Nikki wrote:
Yes they are closing forever...she says not enough business..wonder why
I don't make a habit of buying fish there, when my five year old wanted a
fish for the first time we went there, a half hour after getting the fish it
died, my husband took him down again to get a new one, my husband has always
had tanks so he looked around and said NO she has to many dead fish floating
around in the tanks, but our son said please, so he got him another since it
was not going in a tank with other fish it was not a big deal, it died also
the same day, so I usually only get supplies there, I just happened to see
the guppies and bettas and felt bad, that was my own fault. FWIW, I never
had betta's before and I got them 2, and although they are a bit beat up, I
really like them, they are pretty and neat to watch, I hope they make it
through. Got rid of ick on them, they are missing a lot of fins I would say
one is missing about 30% of fins and the other is missing about 40-50%, but
they are not acting sick, they are eating and swimming so I will see what
happens. I was wondering about the salt because I read that when they are
missing fins they are prone to get fungus or bacteria infections and since
they had ick, I thought if they liked salt it may prevent any of those
problems from happening

Eating and swimming is naturally a good sign, as is the cleared ich.
I'm going to risk sounding like a broken record. ;-) The best thing
for fin damage is very clean water. A touch of salt makes sense too,
but only while they're recovering. Then I'd wean them to fresh water.

If your betta gets bacteria on the fins, go back to your Q-tip with the
peroxide. A Q-tip with malachite green is a great cure for fungus. I
also find that feeding twice a day rather than once gives bettas the
nutrition they need to regrow fins.

In general, bettas heal from fin damage very well. I think it's because
they evolved fighting and healing.

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