My betta fish has a rip halfway up his fin. He is in a 1.5 gallon tank with some plastic plants, but none of my bettas have ever had a problem with them. Is there anything I can do and will he heal soon or slowly?
Plastic plants don't necessarily always rip fins. Take the plants out and run them over with pantyhose (if you don't have any just grab a couple of those sock things the next time you go to a shoe store). If the pantyhose snags your fish's fins will also snag.
For treatment just add some aquarium salt for 5-10 days and do daily water changes. His tail should heal up fine with clean water and the aquarium salt will help prevent infection.
Hey, 1fish2fish is correct! and I have found daily water changes, almost 100%, adding de-chlorinated water, with a pinch of aquarium salt dissolved into the water first before adding. I will feed frozen blood workms for a week or two.
Also something that speeds up my fin recovery 2-3 dyas faster is using dried, OAK LEAVES. OFL, let me know about this one, an I use them religiously!
If you have any Oak trees where you live, look for hangig dead ranches of the ground, with brown dried leaves. Use anywhere from 1-10 leaves depending on the size and type of oak tree it is. I have found White ot Bur Oak leaves to be the best!
Keep up the daily water changes and feeding for 10 days - 2 weeks and your bettas fins should be making some serious progress!
If your unsure, you can post a pic and I will let you know!
Good Luck with the repair!
BETTA BOY
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