Hi all, my little Betta is not looking too flash and I really hope someone can give some advice.. I got him a month and a half ago from Albany HFF. He lives in a 20l tank with two peppered corys, a couple of pieces of driftwood and lots of lovely plants he can swim through and hide in. He is always really happy and active, coming to the one spot where I feed him when it's feeding time, eats bloody worms off my fingers, shows off when I'm around etc.
About a week after we got him, he started looking a bit haggard and tatty and after some research we figured he had fin rot. Took the water to get tested, everything was perfect! Got some Pimafix which did nothing, he kept getting worse. A few days later, we got some Wunder Tonic (the red stuff). Followed instructions and after about a week he started looking better! Another week and I noticed his fins started regrowing (1/2 the size they used to be but still starting to even out..).
And then yesterday, I notice his tail is wasting away again and his fin edges are getting tatty! ARGH!! So I think he has fin rot AGAIN?! Last night I got him started on the Tonic and Pimafix again but I was wondering if there's anything else I could/should do? Is it normal for fin rot to be recurring??
I got a master test kit today to make sure it's not the water. Strangely pH is reading 6.6 today when just over a week ago it was 7. What would have made it go down??
Ammonia, nitrite & nitrate are all zero.
Him and corys get along really well. Most of the time they ignore each other apart from when I drop a pellet for the corys and Bentley has a go at it at the same time as them.
Two weeks ago I did a 75% water change because the plants were getting a bit wild so I wanted to add more gravel & re-organise and replant the plants. Could that have stressed him out?
As I was taking photos to show you guys, I also noticed something light/golden/yellowish by his belly/ventral fins. Is there normal??
Ok, here's some photos! Any opinions/advice would be much appreciated!!
(I tried embedding the photos but I'm being told images can't be more than 645 pixels high and wide. Mine are 640 x 480 so I don't know what to do! Please use the links instead...)
Photo showing where a bit of his tail is disappearing and the ends are tatty:
http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab28 ... G_1462.jpg
Close up of tail edges - those while ends are clear indicators of fin rot, right?
http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab28 ... G_1491.jpg
Here you can see the golden yellow patch on his belly:
http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab28 ... G_1463.jpg
And another close-up of the patch, it looks like golden sprinkles on his ventral fins:
http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab28 ... G_1497.jpg
