Betta fish question?

Question

Hi, for all those who have not been following my questions since yesterday, heres the story in a jiffy. Male betta fish jumped out from spare container while his tank was being cleant. When I saw him I immediately picked him and put him in the water, got the tank ready, added the de-chlorinator and started the air pump for easy breathing and transferred him there. He was not moving for the 1st few hours but later started swimming and eating a lil.Today he is swimming more and ate normally. But his fins are still looking clamped together and not fanned out like they used to. Will that heal? I managed to get my hands on a general purpose medicine for preventing infections and added 2 drops to the 5 gallon tank, the store guy had no aquarium salt and no melafix.
Will his fins heal? They look torn in some places and are clamped together? He is swimming normally, his colours are much better since yesterday, he is reacting to activities in and around his tank and eating well.

And he is also puffing out his face properly and trying to flare but his fins are jammed.

Thanks for your answers but here in India there are no fish medicines available, the guy didnt have aquarium salt n didn't know what I was talking about. He gave me a genereal purpose medicine which prevent infections,fungal diseases,fish stress,white spots (I think they mean Ich)So no stress coat available in particular.

Answer 1

The fish will be fine. If it was going to die from the fall it would be dead by now.

As for the fin clamping and what not, it can take a while for fish to get over the shock of a fall, and return to normal.

I wouldn't bother treating it for anything right now, wait until you actually see signs of illness. Hands off is always the best rule to follow with fish, and introducing chemicals into their environment should always be as a last resort.

Good Luck.
E.

Answer 2

He will recover just fine. The fin damage and clamping you see will heal over time. It can take several weeks, but it will heal. I wouldn't recommend you medicate the tank at this time. Keep that medication on hand in case you see a disease, but for now it's best not to stress him with the medication. Glad to hear he's acting normally!

MM

Answer 3

Your Betta's fins will most likely straighten out over time. If he is eating and acting healthy like he was before his accident, then they should heal. If they don't you can try adding stress coat. It can help by helping your Betta reform it's slime coat and heal it's fins. It also doubles as a de-chlorinator so if you want, you can just use stress coat. Hope your Betta gets better!

Answer 4

you dont would desire to purchase yet another tank purely bypass to walmart or petsmart and purchase a gold fish bowl and he or she could be happy that way she would have the capacity to consume and don't subject approximately gettin attacked! If a woman that wasn’t ripe, or waiting for spawning, might have entered a adult males tank, it’s a hazard that she might’ve been attacked, as non-ripe women are no longer tolerated in the location of the nest. via no longer fleeing, a woman exhibits her readiness to spawn. confident, some situations in case you're no longer careful whilst attempting too breed bettas, the male will attack the female and he can injure the female, the girls are lots smaller than the adult males. A Male and a woman: in the wild, women sidestep adult males, different than throughout the time of mating. whilst cohabiting in tanks, adult males would desire to kill women, and are in many situations saved aside till (a) they are juvenile siblings, (b) they are breeding, (c) there's a partition, or (d) the tank is sufficiently huge for the female to flee attack. usually, earlier breeding, breeders use one among those container to permit woman reveal with out risking harm via the male. 2 or greater women: Bettas are no longer training fish, yet in a large tank with many hiding areas, woman bettas can cohabit. whilst 2 women share a tank, one normally bullies the different, whether, 4 or greater women will set up a hierarchy permitting non violent co-life, whether, women residing in community would desire to be monitored for aggressive women.

Answer 5

I'd give your fish a 60% chance of living at this point, and it goes up every day he lives.

It really depends on the level of damage as to whether or not he will live....and unless you're going to go find someone who can give him an MRI you're basically guessing.

If it is mostly external, he will grow in new scales over time.

He may always be a little damaged looking for the rest of his life, but who isn't scarred a little by life?

Stresscoat will help, too, but be careful not to overdose him...

Answer 6

Do not worry, you have done the best you could. I can see that your fish is improving from the shock reaction, and in another 48 hrs it should be ok.

Add some non iodized salt to your tank, about 1 tsf per 5 gallon, and your fish will heal faster. Remember, non iodized salt please.