Betta w/ Fin Rot - will his tail ever heal?

Private Posts : 9 Location : Redmond, WA

Hi everyone,

Just joined the site from my old forum because all of its good members moved over here. :) I'm sure this has been asked, but what is roughly the length of time a betta's fins will grow back after fin rot, if ever? Mine recently had a bad bout just after I got him (dunno whether to blame myself or the breeder I ordered him from), and during treatment I stupidly used melafix not knowing it was bad for them. Algernon's fine, miraculously, but I'm deathly worried I just doomed him to having frayed fins forever because of it. He's all by himself in a nice 6 gallon Fluval Edge with some Nerite snails, and I've been doing weekly water changes to make sure the water is clean.

Aside from a bit of aquarium salt and water changes, is there anything I can do to help his tail heal faster? I've heard of "bettafix" but if salt and clean water are what's best, I'll keep that up. I just hope that his poor tail grows back, he was so unbelievably pretty before.

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Sounds like you are doing everything right!
It takes quite some time for their tails to grow back, patience is key.

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