- Apr 14, 2017
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Hello, I'm fairly experienced in betta fish, but recently I set up a betta sorority of six. It's been set up for about 2 months now with all the fish and live plants and stuff, but 2 of my bettas (They are both dumbo eared) have torn up pectoral fins. I could use any help as to why this is, here are the tank facts and stuff::
*Yes, all the bettas are females (I'm not stupid)
*They have tank-mates that consist of a school of 10 Neon Tetras and 3 Otocinclus'
*The tank is 30 gallons (29 if ya wanna be picky, but pretty much 30)
*The temperature is constantly 80 degrees Ferinheight
*Ammonia levels are very low/nonexistent (I changed the water yesterday, plus there is only a relatively low bioload due to the tank being kinda understocked)
*Ph is on the lower side, around 6.2 (This has been a problem in the past, about a month ago the Ph dropped to almost 5.4)
*Live plants only
*There are shells and rocks in the tank
*The bettas are no longer fighting amongst themselves because they have successfully set up their hierarchy
*Filter flow is a little stronger then I would like it but it's not horrible
*The Otocinclus' is new, I got them to help with an algae problem
*The water hardness is slightly high
The picture (In attached files) Is one of the dumbos that has torn up fins. I'm 99% sure that these tears are not from the other betta fish, at least not recently. (The one in the picture is named Orchid)
*Yes, all the bettas are females (I'm not stupid)
*They have tank-mates that consist of a school of 10 Neon Tetras and 3 Otocinclus'
*The tank is 30 gallons (29 if ya wanna be picky, but pretty much 30)
*The temperature is constantly 80 degrees Ferinheight
*Ammonia levels are very low/nonexistent (I changed the water yesterday, plus there is only a relatively low bioload due to the tank being kinda understocked)
*Ph is on the lower side, around 6.2 (This has been a problem in the past, about a month ago the Ph dropped to almost 5.4)
*Live plants only
*There are shells and rocks in the tank
*The bettas are no longer fighting amongst themselves because they have successfully set up their hierarchy
*Filter flow is a little stronger then I would like it but it's not horrible
*The Otocinclus' is new, I got them to help with an algae problem
*The water hardness is slightly high
The picture (In attached files) Is one of the dumbos that has torn up fins. I'm 99% sure that these tears are not from the other betta fish, at least not recently. (The one in the picture is named Orchid)