He very obviously has fin rot. He definitely came to me with a mild case, and I had no idea that it was unnatural. It just looked like a bit of clamping on the dorsal, but most of the bettas in the store look like that. He developed a hole in his fin which started getting white growth on it. It looks like lime scale to me, and nothing like any of the pictures I've seen yet. Like when you have the white build up on your faucet, and there might be a little gray or brown in there. It's not fuzzy, it looks crusty. So I decided to put him in a hospital tank. At the moment, he's in a five gallon, and I've been doing fifty percent water changes every day. He's been getting salt, 1/2tsp per gallon as per the directions on the carton, and I was also dosing him with melafix and stress coat. These treatments helped with his clamping, but it didn't get rid of the white stuff, and now it is spreading. He has a spot on his dorsal, and another on his tail. I tried paraguard which didn't seem to be doing anything at all, but I probably didn't try it long enough. Now I'm on API fungal cure. The medicine is so heavy that I have an air stone running which is inhibiting his swimming since his fins are damaged, and mostly he is sitting at the bottom. He swims up when he finds an interest in something, but he can't maintain his swimming for long. Without the air stone, he's up at the top sucking in air. None of the other fish that are in his home tank seem to have been affected by this.
His home tank is a 15 gallon which is inhabited by him and 6 cories, and a few nerite snails. I did have 3 burmese border loaches housed in there temporarily while I was waiting for my big tank to cycle. They are still small, and never bothered Zucco though. The filter is a tetra whisper for up to 15 gallons. I know that's not enough, and I need a bigger one. I realized this when I got my aquaclears. PH is 7.8, and the tank is established for at least 6 months. I upgraded him from the tiny 3 gallon my sister gave to me with him around that time. I have live plants, driftwood, and just two tank decorations. I took some pics. Just having trouble getting the to the computer so I will upload them soon.
His home tank is a 15 gallon which is inhabited by him and 6 cories, and a few nerite snails. I did have 3 burmese border loaches housed in there temporarily while I was waiting for my big tank to cycle. They are still small, and never bothered Zucco though. The filter is a tetra whisper for up to 15 gallons. I know that's not enough, and I need a bigger one. I realized this when I got my aquaclears. PH is 7.8, and the tank is established for at least 6 months. I upgraded him from the tiny 3 gallon my sister gave to me with him around that time. I have live plants, driftwood, and just two tank decorations. I took some pics. Just having trouble getting the to the computer so I will upload them soon.
