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My Beta Fish tail is getting shorter and shorter2007-11-24 23:38:08

Good luck and happy travels!

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don't put more food as some people are saying. Do you have another fish inside maybe it is eating it's tail. Or change the water maybe something acidic inside.

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I have my betta in a large vase not fish bowl do not over fill the vase ,try to change the fishbowl for a vase, but it can jump if you overfill it so ,go a little above half of vase.

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I had my Beta fish for four years and at one point his tail looked like it was shredding and someone told me to airrate the bowl. I put an air hose in the bowl with him and after a few days his tail started to look normal again. Its worth a try because it sure worked for my Beta

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It could be a variety of things; fin rot, bacterial infection, dropsy. There are a variety of medications for these things, like BettaMax, tetracycline, and Triple Sulfa. These can be hard to find, I have yet to see any of it at Pet Smart or Petco; I've found it at local Fish and Aquatic stores. Feeding more food won't do the trick I don't think, and I couldn't tell you if he's eating his tail, but my Betta is a year old, and a well cared for Betta can live to be 3-4 years old, from what the "experts" say. I keep mine in a 2 1/2 gallon aquarium with tap water treated with Chlor-Out and Aquarisol (found anywhere: WalMart, PetSmart, etc.) and I add a tbsp. of Aquarium salt (Kosher salt works too). Water changes once or twice a week are good. If you want some major major detailed descriptions and practices to handle anything there is to do with a Betta fish, may I suggest bettatalk.com? This girl knows everything there is to know about Bettas, and explains everything in full major detail! (and if it weren't for her and her website, my Betta may not have seen his first birthday) Good Luck!

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It sounds like you have not been cleaning their water, and tank/bowl often enough. Your betta has fin rot which is 99% of the time caused by too much fish waste in the water. Also over feed can make his water build up waste even faster. Also while some betta are naturally jumpers. They tend to jump more often when water conditions are bad.