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IrishKittenOWar · 03-25-2006, 11:58 PM

okay my hisband stuck my beta in a 10 gallon with all his other fish then about a monthor two of being in there i noticed that his fins were fraying and that he was swimming funny... apparentily he had fin rot.. i immeditly took him out an put him in the beta tank that we had from the first beta that died and went to the LFS to get some medication to treat him. granted with the cost of the meds i could have bought 2 betas but i was like this is my sons pet and i need to do what i can so $12 later i came home and started to treat him. the poor thing. after the treatments were over and his fins healed he started to "flare up" everytime i came near his tank to feed him. i guess he was mad at me and though i would start treating him again with meds..

he is doing alot better and had stopped flaring up at me and has been moved to a bigger home with a pot for him to hide in

the whole reason for me telling all this is to ask that

Will his fins grow back to as long as they once were or will they be premently short for the rest of his beta life?

Heather

03-25-2006, 11:58 PM	#1
IrishKittenOWar Finder Of Lost Things Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Columbia, Mo Age: 25 Posts: 79	Beta had Fin ROt okay my hisband stuck my beta in a 10 gallon with all his other fish then about a monthor two of being in there i noticed that his fins were fraying and that he was swimming funny... apparentily he had fin rot.. i immeditly took him out an put him in the beta tank that we had from the first beta that died and went to the LFS to get some medication to treat him. granted with the cost of the meds i could have bought 2 betas but i was like this is my sons pet and i need to do what i can so $12 later i came home and started to treat him. the poor thing. after the treatments were over and his fins healed he started to "flare up" everytime i came near his tank to feed him. i guess he was mad at me and though i would start treating him again with meds.. he is doing alot better and had stopped flaring up at me and has been moved to a bigger home with a pot for him to hide in the whole reason for me telling all this is to ask that Will his fins grow back to as long as they once were or will they be premently short for the rest of his beta life? Heather __________________ My Family: 2 children, 1 hubby, 3 gold white clouds, 4 white clouds, 3 embers, 3 bloodfins, 10 serpes, 4 pristella, 1 headlight tail light, 3 males guppies, 7 female guppies, 1 fry, 1 L128, 1 L333, 1 L066 pleco, 1 "Gibby" pleco, 1 bristle nose, 1 L106 , 1 L091, 2 bronze corys, 3 false bandit corys, 6 siamese algea eaters, 2 betas, 1 Tiger loach, 3 african dwarf frogs. 1 baby leopard angelfish, 1 red tailed shark, 1 upside down cat, 1 Tadpole