Aquarium salt or stress coat to regrow fins

[notsabrina]

Hey y'all!

My halfmoon Caviar's dorsal fin has a few tears in them, and I just wanted to see what you would recommend using to start the regrowth process. I'm making a trip to the store today to buy a pH kit and a new bottle of water conditioner. Should I buy aquarium salt or API Stress Coat for his fins?

Thanks a bunch!

[notsabrina]

Any suggestions? :)

[LebronTheBetta]

You should buy those just in case. If those are just tears, you don't need the salt and stress coat. But those should be there just in case. :) Clean water should grow those fins back.

[vilmarisv]

No need to buy the meds or the pH kit. If it's for a betta, leave the pH alone. The chemicals used to adjust do more hard than good.
A good conditioner and clear water like Lebron mentioned is all your fishy needs.

[Kenny G]

Whenever my betta's have torn fins I use Bettafix. I have never had any issues using it. Here is a link http://www.petsmart.com/product/inde...ductId=3295906

[notsabrina]

Originally Posted by vilmarisv

No need to buy the meds or the pH kit. If it's for a betta, leave the pH alone. The chemicals used to adjust do more hard than good.
A good conditioner and clear water like Lebron mentioned is all your fishy needs.

I'm buying the pH kit to test the water because I didn't cycle the tank prior to putting my betta in, so it's been running for about 10 days. I just want to keep all the ammonia/nitrite/nitrate levels in check so I can establish a good cleaning schedule. Caviar gets lethargic every 2-3 days and that's when I figure I should change the water. I probably won't purchase the stress coat, but I think I will get the aquarium salt! I do need to get a new bottle of conditioner though, thinking of going with Prime versus API.

Thanks for all the tips guys! Hopefully his dorsal grows back beautifully again.

[Freyja]

If you can get Seachem Prime as your water conditioner, that would be your best bet because Prime helps with the slime coat.

[notsabrina]

Originally Posted by Freyja

If you can get Seachem Prime as your water conditioner, that would be your best bet because Prime helps with the slime coat.

Most definitely getting Prime! When I first bought supplies the sales person at Petsmart threw a 4oz. bottle of Aqueon Betta Bowl conditioner in my cart and I didn't think twice about it. I have a 5 gal. tank lol! I've nearly gone through the whole bottle within just 3 water changes.

[aokashi]

some IAL will help