curling fins... or cramped fins?

[studioskim3]

What does it mean when the ends of fins start to curl or cramp or whatever? is the water too hot? ph weird? I find some bettas at LFS and petco have this symptons of curling fins... is there anyway to uncurl it?

[MrVampire181]

This means there is something wrong, if in a bowl do a 100% change, in a tank do a 75% water change. Look for signs of diseases.

[onekatietwo]

I've read that it's usually worse in hard water. Mine has a bit of this problem, so I switched him to soft water. I don't know if it's helping or not. It's been too soon.

[studioskim3]

Originally Posted by dmhalfmoon

This means there is something wrong, if in a bowl do a 100% change, in a tank do a 75% water change. Look for signs of diseases.

i just recently found his fins starting to shred... oh no!!!

[dramaqueen]

It sounds like finrot. Keeping the water very clean can help.

[studioskim3]

what does it mean when pletoral (?) the two bottom fins right below his chin, starts to have a white tip... is this the bone of the fins or what? this happens to most of my bettas... what does it mean? thank you!

[dramaqueen]

The pectoral fins are the ones that are constantly moving, on the sides of the head.

[onekatietwo]

So after a little more time, switching to softer whatever has definitely helped with my Betta's fin curling.

[studioskim3]

it kind of worked for my betta too... i recently measured my tap water ph level... and it has RISEN about 0.4 levels! WTF!!! IrvineCA water is obviously NOT safe!!! iam treatin the ph level and I think that helped

[TitoBetta]

i hope he gets better! I just bought another male VT betta yesterday, and he looks healthy and acts healthy, but his dorsal fin has a curl at the end, and i dont know if thats something i should be worried about or not... what do you think?