hey everybody.
i haven't been on in what feels like forever, my computer went all...adsfljaskdfjalsdf.

i was having serious withdrawls.

but anyways, about my new buddy.

his name is Viktor.

i got him at nnnn, they're starting up the whole water lily with fish thing again and it broke my heart, having had one when i was young and killing a gorgeous betta in the process.

but his fins seem kind of frayed, and his front two [hanging?] fins have a kind of bump on them.

i put my molly in there with him [ both for a buddy and because he's so agressive i can't put him anywhere else without him nippping at the other fishes] but now his caudal fin is all frayed looking too, and i feel suuuuper bad because he's been though so much with me and now i caused him harm just because i felt bad for him having to be all by himself. i'm not sure if he got bit by my betta, or it's fin rot.

i'm also not sure how to treat that if it is. will salt do anything? i change the water in both tubs every night, but i don't want to hurt him more now that i just made him so...disabled.

please help =[ i feel so guilty and irrisponsable.

Hi there,
If I were you I'd definatly seperate the molly and betta. You may feel bad for your betta being alone, but they need to be alone, they're just too agressive. As for the tattered fins, salting wouldn't hurt and you could try melafix as well. I've always had to treat new bettas with meds (including the one I got this past Monday ) because the poor guys are just kept in such terrible conditions in the stores.

that's what i thought, he was on a shelf with about thirty other bettas in those like, one cup containers, and ah i just felt so bad for them.

i did seperate them, i was just too afraid i'd wake up one morning and my precious molly would be dead. the bitten tail fin was just too much.

i'll try and get some melafax? tomorrow at wally world? do they sell it? [ sorry for the name, i had to mention a store] plus i really need to get a larger aquarium for him, he's in a five gallon hex one right now and i'd prefer letting him have more swim room.

thanks for the help =] i appritiate it.