Hi guys. My betta, Little Devs, finrot has cleared up finally. Now, I'm just wondering what I can do to encourage fin regeneration. His top fin was so bad that about 95% of it was gone. It seems to be slowly growing back or maybe that's my imagination. Will he ever get his flowing fins back and how long will it take?
Currently he's in a 10 gallon tank by himself and he is on his second round of Melafix.

Well the only thing i could think of is to maybe add salt to help. And keep
water crystal clear. Make sure water levels are good, and wish for the best i guess. I hope devs makes it

-Alex

I've heard that salt wasn't good for bettas. Please correct me if I'm wrong. I just don't want to put him through any more trauma.

I've read that for bettas, you should use less than half the salt you would use for a goldie.

My goldie had tail rot really bad, more than half of his tail was gone, that was 3 weeks ago and its slowly coming back. Not sure how to help a Betta though.

It really depends on the betta. I have a betta who is fine and dandy in a .3% solution, and I have a betta that can't take a .1% solution.

Try 1/2 teaspoon per gallon to start, and have fresh water there to put him in incase he has trouble with it.

Just to add my 2 cents - Bubba's fins never did grow back. He was a happy fish until the end though!

I do notice though that Little Devs has a lot of strength but he gets tired quickly because he doesn't have all of his fins. I guess that's why I'm hoping that his fins regenerate more. I'm still a little uneasy about the salt thing. Hmmm I just don't know what to do

Well too add, my guy is a tail bitter so it's much like rot. He's stopped and there is regrowth, but I did go with salt and he does well with it. *Most* bettas can and do re-grow their fins, pristine water levels and such will make it go much faster. Salt works on some bettas and doesn't on others, it's really a good thing to try but if you feel uncomfortable doing so medications work just as good. Fin regrowth can come back unevenly and in new ray lengths, so it;s really hard to say if he will come back exactly as he looked or if he will have some new look.

Thanks for all the great advice guys!

Just want to add that when my Betta lost all his fins,they did grow back almost to the normal length,but it took a while for that to happen.Don't ask me how long though-because my Memory is awful. So there is a good chance!

Orchard had some really bad fin rot a few weeks ago. His tail has grown at least 2 cm since and still growing. I haven't added anything to the water; no salt or melafix.

I hope they grow back but if not as pretty (maybe so) at least he is alive and healthy now! He made it! Yeah!!! Does he have enough fins to swim around?!

yes, bettas can recover! heres some dated stories:

http://www.petfish.net/forum/index.php?boa...;threadid=33324

http://www.petfish.net/forum/index.php?boa...;threadid=32769

and theres one i cant find about a male betta named Cooper who jumped into a female tank and was... well.... munched. and he's healing wonderfully. just keep up with clean water and they usually do fine... i have a guy who's tail was accidently cut off, and while i cant see any improvement yet, he's still alive.. and not TO stressed

Well his tail fin is all shredded and about 1/2 an inch in length and his top fin is almost non-existent with one skinny piece of fin hanging there.

wait it out and see