part of his tail got torn somehow, and tail rot again, and more aggressive rotting this time. i had to treat 1 tsp per gal salt this time (instead of 1/2 tsp per gal.) with same dose melafix for over a week before i saw it stop receeding and some regrowth. so yesterday i seen his tail had quite a bit of regrowth on it and no more recession; but this morning, he has a whole chunk of tail fin gone! idk what he could even have gotten hurt on because he's all alone with 2 plants and a house cave. filter intake maybe, but even it has a sponge in the intake part. what do i do if he gets tail rot again? is it even safe to use salt/melafix this long? he dont have much tail left, can it lead to body rot? idk what to do. should i withdraw all meds at this point and
just nature run its course?
from the injuries. after a couple of weeks of adding salt and melafix, that section was finally growing back. then like 3 weeks after the first injury, the upper, undamaged part of his tail got torn somehow, and tail rot again, and more aggressive rotting this time. i had to treat 1 tsp per gal salt this time (instead of 1/2 tsp per gal.) with same dose melafix for over a week before i saw it stop receeding and some regrowth. so yesterday i seen his tail had quite a bit of regrowth on it and no more recession; but this morning, he has a whole chunk of tail fin gone! idk what he could even have gotten hurt on because he's all alone with 2 plants and a house cave. filter intake maybe, but even it has a sponge in the intake part. what do i do if he gets tail rot again? is it even safe to use salt/melafix this long? he dont have much tail left, can it lead to body rot? idk what to do. should i withdraw all meds at this point and
just nature run its course?
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