My fish tails look like their splitting apart and my Betta acts like she can't swim anymore...?

Question

What's wrong with her and do my fish have that ick/ich disease or what, she just comes up for air and I don't really see her eat?

Answer 1

Most likely this is caused by bad water conditions. The frayed fins are due to fin rot, and the bett suffers from swim bladder disorder. I'd start doing 20% water changes every for a week. Test your water for ammonia, and nitrates. Also adding something like marcyn plus, or melafix will also help.

PS- See link for details on betta diseases.

Answer 2

I had a betta for four years, as he got older his fins got stuck together and he could no longer make it to the top of his bowl to eat. I suppose some of his problem just had to do with old age;however you can buy a little bottle of this stuff that is supposed to condition the water to help with this problem. It must somehow soften the water so the fish's fins don't stick together. It might be too late now, but you'll at least be able to prevent this problem with the next fish you get. I'd ask a pet store, and I'm sure they'll have it and let you know exactly how to use it.This product is made especially for betas, and it is very common, so you should be able to find it easily.

Answer 3

I had a betta that didnt swim much at all for the last six months of its life. I always thought it was alittle odd but it didnt die till six months later. Plus it was real old. Ive been told if fish have ick they will have white dots on them.

Answer 4

Well, if your Beta is in a tank with other Beta's then the reason she can't really swim and her fins look like they are splitting apart it's because the fins are being eaten by other Beta's. They're not the nicest fish around, they pretty much need to be kept by themselves.

Answer 5

if the betta is in a tank with others the split fins and swimming funny is due to fighting the betta may have internal injuries that result from fighting and lead to a slow death. ich will be white spots that will look like the fish has chicken pox. red spots is a bacteria infesction, cotton like substance is fungal growth. sounds to me like fighting though. bettas will fight about any fish bu they don't always pick there fights wisely. if the betta is alone it may have fought its reflection if it saw itself in the glass of the tank and dammaged itself.

Answer 6

Are there too many fish in the aquarium? They may be fighting.
She may be sick too.Ichthyopthirius is the name of that disease.
Be careful about water quality, remove stressful condition for your older fish. Having new ones violate their territory is very stressful.
Check everyday.
ALso be careful with the choice of food. Only give them high quality nutritious food. None of the cheap stuff.

Answer 7

If the tear is in the middle, turning out to be 2 tails, he could be a Double Tail Halfmoon. those are turning out to be to be extra broadly obtainable in puppy shops, so it extremely is accessible to procure one. If the tears are standard, he could be a crown tail. If the perimeters of his fin are reddish, brownish, or slimy finding and that they appear like they are steadily getting shorter than he has a bacterial an infection talked approximately as fin rot, often led to by using undesirable water high quality. if so, verify that he has clean water with a comfortable clear out and do on a daily basis 25% water differences. If that would not clean issues up, then you definately will ought to handle him with a drugs from the puppy shop meant to handle fin rot. If his tail counsel at the instant are not discolored yet in basic terms torn up he could are turning out to be to be them torn up from fin rot that became already cured or he could have torn them on decorations. to illustrate, maximum pliable flowers can tear Betta's fins. often you may desire to easily use silk or stay. Decor can decrease them too. to ascertain in the experience that your decor is risk-free for Bettas, you may run pantyhose against them. in the event that they tear pantyhose, they are able to tear fins. If his fins are torn yet clean devoid of discoloration it is likewise accessible you have a tail biter. this may be a self-detrimental habit extremely effortless in Bettas with long finnage like veil tails, double tails, and halfmoons yet accessible with any tail sort. The Betta will certainly chew off their very own fins. often that's in chunks and between the fin rays. there are various reasons that Bettas tail chew, so diverse Bettas require diverse measures to make the provide up. you will ought to examine tail biting extra for that and sort've play issues by using ear if that's the case.

Answer 8

If they start to get red spots, forget it, they're gonna die. We had a fishtank for years, added one fish from PetSmart and all the fish got sick. WAsn't ich, but person at PetSmart sold me some bacteria medicine. Didn't work. Whatever it is, it's fatal.

Answer 9

If you have any other fish in the tank, they could've hurt her. Or if you have any pointed/sharp/hard rocks.. or artificial plants then they could have torn her fins as betta fish have very delicate fins.

Answer 10

She might be stressed. Sounds weird I know, but my brothers Beta got stressed and lucky for him one of his friends came over and noticed how they looked. (I wish I knew so i could tell you)
You might be able to take it up to the pet store (A real pet store) and see if they can look- they do sell stress tablets for the fish if that is the case and your fishy can get better....

Good Luck!