Epsom salt for healing?

[Hail0788]

Ok so my male Duck has a pretty good split on his back fin and I heard that you could use Epsom salt to heal betta fins. Is that true or should I just go buy aquarium salt?

[shellieca]

Epsom salt is for internal & aq salt for external so you want the aq salt if you feel you need to add anything to the water. IME, keeping the water clean, warm & conditioned will be all he needs for his fin to heal up.

[Hail0788]

Oh ok. Thank you.

[Fishy Mom]

I just keep the water really clean & use stress coat for that. The VT boy I have now had a spit all the way up his anal fin when I got him & his caudal fin was a ragged mess. Just keeping his water warm, clean, & adding stress coat healed it up.

[Bombalurina]

If you do choose to add AQ salt, only have it at a rate at of 1 tsp per gallon, and when you do a water change only replace the salt you removed.